Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 74 km SE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 74 km SE of King Cove, Alaska on Fri, Sep 27, 2024, 11:17 AM AKDT (19:17 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 36 km S of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2024-09-27 19:17:20 UTC
Depth
15.2 km (9.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.664° N, 161.378° 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: 123 in the 60 days after this one and 58 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.091 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 733 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away
  2. 1.771 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 732 days ago · 17 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 2.2100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 731 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 2.079 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 730 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
  5. 2.673 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 729 days ago · 21 km deep · 21 km away
  6. 2.3139 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 729 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 2.479 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 729 days ago · 21 km deep · 30 km away
  8. 2.161 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 727 days ago · 59 km deep · 42 km away
  9. 4.383 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 726 days ago · 48 km deep · 41 km away
  10. 3.880 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 726 days ago · 23 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 2.977 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 726 days ago · 31 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 2.873 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 726 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
  13. 1.846 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 725 days ago · 59 km deep · 29 km away
  14. 2.074 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 725 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away
  15. 2.3116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 725 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 2.849 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 725 days ago · 93 km deep · 61 km away
  17. 2.154 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 725 days ago · 39 km deep · 21 km away
  18. 1.975 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 723 days ago · 16 km deep · 1 km away
  19. 1.822 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 722 days ago · 132 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 1.750 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 722 days ago · 65 km deep · 49 km away
  21. 2.0107 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 721 days ago · 0 km deep · 34 km away
  22. 4.736 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 721 days ago · 53 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 159
  23. 3.153 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 719 days ago · 158 km deep · 80 km away
  24. 2.896 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 718 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
  25. 2.651 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 718 days ago · 61 km deep · 96 km away
  26. 2.734 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 718 days ago · 51 km deep · 76 km away
  27. 2.338 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 718 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
  28. 2.987 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 717 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
  29. 3.3116 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 716 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  30. 2.181 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 716 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
  31. 2.123 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 715 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  32. 1.761 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 714 days ago · 44 km deep · 19 km away
  33. 2.070 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 714 days ago · 60 km deep · 71 km away
  34. 1.835 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 714 days ago · 68 km deep · 73 km away
  35. 2.742 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 714 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  36. 3.287 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 713 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
  37. 2.178 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 713 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
  38. 2.756 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 713 days ago · 53 km deep · 20 km away
  39. 1.876 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 713 days ago · 17 km deep · 5 km away
  40. 2.069 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 712 days ago · 14 km deep · 45 km away
  41. 2.246 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 712 days ago · 85 km deep · 91 km away
  42. 1.996 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 711 days ago · 25 km deep · 37 km away
  43. 1.55 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 711 days ago · 1 km deep · 70 km away
  44. 1.665 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 711 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
  45. 1.9104 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 710 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  46. 3.1117 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 709 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  47. 2.512 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 708 days ago · 120 km deep · 79 km away
  48. 1.838 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 705 days ago · 21 km deep · 38 km away
  49. 3.022 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 705 days ago · 77 km deep · 53 km away
  50. 1.990 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 705 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
  51. 1.657 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 704 days ago · 15 km deep · 27 km away
  52. 1.977 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 704 days ago · 19 km deep · 15 km away
  53. 2.391 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 704 days ago · 18 km deep · 100 km away
  54. 3.336 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 704 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  55. 1.984 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 703 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
  56. 1.644 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 703 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
  57. 3.735 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 703 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
  58. 2.868 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 701 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away
  59. 1.980 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 701 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
  60. 2.061 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 701 days ago · 104 km deep · 89 km away

The first 60 of 123.

Before

  1. 2.270 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 734 days ago · 15 km deep · 20 km away
  2. 1.941 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 735 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 2.988 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 736 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  4. 3.7101 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 736 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
  5. 2.8111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 739 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 2.138 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska · 739 days ago · 74 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 1.648 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 740 days ago · 61 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 1.844 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 740 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 1.558 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 740 days ago · 62 km deep · 26 km away
  10. 1.649 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 741 days ago · 27 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 2.078 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 741 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
  12. 1.674 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 742 days ago · 2 km deep · 28 km away
  13. 2.283 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 742 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  14. 2.568 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 742 days ago · 73 km deep · 9 km away
  15. 3.1139 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 743 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 1.732 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 744 days ago · 73 km deep · 49 km away
  17. 1.981 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 745 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  18. 1.980 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 745 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  19. 2.7136 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 745 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  20. 1.945 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 745 days ago · 76 km deep · 43 km away

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