M2.9 earthquake 215 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 215 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska on Wed, Jul 26, 2017, 4:28 PM AKDT (00:28 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 255 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-07-27 00:28:44 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.191° N, 161.448° 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. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.9 | ML, local (Richter) | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed |
| 2.9 | ML, local (Richter) | Alaska Earthquake Center | Preliminary |
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 9.0 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 270°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.3255 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.6226 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 37 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.7229 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.8259 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.8192 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.9237 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.6163 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.7223 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000abxa (also filed as ak16675120, ak0179jzyaaa). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:25 AM UTC.