M2.3 earthquake 83 km SE of King Cove, Alaska

Magnitude

2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Alaska Earthquake Center

Local time

Wed, Jan 27, 2016, 9:29 AM AKST

UTC

2016-01-27 18:29:31 UTC

Depth

17.2 km (10.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

54.488° N, 161.473° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Stations used

11

• King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast84 kmSE

After

1. 2.587 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaWed, Jan 27, 8:57 PM AKST · 3903 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away
2. 2.678 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Jan 29, 4:08 PM AKST · 3901 days ago · 29 km deep · 77 km away
3. 3.274 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaFri, Jan 29, 10:10 PM AKST · 3901 days ago · 20 km deep · 17 km away
4. 2.469 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaSun, Jan 31, 2:43 PM AKST · 3899 days ago · 22 km deep · 19 km away
5. 2.050 km S of King Cove, AlaskaMon, Feb 1, 2:45 AM AKST · 3898 days ago · 21 km deep · 48 km away
6. 2.582 km S of King Cove, AlaskaThu, Feb 4, 5:05 AM AKST · 3895 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
7. 2.490 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaFri, Feb 5, 1:17 PM AKST · 3894 days ago · 23 km deep · 16 km away
8. 2.277 km ESE of King Cove, AlaskaSun, Feb 7, 12:35 PM AKST · 3892 days ago · 38 km deep · 26 km away
9. 1.986 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaTue, Feb 9, 12:22 AM AKST · 3890 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
10. 2.573 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaWed, Feb 10, 7:43 PM AKST · 3889 days ago · 11 km deep · 13 km away
11. 2.473 km SSE of Sand Point, AlaskaWed, Feb 10, 10:56 PM AKST · 3889 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
12. 2.486 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaTue, Feb 16, 10:10 PM AKST · 3883 days ago · 16 km deep · 13 km away
13. 2.442 km ESE of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Feb 19, 8:05 PM AKST · 3880 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
14. 2.173 km SSE of Sand Point, AlaskaSun, Feb 21, 4:39 PM AKST · 3878 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
15. 2.978 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Feb 22, 2:43 PM AKST · 3877 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
16. 3.178 km S of Sand Point, AlaskaMon, Feb 22, 7:31 PM AKST · 3877 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
17. 3.527 km NNE of King Cove, AlaskaMon, Feb 22, 9:50 PM AKST · 3877 days ago · 149 km deep · 95 km away
18. 2.776 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaWed, Feb 24, 12:41 AM AKST · 3875 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
19. 2.497 km S of King Cove, AlaskaThu, Feb 25, 12:29 AM AKST · 3874 days ago · 14 km deep · 51 km away
20. 2.155 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaFri, Feb 26, 2:49 AM AKST · 3873 days ago · 21 km deep · 36 km away
21. 2.156 km SSE of Sand Point, AlaskaFri, Feb 26, 9:44 AM AKST · 3873 days ago · 23 km deep · 94 km away
22. 3.056 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaSat, Feb 27, 6:51 AM AKST · 3872 days ago · 74 km deep · 33 km away
23. 2.488 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaSun, Feb 28, 3:22 AM AKST · 3871 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
24. 3.766 km ESE of King Cove, AlaskaSun, Feb 28, 7:08 AM AKST · 3871 days ago · 88 km deep · 50 km away
25. 2.5108 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaSun, Feb 28, 8:06 AM AKST · 3871 days ago · 25 km deep · 27 km away
26. 3.494 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaSun, Feb 28, 9:08 AM AKST · 3871 days ago · 14 km deep · 15 km away
27. 3.240 km SW of King Cove, AlaskaTue, Mar 1, 12:45 AM AKST · 3869 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
28. 3.386 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaTue, Mar 1, 7:24 PM AKST · 3869 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
29. 2.7115 km SSW of Sand Point, AlaskaWed, Mar 2, 6:21 PM AKST · 3868 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
30. 1.946 km E of King Cove, AlaskaThu, Mar 3, 4:40 AM AKST · 3867 days ago · 78 km deep · 68 km away
31. 2.994 km S of King Cove, AlaskaThu, Mar 3, 6:42 AM AKST · 3867 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
32. 3.596 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Mar 5, 10:44 PM AKST · 3865 days ago · 27 km deep · 78 km away
33. 2.395 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaSat, Mar 5, 11:11 PM AKST · 3865 days ago · 11 km deep · 17 km away
34. 2.031 km ENE of King Cove, AlaskaSun, Mar 6, 9:53 AM AKST · 3864 days ago · 100 km deep · 81 km away
35. 2.487 km SSW of Sand Point, AlaskaSun, Mar 6, 11:50 AM AKST · 3864 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
36. 3.297 km S of Sand Point, AlaskaSun, Mar 6, 4:11 PM AKST · 3864 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
37. 2.235 km ENE of King Cove, AlaskaTue, Mar 8, 12:51 AM AKST · 3862 days ago · 114 km deep · 75 km away
38. 2.151 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Mar 10, 8:46 PM AKST · 3860 days ago · 62 km deep · 88 km away
39. 2.388 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaFri, Mar 11, 11:01 AM AKST · 3859 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
40. 3.473 km SSW of Sand Point, AlaskaFri, Mar 11, 11:12 AM AKST · 3859 days ago · 21 km deep · 49 km away
41. 2.367 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaSun, Mar 13, 3:23 AM AKDT · 3857 days ago · 21 km deep · 25 km away
42. 2.171 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaSun, Mar 13, 4:09 AM AKDT · 3857 days ago · 20 km deep · 25 km away
43. 2.984 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaSun, Mar 13, 10:38 AM AKDT · 3857 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away
44. 3.351 km S of King Cove, AlaskaMon, Mar 14, 3:20 AM AKDT · 3856 days ago · 28 km deep · 55 km away
45. 3.3115 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaMon, Mar 14, 11:46 AM AKDT · 3856 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
46. 3.557 km SSE of Sand Point, AlaskaWed, Mar 16, 4:58 PM AKDT · 3854 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
47. 2.355 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaThu, Mar 17, 5:00 AM AKDT · 3853 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
48. 2.655 km W of Sand Point, AlaskaFri, Mar 18, 5:43 PM AKDT · 3852 days ago · 82 km deep · 92 km away
49. 3.859 km S of Sand Point, AlaskaFri, Mar 18, 11:57 PM AKDT · 3852 days ago · 29 km deep · 68 km away
50. 3.096 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaSat, Mar 19, 1:39 PM AKDT · 3851 days ago · 11 km deep · 18 km away
51. 2.1Alaska PeninsulaSat, Mar 19, 2:48 PM AKDT · 3851 days ago · 56 km deep · 50 km away
52. 2.9170 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaMon, Mar 21, 5:37 AM AKDT · 3849 days ago · 17 km deep · 88 km away
53. 3.2148 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaMon, Mar 21, 6:14 AM AKDT · 3849 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away
54. 2.552 km WSW of Sand Point, AlaskaTue, Mar 22, 5:21 AM AKDT · 3848 days ago · 64 km deep · 77 km away
55. 4.572 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Mar 23, 8:29 AM AKDT · 3847 days ago · 53 km deep · 91 km away
56. 3.664 km S of Sand Point, AlaskaFri, Mar 25, 3:34 AM AKDT · 3845 days ago · 27 km deep · 63 km away

Before

1. 2.294 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaWed, Jan 27, 7:00 AM AKST · 3903 days ago · 26 km deep · 12 km away
2. 2.154 km ESE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jan 26, 10:40 PM AKST · 3904 days ago · 63 km deep · 80 km away
3. 3.049 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaTue, Jan 26, 8:51 PM AKST · 3904 days ago · 47 km deep · 35 km away
4. 2.154 km S of King Cove, AlaskaMon, Jan 25, 9:17 AM AKST · 3905 days ago · 19 km deep · 61 km away
5. 2.041 km ESE of King Cove, AlaskaMon, Jan 25, 6:12 AM AKST · 3905 days ago · 71 km deep · 55 km away
6. 2.959 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaSun, Jan 24, 11:29 PM AKST · 3906 days ago · 27 km deep · 27 km away
7. 2.888 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaSun, Jan 24, 6:55 PM AKST · 3906 days ago · 14 km deep · 6 km away
8. 2.998 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaSun, Jan 24, 7:49 AM AKST · 3906 days ago · 11 km deep · 15 km away
9. 2.498 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaSun, Jan 24, 6:00 AM AKST · 3906 days ago · 25 km deep · 16 km away
10. 3.288 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaSun, Jan 24, 5:42 AM AKST · 3906 days ago · 22 km deep · 5 km away
11. 2.686 km SSW of Sand Point, AlaskaSun, Jan 24, 4:30 AM AKST · 3906 days ago · 42 km deep · 29 km away
12. 2.822 km SSW of Sand Point, AlaskaSat, Jan 23, 6:54 AM AKST · 3907 days ago · 61 km deep · 91 km away
13. 3.264 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaFri, Jan 22, 3:20 PM AKST · 3908 days ago · 31 km deep · 20 km away
14. 2.080 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaFri, Jan 22, 1:10 AM AKST · 3908 days ago · 20 km deep · 10 km away
15. 2.080 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaThu, Jan 21, 7:56 AM AKST · 3909 days ago · 18 km deep · 16 km away
16. 3.190 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaThu, Jan 21, 3:29 AM AKST · 3909 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
17. 2.755 km S of King Cove, AlaskaWed, Jan 20, 3:01 PM AKST · 3910 days ago · 41 km deep · 49 km away
18. 2.921 km WSW of King Cove, AlaskaTue, Jan 19, 8:55 AM AKST · 3911 days ago · 118 km deep · 91 km away
19. 2.2101 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaMon, Jan 18, 10:26 PM AKST · 3912 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
20. 2.694 km S of King Cove, AlaskaSat, Jan 16, 2:30 AM AKST · 3914 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak01618yege3 (also filed as ak12716102). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:09 PM UTC.