Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake Alaska Peninsula

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck in the Alaska Peninsula on Thu, Jan 30, 2020, 7:50 PM AKST (04:50 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 91 km SE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-01-31 04:50:58 UTC
Depth
25.3 km (15.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.364° N, 161.679° 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: 68 in the 60 days after this one and 41 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.9107 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 2.791 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  3. 2.382 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 2.164 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 2.185 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 18 km deep · 28 km away
  6. 3.099 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 17 km deep · 22 km away
  7. 2.062 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 20 km deep · 26 km away
  8. 4.291 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 34 km deep · 22 km away
  9. 1.989 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 3.359 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 73 km deep · 38 km away
  11. 2.1102 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  12. 2.633 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2423 days ago · 63 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 1.568 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2423 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
  14. 1.781 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2423 days ago · 27 km deep · 54 km away
  15. 1.759 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2423 days ago · 17 km deep · 81 km away
  16. 2.158 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2420 days ago · 60 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 2.043 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2419 days ago · 52 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 1.991 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2417 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 1.989 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2417 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
  20. 1.970 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2416 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
  21. 2.069 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2415 days ago · 15 km deep · 39 km away
  22. 2.765 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2414 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
  23. 1.959 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2414 days ago · 58 km deep · 39 km away
  24. 1.669 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2414 days ago · 25 km deep · 34 km away
  25. 2.238 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2413 days ago · 56 km deep · 49 km away
  26. 2.193 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2413 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
  27. 2.564 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2413 days ago · 64 km deep · 57 km away
  28. 1.869 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2411 days ago · 21 km deep · 78 km away
  29. 1.652 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 52 km deep · 88 km away
  30. 1.957 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 20 km deep · 32 km away
  31. 2.189 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2409 days ago · 12 km deep · 12 km away
  32. 2.285 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2408 days ago · 26 km deep · 3 km away
  33. 1.958 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 45 km deep · 59 km away
  34. 2.293 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 32 km deep · 85 km away
  35. 1.685 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 11 km deep · 23 km away
  36. 2.479 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2404 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
  37. 2.243 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2404 days ago · 66 km deep · 93 km away
  38. 1.962 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 18 km deep · 79 km away
  39. 3.195 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 30 km deep · 62 km away
  40. 1.773 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 34 km deep · 54 km away
  41. 2.891 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  42. 2.5103 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
  43. 3.180 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2400 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  44. 2.681 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 18 km deep · 63 km away
  45. 1.884 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 19 km deep · 5 km away
  46. 1.889 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  47. 2.174 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
  48. 2.590 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2394 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  49. 2.084 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
  50. 1.966 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 23 km deep · 58 km away
  51. 1.736 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 22 km deep · 58 km away
  52. 1.670 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2392 days ago · 23 km deep · 36 km away
  53. 1.911 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 91 km deep · 76 km away
  54. 2.869 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2389 days ago · 72 km deep · 62 km away
  55. 2.9131 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  56. 1.878 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2387 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  57. 1.759 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2386 days ago · 64 km deep · 37 km away
  58. 1.723 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2386 days ago · 81 km deep · 65 km away
  59. 1.790 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2386 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
  60. 2.6103 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2384 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away

The first 60 of 68.

Before

  1. 2.152 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 60 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 2.783 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 22 km deep · 18 km away
  3. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 2439 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 1.852 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 60 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 1.857 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 37 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 1.654 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 47 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 1.786 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 20 km deep · 17 km away
  8. 3.483 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 48 km deep · 24 km away
  9. 1.678 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
  10. 2.963 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 24 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 1.953 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 52 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 1.859 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
  13. 2.960 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 48 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 1.862 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 57 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 2.191 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
  16. 2.687 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 27 km deep · 39 km away
  17. 1.777 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 30 km deep · 38 km away
  18. 2.180 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 25 km deep · 16 km away
  19. 1.890 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
  20. 2.031 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 88 km deep · 84 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0201fccc1t. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 1:53 PM UTC.