Magnitude 3.8 - 169 miles SE of King Cove
November 7, 2019 13:51:30 AKST (November 7, 2019 22:51:30 UTC)
52.8322°N 160.5784°W Depth 7.3 miles (11 km)
This event has been reviewed by a seismologist
- 173 miles (280 km) S of Sand Point
- 176 miles (285 km) SE of Mt. Dutton
- 180 miles (291 km) SE of Frosty Peak
- 181 miles (293 km) SE of False Pass
- 182 miles (295 km) S of Emmons Lake
- 183 miles (296 km) SE of Roundtop Mountain
- 184 miles (298 km) SE of Cold Bay
- 185 miles (299 km) SE of Isanotski Peaks
- 187 miles (303 km) S of Pavlof Volcano
- 189 miles (306 km) S of Pavlof Sister
- 192 miles (311 km) SE of Shishaldin Volcano
- 256 miles (415 km) E of Dutch
- Magnitude type: Ml2
- Event type: earthquake
Tectonic Setting of the Alaska Peninsula
Seismicity in the Alaska Peninsula region is produced by different tectonic features: (1) The Aleutian megathrust is the source of the strongest earthquakes in the region. The most recent examples include the 2020 M7.8 Simeonof Earthquake under the Shumagin Islands and the 2021 M8.2 Chignik Earthquake southwest of Kodiak Island. While these recent earthquakes did not produce damaging tsunamis, previous tsunamis were documented in historical records of Russian communities and in recently discovered paleo-tsunami deposits. (2) Intermediate depth seismicity (below 20 miles/32 km) occurs in the Wadati-Benioff Zone, where the subducting Pacific Plate descends towards the mantle beneath the North American Plate. This zone extends along the Aleutian Arc, Alaska Peninsula, and Cook Inlet. In the Alaska Peninsula region, the seismicity abates at approximately 150 miles (241 km) depth, reflecting the down-dip extension of the Pacific Plate. The Aleutian-Alaska Wadati-Benioff Zone produces thousands of earthquakes each year, most of which are too deep and too small to be felt. The most notable examples of such earthquakes are the 1999 M7.0 and the 2001 M6.9 Kodiak Island events. Both earthquakes caused damage and disruption to the City of Kodiak and other communities on the island. (3) Crustal seismicity in this region can be attributed to the Kodiak Shelf Fault Zone and to the volcanic arc. In 1912, a series of M7+ earthquakes was associated with the Novarupta eruption, which was the largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century worldwide.