M1.7 earthquake 67 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 67 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska on Mon, Apr 5, 2021, 6:29 PM AKDT (02:29 UTC), 24 km (15 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 108 km SE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-04-06 02:29:11 UTC
- Depth
- 24.2 km (15.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.515° N, 161.851° 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
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 89 in the 60 days after this one and 87 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.735 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.552 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 50 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.8101 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.882 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 19 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.0105 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.635 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.981 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.4163 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.792 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 21 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.993 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.167 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 18 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.064 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 27 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.080 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 23 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.149 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 55 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.874 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 17 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.5101 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.1149 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 32 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.932 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.878 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 16 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.271 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.9105 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 29 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.270 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 39 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.767 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.657 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 46 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.566 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.062 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.631 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.520 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 23 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.799 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 21 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.6146 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.077 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 18 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.144 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 59 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.161 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 92 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.626 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 82 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.824 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.129 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 82 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.940 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 18 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.7115 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.258 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 57 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.952 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 56 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.279 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.942 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 18 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.985 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 11 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.867 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 26 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.798 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.150 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.360 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 49 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.728 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.898 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.626 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.3119 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.6114 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.830 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.0Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 40 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.829 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.756 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 57 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.852 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 62 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.737 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 63 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.532 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.184 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 15 km deep · 21 km away
The first 60 of 89.
Before
- 1.782 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2008 days ago · 25 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.128 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2008 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.934 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.779 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.2138 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.822 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.537 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.098 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.796 km S of Sand Point, AK · 2012 days ago · 34 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.093 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.141 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 71 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.045 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 103 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.042 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.974 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 68 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.926 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.854 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.885 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.866 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 59 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.295 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.781 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
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