Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 63 km S of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 63 km S of King Cove, Alaska on Tue, Nov 16, 2021, 7:30 PM AKST (04:30 UTC), 76 km (47 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 35 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2021-11-17 04:30:18 UTC
Depth
75.6 km (47.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
54.494° N, 162.486° 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
14

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 100 in the 60 days after this one and 56 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.130 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 2.155 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 20 km deep · 25 km away
  3. 2.629 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 61 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 1.675 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 45 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 2.783 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 2.792 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 22 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 3.191 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 3.050 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 85 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 2.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 1.956 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 22 km deep · 44 km away
  11. 2.7Alaska Peninsula · 1776 days ago · 27 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 1.727 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
  13. 1.919 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 23 km deep · 61 km away
  14. 2.280 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 21 km deep · 22 km away
  15. 2.893 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 22 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 1.930 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 1771 days ago · 14 km deep · 52 km away
  18. 2.645 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 92 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 1.957 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 47 km deep · 9 km away
  20. 3.623 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 23 km deep · 61 km away
  21. 1.929 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
  22. 1.930 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1766 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
  23. 2.785 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1765 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away
  24. 1.965 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1765 days ago · 41 km deep · 28 km away
  25. 3.3135 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1765 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
  26. 2.8139 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1765 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  27. 2.3130 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1765 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away
  28. 2.545 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  29. 3.1136 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
  30. 2.9139 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  31. 2.197 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 17 km deep · 88 km away
  32. 1.780 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 21 km deep · 77 km away
  33. 3.0105 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
  34. 2.597 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  35. 3.592 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
  36. 2.960 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
  37. 2.6100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 22 km deep · 77 km away
  38. 2.536 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away
  39. 2.996 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
  40. 2.981 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 29 km deep · 80 km away
  41. 1.930 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
  42. 2.175 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
  43. 2.540 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 16 km deep · 50 km away
  44. 2.578 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  45. 2.789 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 17 km deep · 48 km away
  46. 3.021 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 85 km deep · 51 km away
  47. 2.979 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  48. 2.742 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  49. 1.924 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
  50. 1.930 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 18 km deep · 54 km away
  51. 1.865 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 66 km deep · 83 km away
  52. 1.987 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
  53. 1.930 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
  54. 1.622 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away
  55. 2.189 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  56. 2.726 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 172 km deep · 99 km away
  57. 2.525 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 105 km deep · 62 km away
  58. 3.027 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 29 km deep · 55 km away
  59. 2.942 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 92 km deep · 64 km away
  60. 2.081 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 43 km deep · 28 km away

The first 60 of 100.

Before

  1. 2.192 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 2.938 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 2.564 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 1.924 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 2.831 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 172 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 2.122 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 23 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 2.122 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 1.997 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 1.778 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 2 km deep · 15 km away
  10. 2.186 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
  11. 1.766 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 56 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 1.832 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 1.726 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 18 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 2.541 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 1.67 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 2.737 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  17. 2.587 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
  18. 2.981 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 24 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 2.542 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 1.991 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away

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