Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 79 km SE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 79 km SE of King Cove, Alaska on Fri, Mar 26, 2021, 10:00 PM AKDT (06:00 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 108 km SE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2021-03-27 06:00:41 UTC
Depth
25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.648° N, 161.299° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
16

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 176 in the 60 days after this one and 162 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.2104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 3.379 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 2.3106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 21 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 1.781 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
  5. 2.591 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 3.295 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  7. 1.866 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 59 km deep · 29 km away
  8. 2.294 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 2.059 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 1.885 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
  11. 1.854 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 2.974 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 68 km deep · 18 km away
  13. 2.8south of Alaska · 2011 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 3.0102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 2.061 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 2.045 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 103 km deep · 52 km away
  17. 2.7114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 23 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 2.141 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 71 km deep · 61 km away
  19. 2.093 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
  20. 2.796 km S of Sand Point, AK · 2010 days ago · 34 km deep · 42 km away
  21. 1.537 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  22. 3.0111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
  23. 2.193 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2008 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
  24. 2.2138 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2008 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  25. 1.779 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2008 days ago · 20 km deep · 20 km away
  26. 2.094 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2008 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  27. 2.4100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
  28. 2.3104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 21 km deep · 94 km away
  29. 2.080 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 23 km deep · 97 km away
  30. 1.782 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away
  31. 1.767 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 24 km deep · 39 km away
  32. 2.5112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
  33. 2.5113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 23 km deep · 94 km away
  34. 2.1107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  35. 2.0100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
  36. 2.0117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
  37. 1.735 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  38. 1.552 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 50 km deep · 40 km away
  39. 1.8104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
  40. 1.8111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
  41. 1.895 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  42. 1.8101 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
  43. 1.7109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
  44. 1.988 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
  45. 1.882 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 19 km deep · 53 km away
  46. 2.0105 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
  47. 2.499 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 23 km deep · 98 km away
  48. 3.0107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  49. 1.981 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 26 km deep · 4 km away
  50. 2.792 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 21 km deep · 27 km away
  51. 2.7101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
  52. 2.792 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 21 km deep · 90 km away
  53. 1.8100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
  54. 1.9102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
  55. 1.737 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 86 km deep · 96 km away
  56. 2.099 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  57. 2.1102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 22 km deep · 97 km away
  58. 1.993 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
  59. 2.7102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  60. 2.0115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away

The first 60 of 176.

Before

  1. 1.972 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 1.942 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 58 km deep · 39 km away
  3. 2.235 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 116 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 1.893 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away
  5. 1.653 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 1.980 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  7. 2.299 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 19 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 2.2106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 2.8107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 2.299 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 1.997 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 27 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 2.2104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 2.091 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 2.098 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 19 km deep · 40 km away
  15. 2.4110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
  16. 2.294 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 2.731 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 89 km deep · 50 km away
  18. 2.489 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 3.994 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 27 km deep · 79 km away
  20. 2.3101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away

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