Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 67 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 67 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska on Sun, Jan 15, 2023, 10:50 AM AKST (19:50 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 94 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2023-01-15 19:50:25 UTC
Depth
14.9 km (9.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.534° N, 161.793° 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
25

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 91 in the 60 days after this one and 62 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.188 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 17 km deep · 54 km away
  2. 1.762 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 52 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 1.914 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 104 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 1.640 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 2.663 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 2.198 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 12 km deep · 33 km away
  7. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 1.975 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 21 km deep · 32 km away
  9. 3.123 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 89 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 2.794 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
  11. 2.7Alaska Peninsula · 1347 days ago · 32 km deep · 27 km away
  12. 2.568 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1346 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 2.086 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1346 days ago · 24 km deep · 33 km away
  14. 2.065 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1344 days ago · 20 km deep · 6 km away
  15. 3.458 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1343 days ago · 82 km deep · 64 km away
  16. 1.985 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away
  17. 2.613 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1340 days ago · 113 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 1.515 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 1340 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 2.148 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1340 days ago · 45 km deep · 20 km away
  20. 1.963 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 38 km deep · 58 km away
  21. 2.778 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  22. 2.027 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
  23. 2.967 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1337 days ago · 35 km deep · 1 km away
  24. 3.0Alaska Peninsula · 1336 days ago · 27 km deep · 3 km away
  25. 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 1335 days ago · 12 km deep · 37 km away
  26. 2.2107 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1334 days ago · 28 km deep · 91 km away
  27. 2.078 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1333 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away
  28. 1.613 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1332 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  29. 1.989 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1331 days ago · 18 km deep · 72 km away
  30. 2.877 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1331 days ago · 29 km deep · 32 km away
  31. 1.637 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 1331 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  32. 3.0125 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1331 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away
  33. 1.975 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1330 days ago · 22 km deep · 28 km away
  34. 3.192 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1330 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
  35. 1.834 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1329 days ago · 53 km deep · 88 km away
  36. 1.547 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1329 days ago · 24 km deep · 46 km away
  37. 2.0119 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1329 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
  38. 2.846 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1327 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  39. 1.839 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 1327 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  40. 3.050 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1326 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
  41. 2.9Alaska Peninsula · 1325 days ago · 83 km deep · 47 km away
  42. 2.166 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1323 days ago · 23 km deep · 2 km away
  43. 1.954 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1322 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
  44. 2.023 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1321 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  45. 2.997 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1321 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  46. 3.1110 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1320 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  47. 2.041 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1319 days ago · 65 km deep · 51 km away
  48. 2.283 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1319 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
  49. 2.787 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1318 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  50. 2.035 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 1318 days ago · 91 km deep · 52 km away
  51. 1.638 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1318 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  52. 2.780 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1317 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  53. 2.5119 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1316 days ago · 27 km deep · 62 km away
  54. 2.956 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1316 days ago · 57 km deep · 43 km away
  55. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1315 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
  56. 2.169 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1314 days ago · 19 km deep · 26 km away
  57. 4.894 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1313 days ago · 44 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  58. 3.190 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  59. 1.985 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 12 km deep · 18 km away
  60. 3.1Alaska Peninsula · 1312 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away

The first 60 of 91.

Before

  1. 1.9104 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 1.944 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 76 km deep · 29 km away
  3. 1.854 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 81 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 2.790 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  5. 2.887 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 1.825 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 80 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 2.395 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  8. 1.866 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 40 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 2.564 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1354 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
  10. 1.853 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1354 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
  11. 1.866 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1354 days ago · 22 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 2.1104 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1354 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 2.884 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  14. 1.986 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 25 km deep · 27 km away
  15. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 1355 days ago · 44 km deep · 87 km away
  16. 1.544 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 22 km deep · 33 km away
  17. 2.586 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 31 km deep · 56 km away
  18. 1.959 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
  19. 1.952 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 19 km deep · 46 km away
  20. 1.928 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away

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