Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 59 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 59 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska on Thu, Aug 12, 2021, 4:09 AM AKDT (12:09 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.1 37 km SE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-08-12 12:09:05 UTC
Depth
20.5 km (12.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.558° N, 162.025° 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
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 86 in the 60 days after this one and 72 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.137 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 82 km deep · 25 km away
  2. 1.840 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 96 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 3.091 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 1.576 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 19 km deep · 25 km away
  5. 1.651 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
  6. 1.693 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 14 km deep · 39 km away
  7. 1.658 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 1.887 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 2.5102 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 32 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 1862 days ago · 37 km deep · 54 km away
  11. 2.196 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 1.679 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
  13. 2.557 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 94 km deep · 46 km away
  14. 2.6103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 2.099 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 2.537 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 1.813 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  19. 1.868 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
  20. 1.998 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  21. 2.088 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
  22. 1.955 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 15 km deep · 22 km away
  23. 1.631 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
  24. 1.891 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
  25. 1.554 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 44 km deep · 5 km away
  26. 1.536 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 56 km deep · 82 km away
  27. 1.869 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 19 km deep · 38 km away
  28. 1.880 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 25 km deep · 46 km away
  29. 2.692 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  30. 1.770 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 31 km deep · 97 km away
  31. 1.880 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 28 km deep · 36 km away
  32. 1.795 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 15 km deep · 46 km away
  33. 1.846 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 74 km deep · 85 km away
  34. 1.943 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 56 km deep · 78 km away
  35. 2.899 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
  36. 1.758 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 60 km deep · 91 km away
  37. 2.753 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 77 km deep · 79 km away
  38. 2.8117 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  39. 2.9108 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  40. 1.979 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 15 km deep · 30 km away
  41. 2.637 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 88 km deep · 25 km away
  42. 2.725 km ENE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 124 km deep · 87 km away
  43. 2.1107 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  44. 2.090 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 28 km deep · 43 km away
  45. 2.072 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
  46. 1.877 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
  47. 1.981 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 17 km deep · 32 km away
  48. 1.793 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 25 km deep · 44 km away
  49. 2.017 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 89 km deep · 62 km away
  50. 2.5101 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 16 km deep · 50 km away
  51. 2.889 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
  52. 1.582 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  53. 1.891 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
  54. 1.679 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 17 km deep · 37 km away
  55. 3.076 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
  56. 1.570 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 34 km deep · 33 km away
  57. 1.585 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 15 km deep · 36 km away
  58. 2.697 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 12 km deep · 45 km away
  59. 1.712 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 115 km deep · 97 km away
  60. 1.834 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 78 km deep · 93 km away

The first 60 of 86.

Before

  1. 1.985 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 1.983 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 2.879 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
  4. 1.981 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 2.093 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 3.093 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 15 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 2.542 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 3.056 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 81 km deep · 31 km away
  9. 3.020 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 161 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 2.964 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 76 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 2.073 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
  12. 2.7102 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 18 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 2.080 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 24 km deep · 21 km away
  14. 2.678 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 25 km deep · 20 km away
  15. 2.195 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 23 km deep · 37 km away
  16. 1.969 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
  17. 1.9105 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 25 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 2.229 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 96 km deep · 57 km away
  19. 2.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 1.991 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away

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