Alaska earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 31 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 31 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska on Wed, Jun 29, 2016, 4:25 AM AKDT (12:25 UTC), 70 km (44 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 4.6 (Mww, W-phase moment), light
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Wed, Jun 29, 2016, 4:25 AM AKDT
UTC: 2016-06-29 12:25:44 UTC
Depth: 70.3 km (43.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 54.918° N, 161.901° W
Region: Alaska
Strongest shaking: IV, light shaking
Tsunami flag: Yes: a large quake in an oceanic region
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.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
4.6	Mww, W-phase moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed
4.6	Mw, moment	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preliminary
5.0	ML, local (Richter)	NOAA National Tsunami Warning Center	Reviewed · 11 stations
4.6	Mww, W-phase moment	Alaska Earthquake Center	Moment tensor · Reviewed

Tsunami

The USGS flags a quake this large in an oceanic region. The flag does not mean a tsunami happened; the tsunami warning centers decide that, and their messages are below when they issued any.

Current tsunami warnings: tsunami.gov. Warnings in force in the US also appear on our alerts pages.

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated: IV, light shaking
Map: Automatic

USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter — Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Oblique reverse
Moment magnitude: 4.6 Mww
Nodal plane 1: Strike 348°, dip 67°, rake 149°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 91°, dip 62°, rake 27°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 5.0 km horizontally, 3.3 km in depth
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 144°
Stations used: 409

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast31 kmESE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 76 in the 60 days after this one and 27 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 76.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us200067y8 (also filed as ak13732334, at00o9j96v, ak0168bjkgzb). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:44 AM UTC.