Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 52 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 52 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska on Mon, Jul 19, 2021, 12:07 PM AKDT (20:07 UTC), 123 km (76 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.9 41 km SE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-07-19 20:07:08 UTC
Depth
122.6 km (76.2 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.614° N, 161.697° 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
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 39 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.710 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 1.630 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 22 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 1.815 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 55 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 1.941 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 48 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 2.131 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 95 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 1.651 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 109 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 1.516 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 3.132 km NNE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 171 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 2.618 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 113 km deep · 58 km away
  10. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 1880 days ago · 80 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 2.229 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 96 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 1.969 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 2.760 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 150 km deep · 18 km away
  14. 3.330 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 2.964 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 76 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 3.020 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 161 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 3.056 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 81 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 2.137 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 82 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 1.838 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 136 km deep · 65 km away
  20. 1.840 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 96 km deep · 72 km away
  21. 2.915 km NW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 203 km deep · 60 km away
  22. 1.618 km S of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 160 km deep · 37 km away
  23. 2.046 km N of Sand Point, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 99 km deep · 73 km away
  24. 1.813 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  25. 1.542 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 93 km deep · 40 km away
  26. 2.214 km W of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 207 km deep · 45 km away
  27. 1.614 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 79 km deep · 71 km away
  28. 2.057 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 115 km deep · 16 km away
  29. 2.617 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
  30. 1.516 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
  31. 1.846 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 74 km deep · 64 km away
  32. 1.716 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
  33. 2.753 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 77 km deep · 88 km away
  34. 2.637 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 88 km deep · 94 km away
  35. 1.814 km N of Sand Point, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 76 km deep · 74 km away
  36. 2.725 km ENE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 124 km deep · 55 km away
  37. 1.753 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 120 km deep · 2 km away
  38. 2.017 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 89 km deep · 60 km away
  39. 2.130 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 49 km deep · 97 km away

Before

  1. 2.220 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 79 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 1.613 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 61 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 1.813 km WSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 88 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 1.935 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 125 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 1.718 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 82 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 1.734 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 101 km deep · 38 km away
  7. 2.637 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 71 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 2.839 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 70 km deep · 56 km away
  9. 3.119 km S of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 159 km deep · 41 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021973flkf. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 8:23 PM UTC.