Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 89 km SE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 89 km SE of King Cove, Alaska on Wed, Jan 13, 2021, 5:07 PM AKST (02:07 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 71 km S of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2021-01-14 02:07:55 UTC
Depth
15.1 km (9.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.411° N, 161.500° 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
15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 180 in the 60 days after this one and 125 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.896 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 12 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 2.8102 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
  3. 1.680 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
  4. 1.883 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 20 km deep · 27 km away
  5. 3.774 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 48 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.678 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
  7. 2.078 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 17 km deep · 36 km away
  8. 1.646 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 57 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 1.874 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 22 km deep · 33 km away
  10. 1.674 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 1.875 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 21 km deep · 27 km away
  12. 2.7Alaska Peninsula · 2085 days ago · 74 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 1.880 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
  14. 3.094 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 21 km deep · 5 km away
  15. 3.276 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 23 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 3.394 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
  17. 2.280 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 29 km deep · 25 km away
  18. 2.9Alaska Peninsula · 2083 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
  19. 2.6103 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away
  20. 3.090 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 27 km deep · 31 km away
  21. 4.251 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 43 km deep · 91 km away
  22. 2.291 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  23. 2.970 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 27 km deep · 20 km away
  24. 1.945 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 63 km deep · 55 km away
  25. 3.490 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
  26. 1.939 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  27. 2.1103 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 2 km deep · 15 km away
  28. 2.8119 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  29. 3.0113 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
  30. 2.7112 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 25 km deep · 57 km away
  31. 2.058 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
  32. 2.896 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  33. 2.056 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 27 km deep · 90 km away
  34. 5.071 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 39 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 6
  35. 2.196 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
  36. 2.053 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  37. 3.093 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 15 km deep · 65 km away
  38. 1.661 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 21 km deep · 28 km away
  39. 1.992 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
  40. 1.968 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 21 km deep · 21 km away
  41. 2.797 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away
  42. 2.381 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 24 km deep · 93 km away
  43. 1.750 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 47 km deep · 43 km away
  44. 1.9119 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
  45. 2.043 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 81 km deep · 83 km away
  46. 1.843 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 59 km deep · 81 km away
  47. 2.5120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  48. 1.965 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
  49. 2.180 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
  50. 1.764 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 19 km deep · 28 km away
  51. 2.179 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  52. 2.093 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
  53. 2.090 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
  54. 2.685 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 29 km deep · 24 km away
  55. 2.262 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
  56. 2.082 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 18 km deep · 27 km away
  57. 2.965 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 65 km deep · 59 km away
  58. 2.898 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 20 km deep · 20 km away
  59. 1.966 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 18 km deep · 24 km away
  60. 1.842 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 50 km deep · 47 km away

The first 60 of 180.

Before

  1. 2.5113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 2.8106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 2.5103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 3.052 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 56 km deep · 38 km away
  5. 2.8145 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 3.190 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  7. 2.8138 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 23 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 2.058 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 75 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 2.480 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 2.385 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
  11. 3.090 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 22 km deep · 4 km away
  12. 1.661 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
  13. 2.8143 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 23 km deep · 70 km away
  14. 2.8144 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 23 km deep · 70 km away
  15. 3.1144 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 2.7137 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 21 km deep · 65 km away
  17. 1.9104 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
  18. 3.0141 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 22 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 2.384 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
  20. 2.7119 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away

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