M1.6 earthquake 79 km SE of King Cove, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 79 km SE of King Cove, Alaska on Sun, Aug 21, 2022, 2:59 AM AKDT (10:59 UTC), 17 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 87 km S of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-08-21 10:59:10 UTC
- Depth
- 16.8 km (10.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.477° N, 161.603° 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: 99 in the 60 days after this one and 53 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.781 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.855 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.680 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.130 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.821 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 140 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.356 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 84 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.610 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 90 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.881 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.031 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 98 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.685 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 22 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.7151 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.962 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 30 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.653 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 18 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.889 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.196 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.978 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 19 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.663 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 21 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.964 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.890 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.799 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 31 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.284 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 16 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.775 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 31 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.933 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 65 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.940 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 89 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.732 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.757 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.672 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.951 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.086 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 15 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.897 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.6102 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 19 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.985 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.714 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 84 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.858 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 45 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.850 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 48 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.573 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 34 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.978 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1476 days ago · 35 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.853 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1475 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.080 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1475 days ago · 41 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.856 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1475 days ago · 51 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.965 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1474 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.716 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1474 days ago · 121 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.935 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 1474 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.084 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1474 days ago · 21 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.781 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1474 days ago · 19 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.098 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1474 days ago · 32 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.757 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1472 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.790 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1472 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.090 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1472 days ago · 14 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.688 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1472 days ago · 20 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.753 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 1471 days ago · 76 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.970 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1471 days ago · 43 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.693 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1470 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.683 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1470 days ago · 18 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.487 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1469 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.772 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1469 days ago · 42 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.678 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.635 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 86 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.664 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1466 days ago · 21 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.159 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1465 days ago · 58 km deep · 64 km away
The first 60 of 99.
Before
- 2.082 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.689 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 16 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.610 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 93 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.384 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 35 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 1504 days ago · 39 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.794 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.889 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 14 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.721 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.656 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.893 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.963 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 19 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.669 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 24 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.893 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 16 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.554 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.554 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 53 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.578 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 16 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.577 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 25 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.587 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 43 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.785 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.870 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
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