Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 54 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 54 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska on Tue, Aug 24, 2021, 4:32 PM AKDT (00:32 UTC), 44 km (28 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 111 km SE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-08-25 00:32:32 UTC
Depth
44.4 km (27.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.600° N, 162.050° 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
11

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 56 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.536 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 56 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 1.869 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 19 km deep · 39 km away
  3. 1.880 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 25 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 2.692 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 1.770 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 31 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 1.880 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 28 km deep · 38 km away
  7. 1.795 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 1.846 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 74 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 1.943 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 56 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 2.899 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 1.758 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 60 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 2.753 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 77 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 2.9108 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  14. 1.979 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 15 km deep · 33 km away
  15. 2.637 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 88 km deep · 21 km away
  16. 2.725 km ENE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 124 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 2.1107 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 2.090 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 28 km deep · 46 km away
  19. 2.072 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 1.877 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
  21. 1.981 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 17 km deep · 35 km away
  22. 1.793 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 25 km deep · 47 km away
  23. 2.017 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 89 km deep · 57 km away
  24. 2.5101 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 16 km deep · 54 km away
  25. 2.889 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
  26. 1.582 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  27. 1.891 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
  28. 1.679 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 17 km deep · 39 km away
  29. 3.076 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
  30. 1.570 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 34 km deep · 34 km away
  31. 1.585 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 15 km deep · 39 km away
  32. 2.697 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
  33. 1.712 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 115 km deep · 94 km away
  34. 1.834 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 78 km deep · 92 km away
  35. 2.592 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  36. 2.190 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 15 km deep · 54 km away
  37. 1.938 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 69 km deep · 94 km away
  38. 2.393 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
  39. 2.043 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
  40. 1.728 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 61 km deep · 100 km away
  41. 2.279 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 14 km deep · 38 km away
  42. 2.989 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  43. 1.975 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 17 km deep · 24 km away
  44. 2.286 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
  45. 1.665 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
  46. 1.891 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
  47. 1.990 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  48. 1.511 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
  49. 1.979 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
  50. 2.151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 63 km deep · 94 km away
  51. 2.9114 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 21 km deep · 73 km away
  52. 3.0100 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 25 km deep · 62 km away
  53. 4.0111 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 47 km deep · 67 km away
  54. 2.7107 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 60 km deep · 57 km away
  55. 1.632 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
  56. 2.284 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 16 km deep · 36 km away
  57. 1.786 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
  58. 1.968 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 19 km deep · 20 km away
  59. 1.978 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 23 km deep · 29 km away
  60. 2.959 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 27 km deep · 14 km away

The first 60 of 76.

Before

  1. 1.891 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 1.631 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 1.955 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 15 km deep · 21 km away
  4. 2.088 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 1.998 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 1.868 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 1.813 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  8. 2.537 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 2.099 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 2.557 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 94 km deep · 45 km away
  12. 1.679 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
  13. 2.196 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
  14. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 1867 days ago · 37 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 2.5102 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 32 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 1.887 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
  17. 1.658 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
  18. 1.693 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
  19. 1.651 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 15 km deep · 12 km away
  20. 1.576 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 19 km deep · 28 km away

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