M1.5 earthquake 85 km SE of King Cove, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 85 km SE of King Cove, Alaska on Tue, Sep 7, 2021, 10:58 AM AKDT (18:58 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 97 km SE of King Cove, 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
- 2021-09-07 18:58:30 UTC
- Depth
- 14.7 km (9.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.460° N, 161.501° 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
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 72 in the 60 days after this one and 59 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.697 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 12 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.592 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.863 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.190 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.299 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.258 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.130 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 49 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.6126 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.043 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.055 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 23 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.728 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 61 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.279 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.989 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 35 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.975 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 17 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.286 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.665 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.891 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.948 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.990 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.511 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.979 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.9114 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 21 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.0100 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.0111 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 47 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.7107 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 60 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.284 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 16 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.786 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 26 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.968 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 19 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.2108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.978 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 23 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.959 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 27 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.989 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.2118 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.9111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.0116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.7116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.844 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.869 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.9103 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 18 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.161 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 25 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.153 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 52 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.734 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 93 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.792 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.273 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 25 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.018 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 62 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.179 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.7109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 21 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.069 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 27 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.565 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.489 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.5102 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.084 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 12 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.086 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.389 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 27 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.398 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.787 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 35 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.515 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.790 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 42 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.859 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.891 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 18 km deep · 6 km away
The first 60 of 72.
Before
- 1.570 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 34 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.854 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 29 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.076 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.679 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 17 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.891 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.582 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.889 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.5101 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 16 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.017 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 89 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.793 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 25 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.981 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 17 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.877 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.072 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.090 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 28 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.1107 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.637 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 88 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.979 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 15 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.9108 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.8117 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.753 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 77 km deep · 63 km away
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