Alaska earthquakes

M3.2 earthquake 148 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 148 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska on Mon, Mar 21, 2016, 6:14 AM AKDT (14:14 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 97 km SE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.2 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-03-21 14:14:58 UTC
Depth
25.2 km (15.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.921° N, 161.140° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
3.2ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed
3.1ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreliminary

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt at Anchorage.

From the USGS event page for us20005bi1. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.3 km horizontally, 10.4 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
229°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
25

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.664 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 27 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 2.487 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3841 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 2.283 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3838 days ago · 15 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 3.1105 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3838 days ago · 24 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 2.382 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3834 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 1.978 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3834 days ago · 21 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 3.590 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3834 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 3.892 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3834 days ago · 22 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 1.869 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 4.097 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3825 days ago · 31 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 2.080 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 2.990 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3823 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  13. 3.364 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3820 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 2.589 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3816 days ago · 37 km deep · 100 km away
  15. 2.395 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3816 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 3.261 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3816 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 2.086 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3813 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 2.985 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3810 days ago · 24 km deep · 65 km away
  19. 2.876 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3808 days ago · 15 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 2.255 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  21. 1.993 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 41 km deep · 59 km away
  22. 2.482 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  23. 2.194 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3801 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away
  24. 2.376 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3798 days ago · 55 km deep · 98 km away
  25. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 3797 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away
  26. 1.982 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3795 days ago · 42 km deep · 66 km away
  27. 3.5139 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 30 km deep · 58 km away
  28. 2.989 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3792 days ago · 24 km deep · 58 km away
  29. 2.851 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3792 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away

Before

  1. 2.9170 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3849 days ago · 17 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 3.8231 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3850 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 3.096 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3851 days ago · 11 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 2.355 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 3.3115 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3856 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 2.984 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 2.171 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 2.367 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 21 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 3.473 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 21 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 2.388 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 3.297 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3864 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
  12. 2.487 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3864 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 2.395 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3864 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 3.596 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3864 days ago · 27 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 2.994 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3867 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away
  16. 2.7115 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3868 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  17. 3.386 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3869 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
  18. 3.494 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 14 km deep · 54 km away
  19. 2.5108 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 25 km deep · 40 km away
  20. 2.488 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005bi1 (also filed as ak13031908, ak0163q6yaxu). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:06 PM UTC.