Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 31 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 31 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska on Sun, Mar 6, 2016, 9:53 AM AKST (18:53 UTC), 100 km (62 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 59 km S of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

King Cove forecastMore in Alaska

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2016-03-06 18:53:48 UTC
Depth
100.2 km (62.3 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.176° N, 161.863° 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
12

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 42 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.487 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3864 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 2.235 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 3862 days ago · 114 km deep · 7 km away
  3. 2.151 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 62 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 2.388 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 3.473 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 21 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 2.367 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 21 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 2.171 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 2.984 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 3.351 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3856 days ago · 28 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 2.355 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 2.655 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 82 km deep · 35 km away
  12. 3.859 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3851 days ago · 29 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 3.096 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3851 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 3851 days ago · 56 km deep · 43 km away
  15. 2.815 km N of False Pass, Alaska · 3849 days ago · 161 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 2.552 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3848 days ago · 64 km deep · 38 km away
  17. 3.664 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 27 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 1.738 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3844 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 2.468 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3841 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 2.487 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3841 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  21. 2.283 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3838 days ago · 15 km deep · 84 km away
  22. 2.542 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3838 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
  23. 1.978 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3834 days ago · 21 km deep · 66 km away
  24. 3.590 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3834 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  25. 2.036 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 3833 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
  26. 1.869 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 21 km deep · 69 km away
  27. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 3825 days ago · 49 km deep · 68 km away
  28. 2.080 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  29. 2.656 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
  30. 2.990 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3823 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  31. 3.364 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3820 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  32. 2.395 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3816 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
  33. 3.261 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3815 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  34. 3.760 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3813 days ago · 79 km deep · 54 km away
  35. 2.086 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3813 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away
  36. 2.840 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3812 days ago · 89 km deep · 57 km away
  37. 2.985 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 24 km deep · 82 km away
  38. 2.429 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 109 km deep · 61 km away
  39. 2.876 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3808 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
  40. 2.255 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  41. 1.993 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 41 km deep · 88 km away
  42. 2.482 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away

Before

  1. 2.395 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3864 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 1.946 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3867 days ago · 78 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 3.386 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3869 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 3.240 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 3869 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 3.494 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 3.766 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 88 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 2.488 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 3.056 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3872 days ago · 74 km deep · 48 km away
  9. 2.155 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3873 days ago · 21 km deep · 65 km away
  10. 2.776 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3875 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 3.527 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 3876 days ago · 149 km deep · 18 km away
  12. 3.178 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3877 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 2.510 km WNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3877 days ago · 129 km deep · 65 km away
  14. 2.442 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 3879 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 2.486 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3882 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 2.573 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3888 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 1.986 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3890 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
  18. 2.277 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3892 days ago · 38 km deep · 65 km away
  19. 2.490 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3894 days ago · 23 km deep · 92 km away

Earthquakes todayAlaska earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak01631gi67f (also filed as ak12962755). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:08 PM UTC.