M1.9 earthquake 79 km SE of King Cove, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 79 km SE of King Cove, Alaska on Tue, Aug 31, 2021, 6:48 PM AKDT (02:48 UTC), 15 km (9 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
- 1.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-09-01 02:48:44 UTC
- Depth
- 15.2 km (9.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.484° N, 161.581° 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
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 74 in the 60 days after this one and 51 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.637 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 88 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.1107 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.090 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 28 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.072 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.877 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 26 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.981 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 17 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.793 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 25 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.017 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 89 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.5101 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 16 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.889 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.582 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.891 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.679 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 17 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.076 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.854 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 29 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.570 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 34 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.585 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 15 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.697 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 12 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.592 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.863 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 24 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.190 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.258 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.130 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 49 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.6126 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.043 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.055 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.728 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 61 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.279 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.989 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.975 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 17 km deep · 12 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 · 53 km away
- 1.891 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.948 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.990 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.511 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.979 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.9114 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 21 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.0100 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.0111 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 47 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.7107 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 60 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.284 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 16 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.786 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.968 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 19 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.978 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 23 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.959 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 27 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.989 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.2118 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.844 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.869 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.9103 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 18 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.161 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 25 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.153 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 52 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.734 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 93 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.792 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.273 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 25 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.018 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 62 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.179 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.069 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 27 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.565 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
The first 60 of 74.
Before
- 2.9108 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.8117 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.753 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 77 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.899 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.551 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 23 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.846 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 74 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.795 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 15 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.880 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 28 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.692 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.880 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 25 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.869 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 19 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.554 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 44 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.891 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.955 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 15 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.088 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.998 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.868 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.813 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.557 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 94 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.679 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 20 km deep · 26 km away
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