Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 85 km SE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 85 km SE of King Cove, Alaska on Fri, Apr 23, 2021, 9:36 AM AKDT (17:36 UTC), 11 km (7 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
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2021-04-23 17:36:05 UTC
Depth
10.5 km (6.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.450° N, 161.514° 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
23

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 49 in the 60 days after this one and 65 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.867 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away
  2. 2.150 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 2.360 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 49 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 2.898 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 16 km deep · 30 km away
  5. 3.3119 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  6. 3.6114 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
  7. 2.0100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 2.756 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 57 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 1.852 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 62 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 2.184 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 15 km deep · 3 km away
  11. 1.783 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 14 km deep · 3 km away
  12. 1.926 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 90 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 2.597 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 3.494 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
  15. 3.4117 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  16. 3.8106 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  17. 4.2108 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 28 km deep · 23 km away
  18. 3.174 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
  19. 3.384 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 2.0116 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  21. 1.569 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 47 km deep · 40 km away
  22. 1.627 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 72 km deep · 66 km away
  23. 3.662 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 37 km deep · 65 km away
  24. 1.681 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 19 km deep · 88 km away
  25. 2.4110 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  26. 2.082 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  27. 2.766 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 32 km deep · 70 km away
  28. 2.691 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away
  29. 2.070 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  30. 3.2115 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  31. 4.192 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 34 km deep · 87 km away
  32. 1.854 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 59 km deep · 50 km away
  33. 1.873 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 14 km deep · 31 km away
  34. 2.0106 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  35. 2.777 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 34 km deep · 32 km away
  36. 1.982 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 46 km deep · 13 km away
  37. 2.6117 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 21 km deep · 34 km away
  38. 2.559 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 53 km deep · 50 km away
  39. 1.995 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
  40. 3.897 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away
  41. 1.997 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  42. 3.398 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  43. 1.666 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
  44. 1.685 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  45. 1.693 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
  46. 3.281 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 27 km deep · 80 km away
  47. 3.295 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  48. 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 1930 days ago · 20 km deep · 77 km away
  49. 2.788 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away

Before

  1. 1.942 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 2.279 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away
  3. 1.952 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 56 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 2.258 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 57 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 2.7115 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
  6. 1.626 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 82 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 2.161 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 92 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 1.8113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 2.144 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 59 km deep · 55 km away
  10. 2.077 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 18 km deep · 23 km away
  11. 1.6146 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 2.546 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 2.799 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 21 km deep · 67 km away
  14. 2.062 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 1.566 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
  16. 1.774 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 2.044 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 1.657 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 46 km deep · 61 km away
  19. 1.767 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
  20. 2.270 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 39 km deep · 48 km away

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