Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 40 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 40 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska on Fri, Aug 13, 2021, 10:21 PM AKDT (06:21 UTC), 96 km (59 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 91 km SE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2021-08-14 06:21:07 UTC
Depth
95.5 km (59.3 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
54.964° N, 161.701° 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
24

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 82 in the 60 days after this one and 63 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.091 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 1.576 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 19 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 1.651 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 15 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 1.693 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 1.658 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 1.887 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 3.052 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 29 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 2.196 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 1.730 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 57 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 1.679 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 20 km deep · 43 km away
  11. 2.557 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 94 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 1.813 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  13. 1.868 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
  14. 1.998 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 2.088 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 1.955 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
  17. 1.891 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 1.554 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 44 km deep · 46 km away
  19. 1.542 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 93 km deep · 73 km away
  20. 1.869 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 19 km deep · 36 km away
  21. 1.880 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 25 km deep · 44 km away
  22. 2.692 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  23. 1.614 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 79 km deep · 88 km away
  24. 1.880 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 28 km deep · 51 km away
  25. 1.795 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
  26. 2.057 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 115 km deep · 60 km away
  27. 2.617 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
  28. 1.516 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
  29. 1.846 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 74 km deep · 40 km away
  30. 1.716 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
  31. 1.551 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away
  32. 2.899 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
  33. 2.753 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 77 km deep · 46 km away
  34. 2.9108 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  35. 1.979 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 15 km deep · 54 km away
  36. 2.637 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 88 km deep · 27 km away
  37. 1.814 km N of Sand Point, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 76 km deep · 92 km away
  38. 2.725 km ENE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 124 km deep · 58 km away
  39. 1.753 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 120 km deep · 73 km away
  40. 2.1107 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  41. 2.090 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 28 km deep · 92 km away
  42. 2.072 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
  43. 1.877 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  44. 1.981 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 17 km deep · 55 km away
  45. 1.793 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
  46. 2.017 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 89 km deep · 28 km away
  47. 2.5101 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 16 km deep · 72 km away
  48. 2.889 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  49. 1.582 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  50. 1.891 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  51. 1.679 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 17 km deep · 49 km away
  52. 3.076 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
  53. 2.854 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 29 km deep · 89 km away
  54. 1.570 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 34 km deep · 39 km away
  55. 1.585 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 15 km deep · 57 km away
  56. 2.697 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
  57. 2.592 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  58. 2.863 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
  59. 2.190 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
  60. 2.258 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away

The first 60 of 82.

Before

  1. 2.137 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 82 km deep · 27 km away
  2. 1.659 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 21 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 2.879 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 2.093 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 3.093 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 3.056 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 81 km deep · 26 km away
  7. 3.020 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 161 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 2.964 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 76 km deep · 42 km away
  9. 2.073 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 1.727 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 3.330 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 2.7102 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 18 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 2.760 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 150 km deep · 69 km away
  14. 2.080 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away
  15. 2.678 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away
  16. 2.195 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 23 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 1.850 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 1.969 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 25 km deep · 35 km away
  19. 1.9105 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 2.229 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 96 km deep · 15 km away

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