Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 34 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 34 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska on Wed, Jul 7, 2021, 9:11 PM AKDT (05:11 UTC), 101 km (63 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 84 km ESE 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
2021-07-08 05:11:42 UTC
Depth
101.0 km (62.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.322° N, 162.018° 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: 69 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.935 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 125 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 1.750 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 101 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 1.926 km ENE of False Pass, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 1.559 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 36 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 1.813 km WSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 88 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 1.814 km NNE of False Pass, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 114 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 2.075 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 38 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 1.687 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 1.646 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  10. 1.837 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 60 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 2.220 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 79 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 1.852 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 123 km deep · 38 km away
  13. 2.066 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 3.584 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 30 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 2.071 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 1.710 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  17. 2.168 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 1.630 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 22 km deep · 5 km away
  19. 1.941 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 48 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 2.131 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 95 km deep · 38 km away
  21. 1.651 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 109 km deep · 40 km away
  22. 2.881 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 27 km deep · 89 km away
  23. 2.146 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  24. 3.132 km NNE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 171 km deep · 32 km away
  25. 2.618 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 113 km deep · 22 km away
  26. 2.074 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 29 km deep · 95 km away
  27. 1.971 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 18 km deep · 91 km away
  28. 2.855 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 34 km deep · 79 km away
  29. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 1889 days ago · 80 km deep · 41 km away
  30. 2.229 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 96 km deep · 30 km away
  31. 1.969 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
  32. 2.760 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 150 km deep · 27 km away
  33. 2.964 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 76 km deep · 79 km away
  34. 3.020 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 161 km deep · 20 km away
  35. 3.056 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 81 km deep · 70 km away
  36. 2.879 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  37. 1.659 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 21 km deep · 85 km away
  38. 2.137 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 82 km deep · 60 km away
  39. 1.838 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 136 km deep · 98 km away
  40. 1.840 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 96 km deep · 45 km away
  41. 1.576 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
  42. 1.651 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
  43. 1.658 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  44. 2.915 km NW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 203 km deep · 97 km away
  45. 1.679 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
  46. 1.618 km S of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 160 km deep · 75 km away
  47. 1.813 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  48. 1.868 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  49. 1.955 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
  50. 1.554 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 44 km deep · 80 km away
  51. 1.542 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 93 km deep · 62 km away
  52. 1.869 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 19 km deep · 80 km away
  53. 1.880 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
  54. 2.214 km W of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 207 km deep · 83 km away
  55. 1.614 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 79 km deep · 91 km away
  56. 1.880 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 28 km deep · 95 km away
  57. 2.057 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 115 km deep · 23 km away
  58. 1.846 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 74 km deep · 60 km away
  59. 2.753 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 77 km deep · 79 km away
  60. 1.979 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away

The first 60 of 69.

Before

  1. 4.156 km WNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 177 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 1.663 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 18 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 2.637 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 71 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 2.076 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 23 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 2.839 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 70 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 1.679 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 1.571 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 36 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 3.119 km S of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 159 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 2.788 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 1931 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 3.055 km WNW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 234 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 1.666 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 2.559 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 53 km deep · 90 km away

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