M3.3 earthquake 94 km SE of King Cove, Alaska
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 94 km SE of King Cove, Alaska on Sun, Jan 17, 2021, 9:59 AM AKST (18:59 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 51 km S of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.3 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-17 18:59:15 UTC
- Depth
- 13.2 km (8.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.374° N, 161.454° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.1 km horizontally, 8.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 195°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 37
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.6103 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.090 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 27 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.251 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 43 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.291 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.970 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 27 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.945 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 63 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.490 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.939 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.1103 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.8119 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.0113 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.7112 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.058 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.896 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.056 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 27 km deep · 90 km away
- 5.071 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 39 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 6
- 2.196 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.053 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.093 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.299 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.661 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 21 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.992 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.968 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 21 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.9123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.797 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 35 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.381 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.750 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 47 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.9119 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.043 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 81 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.843 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 59 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.5120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.965 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.180 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.764 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 19 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.6106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.179 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.093 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.090 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.685 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 29 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.262 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.082 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 18 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.965 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 65 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.3122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 19 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.898 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 20 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.966 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 18 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.842 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 50 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.186 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.0120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.680 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 18 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.680 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 17 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.894 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 23 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 2061 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.053 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 19 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.277 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 53 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.1123 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.3104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.2100 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.065 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.783 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.654 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 53 km deep · 71 km away
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