M3.0 earthquake 48 km NNE of Cold Bay, Alaska
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 48 km NNE of Cold Bay, Alaska on Thu, Dec 12, 2024, 9:16 PM AKST (06:16 UTC), 166 km (103 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 26 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-12-13 06:16:54 UTC
- Depth
- 166.4 km (103.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 55.553° N, 162.318° 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 13.1 km horizontally, 7.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 178°
- Stations used
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 31 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.026 km NW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 655 days ago · 44 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.656 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 652 days ago · 42 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.322 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska · 652 days ago · 117 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.962 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 647 days ago · 49 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.541 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 646 days ago · 142 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.847 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 646 days ago · 50 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.937 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 645 days ago · 92 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.737 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 645 days ago · 54 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.945 km WSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 643 days ago · 161 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.25 km SSE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 641 days ago · 136 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.126 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 641 days ago · 150 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 2.748 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 640 days ago · 181 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.73 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 640 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.047 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 638 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.446 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 638 days ago · 49 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.861 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 637 days ago · 167 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.230 km NE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 635 days ago · 154 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.514 km WNW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 633 days ago · 152 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.631 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 630 days ago · 162 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.240 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 623 days ago · 86 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.727 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 622 days ago · 118 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.614 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 622 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.944 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 618 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.942 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 607 days ago · 86 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.129 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 607 days ago · 77 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.826 km NW of Sand Point, Alaska · 607 days ago · 75 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.363 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 606 days ago · 126 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.017 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 604 days ago · 108 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.234 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 604 days ago · 74 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.039 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 601 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.628 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 599 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
Before
- 3.140 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 657 days ago · 64 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.524 km NE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 660 days ago · 145 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.956 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 660 days ago · 63 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.627 km NE of False Pass, Alaska · 661 days ago · 85 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.514 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 661 days ago · 113 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.643 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 662 days ago · 80 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.225 km W of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 663 days ago · 145 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.745 km S of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 664 days ago · 154 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.029 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 666 days ago · 120 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.541 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 668 days ago · 85 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.029 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 669 days ago · 69 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.028 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 672 days ago · 76 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.124 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 675 days ago · 95 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.430 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 677 days ago · 91 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.929 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 678 days ago · 83 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.838 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 678 days ago · 53 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.725 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 681 days ago · 84 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.026 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 681 days ago · 118 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.940 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 681 days ago · 94 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.725 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 684 days ago · 21 km deep · 36 km away
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