Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 65 km SE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 65 km SE of King Cove, Alaska on Thu, Oct 21, 2021, 4:32 AM AKDT (12:32 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 59 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2021-10-21 12:32:42 UTC
Depth
25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.699° N, 161.506° 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: 84 in the 60 days after this one and 35 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.489 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 2.5102 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 2.084 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 12 km deep · 33 km away
  4. 2.086 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 3.389 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 27 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 3.398 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  7. 2.787 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
  8. 1.515 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 3.790 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 42 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 3.859 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 2.891 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 18 km deep · 32 km away
  12. 2.654 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 32 km deep · 41 km away
  13. 1.883 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 45 km deep · 18 km away
  14. 2.1110 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 55 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 1.931 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  16. 1.755 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  17. 2.092 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 15 km deep · 33 km away
  18. 3.092 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 18 km deep · 33 km away
  19. 1.953 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 46 km deep · 28 km away
  20. 1.883 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  21. 2.051 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  22. 1.739 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  23. 1.954 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 49 km deep · 41 km away
  24. 2.435 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 23 km deep · 65 km away
  25. 3.248 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 41 km deep · 94 km away
  26. 3.626 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 60 km deep · 84 km away
  27. 1.784 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 14 km deep · 32 km away
  28. 2.981 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 24 km deep · 32 km away
  29. 2.153 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
  30. 2.256 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 23 km deep · 100 km away
  31. 1.766 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 56 km deep · 31 km away
  32. 2.186 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
  33. 1.778 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
  34. 1.997 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 14 km deep · 41 km away
  35. 2.831 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 172 km deep · 88 km away
  36. 2.281 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 19 km deep · 87 km away
  37. 2.564 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  38. 2.192 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
  39. 1.963 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 76 km deep · 67 km away
  40. 2.155 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 20 km deep · 43 km away
  41. 1.675 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 45 km deep · 14 km away
  42. 2.783 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 20 km deep · 28 km away
  43. 2.792 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 22 km deep · 32 km away
  44. 2.856 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 23 km deep · 92 km away
  45. 3.191 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 12 km deep · 25 km away
  46. 3.050 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 85 km deep · 15 km away
  47. 2.867 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 24 km deep · 35 km away
  48. 1.956 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 22 km deep · 23 km away
  49. 2.7Alaska Peninsula · 1775 days ago · 27 km deep · 39 km away
  50. 2.280 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away
  51. 2.893 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 22 km deep · 32 km away
  52. 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 1770 days ago · 14 km deep · 15 km away
  53. 2.645 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 92 km deep · 25 km away
  54. 1.957 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1768 days ago · 47 km deep · 59 km away
  55. 2.057 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1768 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
  56. 1.727 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1765 days ago · 19 km deep · 70 km away
  57. 3.082 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  58. 2.785 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 25 km deep · 31 km away
  59. 1.965 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 41 km deep · 94 km away
  60. 2.455 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away

The first 60 of 84.

Before

  1. 3.069 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 27 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 3.179 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 2.018 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 62 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 2.273 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 25 km deep · 20 km away
  5. 3.792 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  6. 1.734 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 93 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 2.153 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 52 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 2.161 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 25 km deep · 34 km away
  9. 2.9103 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 18 km deep · 42 km away
  10. 2.869 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 35 km deep · 4 km away
  11. 1.958 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 18 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 1.844 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  13. 2.2118 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
  14. 1.989 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
  15. 3.062 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 2.959 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 27 km deep · 24 km away
  17. 1.759 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 1.978 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 23 km deep · 27 km away
  19. 1.968 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 19 km deep · 26 km away
  20. 1.786 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away

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