Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 97 km SE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 97 km SE of King Cove, Alaska on Tue, Jun 15, 2021, 3:57 AM AKDT (11:57 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 57 km SSE of Sand Point, 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
2021-06-15 11:57:33 UTC
Depth
6.8 km (4.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.466° N, 161.199° 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
18

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.398 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 1.666 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 1.899 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 2.8127 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 28 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 1.685 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 1.693 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 2.2112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 43 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 3.295 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  9. 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 1929 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 2.788 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 35 km deep · 18 km away
  11. 1.7128 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 1.697 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 1.6108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 16 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 1.571 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 36 km deep · 45 km away
  15. 1.679 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
  16. 1.9118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 39 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 2.0125 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 28 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 1.698 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 1.8108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
  20. 1.699 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 27 km deep · 100 km away
  21. 4.057 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 44 km deep · 76 km away
  22. 2.839 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 70 km deep · 87 km away
  23. 2.076 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 23 km deep · 29 km away
  24. 2.6101 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
  25. 2.846 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 38 km deep · 92 km away
  26. 2.698 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  27. 1.856 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  28. 2.637 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 71 km deep · 80 km away
  29. 1.663 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 18 km deep · 38 km away
  30. 1.993 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 26 km deep · 22 km away
  31. 1.9102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  32. 1.568 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
  33. 1.8116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 22 km deep · 89 km away
  34. 1.9127 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  35. 3.0107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 22 km deep · 92 km away
  36. 1.875 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
  37. 1.8115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  38. 1.9107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
  39. 3.1116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
  40. 4.0103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 29 km deep · 96 km away
  41. 2.090 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
  42. 1.9south of Alaska · 1913 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away
  43. 2.7124 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
  44. 2.4111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
  45. 2.0112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away
  46. 2.396 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
  47. 2.3south of Alaska · 1912 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  48. 2.054 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 21 km deep · 71 km away
  49. 1.758 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
  50. 1.9106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  51. 1.898 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
  52. 2.5106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  53. 2.095 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
  54. 1.9100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
  55. 1.997 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 17 km deep · 82 km away
  56. 1.9110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
  57. 2.180 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
  58. 1.599 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 17 km deep · 90 km away
  59. 1.750 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 101 km deep · 99 km away
  60. 1.590 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 3.897 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
  2. 1.995 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
  3. 2.559 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 53 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 2.6117 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 21 km deep · 21 km away
  5. 1.982 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 46 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 2.777 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 34 km deep · 27 km away
  7. 2.0106 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  8. 1.987 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 1.873 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 14 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 2.9117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 1.854 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 59 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 4.192 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 34 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 4.1115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 19 km deep · 100 km away
  14. 2.8104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 24 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 3.2115 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  16. 2.070 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  17. 2.691 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 11 km deep · 24 km away
  18. 2.766 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 32 km deep · 52 km away
  19. 2.082 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  20. 2.4110 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away

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