Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 38 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 38 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska on Sun, Jan 3, 2021, 12:50 PM AKST (21:50 UTC), 78 km (48 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 71 km S of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-01-03 21:50:53 UTC
Depth
78.0 km (48.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
54.755° N, 162.027° 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: 163 in the 60 days after this one and 87 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.967 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 18 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 1.87 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 104 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 3.996 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 38 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 1.819 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 94 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 1.678 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 16 km deep · 50 km away
  6. 2.780 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 4.030 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 87 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 1.848 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
  9. 2.068 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
  10. 2.655 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 22 km deep · 36 km away
  11. 2.080 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 2.9116 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 2.692 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 2.782 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 23 km deep · 54 km away
  15. 2.384 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
  16. 1.9104 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
  17. 1.661 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
  18. 3.090 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 22 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 2.385 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
  20. 2.480 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  21. 2.058 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 75 km deep · 65 km away
  22. 3.190 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  23. 3.052 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 56 km deep · 18 km away
  24. 1.889 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away
  25. 1.896 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
  26. 2.8102 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  27. 1.680 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
  28. 1.883 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away
  29. 3.774 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 48 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  30. 1.678 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
  31. 2.078 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 17 km deep · 49 km away
  32. 1.646 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 57 km deep · 28 km away
  33. 1.817 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  34. 1.874 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 22 km deep · 44 km away
  35. 1.674 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  36. 1.875 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 21 km deep · 42 km away
  37. 2.7Alaska Peninsula · 2084 days ago · 74 km deep · 89 km away
  38. 1.880 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  39. 3.094 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 21 km deep · 56 km away
  40. 3.276 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
  41. 3.394 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
  42. 2.280 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 29 km deep · 47 km away
  43. 2.9Alaska Peninsula · 2081 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
  44. 2.6103 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
  45. 3.090 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 27 km deep · 58 km away
  46. 2.291 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  47. 2.824 km N of False Pass, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 104 km deep · 95 km away
  48. 2.970 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 27 km deep · 33 km away
  49. 1.945 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 63 km deep · 27 km away
  50. 3.490 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
  51. 2.1103 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
  52. 2.8119 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  53. 3.0113 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
  54. 5.071 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 39 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 6
  55. 2.196 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  56. 3.093 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 15 km deep · 65 km away
  57. 1.661 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 21 km deep · 23 km away
  58. 1.968 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 21 km deep · 30 km away
  59. 2.797 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  60. 1.750 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 47 km deep · 13 km away

The first 60 of 163.

Before

  1. 2.091 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 1.721 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 2.681 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  4. 1.984 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 1.962 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 18 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 1.886 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 1.875 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 70 km deep · 54 km away
  8. 2.289 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 2.036 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 78 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 2.066 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 2.987 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 22 km deep · 51 km away
  12. 3.086 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 24 km deep · 48 km away
  13. 2.284 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 2.067 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
  15. 2.076 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 16 km deep · 47 km away
  16. 2.0105 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 1.563 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 24 km deep · 31 km away
  18. 2.740 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
  19. 1.864 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 21 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 1.985 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 25 km deep · 47 km away

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