M1.5 earthquake 76 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 76 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska on Sat, Aug 14, 2021, 11:39 AM AKDT (19:39 UTC), 19 km (12 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 111 km SE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-14 19:39:22 UTC
- Depth
- 18.6 km (11.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.485° N, 161.661° 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: 76 in the 60 days after this one and 66 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.651 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 15 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.693 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 14 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.658 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.887 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 26 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.052 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 29 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 1870 days ago · 37 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.196 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.679 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 20 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.557 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 94 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.813 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.868 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.998 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.088 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.955 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.891 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.554 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 44 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.869 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 19 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.880 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 25 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.692 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.880 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 28 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.795 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 15 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.846 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 74 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.551 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 23 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.899 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 11 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.753 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 77 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.8117 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.9108 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.979 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 15 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.637 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 88 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.1107 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.090 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 28 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.072 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.877 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 26 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.981 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 17 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.793 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 25 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.017 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 89 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.5101 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 16 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.889 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.582 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.891 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 26 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.679 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 17 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.076 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.854 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 29 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.570 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 34 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.585 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 15 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.697 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 12 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.592 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.863 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.190 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 15 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.258 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.130 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 49 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.043 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.055 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 23 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.728 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 61 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.279 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.989 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.975 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 17 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.286 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.665 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.891 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
The first 60 of 76.
Before
- 3.091 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.840 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 96 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.137 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 82 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.659 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 21 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.985 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.983 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.879 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.981 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.093 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 26 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.093 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 15 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.056 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 81 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.020 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 161 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.964 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 76 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.073 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.330 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.7102 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 18 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.080 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 24 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.678 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 25 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.195 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 23 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.850 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
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