Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 87 km SE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 87 km SE of King Cove, Alaska on Wed, Jan 15, 2020, 10:17 AM AKST (19:17 UTC), 27 km (17 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
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-01-15 19:17:46 UTC
Depth
26.9 km (16.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.595° N, 161.222° 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.

Location uncertainty
About 4.0 km horizontally, 11.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
205°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
29

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 77 in the 60 days after this one and 44 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.191 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
  2. 1.862 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 57 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 1.859 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
  4. 1.953 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 52 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 2.963 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 24 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 2.959 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 29 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 1.678 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 26 km deep · 18 km away
  8. 3.483 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 48 km deep · 16 km away
  9. 1.786 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 20 km deep · 22 km away
  10. 1.654 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 47 km deep · 33 km away
  11. 1.858 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 92 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 1.834 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 51 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 2.183 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 1.857 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 37 km deep · 38 km away
  15. 1.852 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 60 km deep · 44 km away
  16. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 2439 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
  17. 2.783 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 22 km deep · 21 km away
  18. 2.152 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 60 km deep · 43 km away
  19. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 2434 days ago · 25 km deep · 39 km away
  20. 2.791 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  21. 2.382 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
  22. 2.056 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 19 km deep · 85 km away
  23. 2.164 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
  24. 2.185 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 18 km deep · 11 km away
  25. 3.099 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 17 km deep · 26 km away
  26. 2.062 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 20 km deep · 36 km away
  27. 2.17 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 74 km deep · 99 km away
  28. 4.291 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 34 km deep · 18 km away
  29. 1.989 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
  30. 2.359 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 18 km deep · 89 km away
  31. 3.359 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 73 km deep · 29 km away
  32. 2.01 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 63 km deep · 95 km away
  33. 2.1102 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  34. 2.633 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 63 km deep · 61 km away
  35. 1.568 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
  36. 1.781 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 27 km deep · 15 km away
  37. 1.759 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 17 km deep · 42 km away
  38. 2.158 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2420 days ago · 60 km deep · 36 km away
  39. 2.043 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2420 days ago · 52 km deep · 53 km away
  40. 1.991 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2418 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  41. 1.989 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2418 days ago · 12 km deep · 41 km away
  42. 1.970 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2416 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
  43. 2.069 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2415 days ago · 15 km deep · 18 km away
  44. 2.765 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2415 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
  45. 1.959 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2415 days ago · 58 km deep · 29 km away
  46. 1.669 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2415 days ago · 25 km deep · 20 km away
  47. 2.238 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2414 days ago · 56 km deep · 57 km away
  48. 2.193 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2414 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
  49. 2.564 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2413 days ago · 64 km deep · 85 km away
  50. 1.762 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2411 days ago · 145 km deep · 98 km away
  51. 1.957 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away
  52. 2.189 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 12 km deep · 28 km away
  53. 3.832 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 111 km deep · 91 km away
  54. 2.285 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2409 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
  55. 1.958 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 45 km deep · 85 km away
  56. 1.685 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 11 km deep · 16 km away
  57. 1.556 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
  58. 2.479 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2405 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
  59. 2.243 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2405 days ago · 66 km deep · 54 km away
  60. 1.962 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2403 days ago · 18 km deep · 40 km away

The first 60 of 77.

Before

  1. 1.777 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 30 km deep · 10 km away
  2. 2.180 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 25 km deep · 25 km away
  3. 1.722 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 78 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 1.890 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
  5. 2.031 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 88 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 1.864 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 19 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 2.740 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 65 km deep · 54 km away
  8. 1.924 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 111 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 1.969 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 2.541 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 68 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 1.787 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 2.8100 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 22 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 2.6106 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 14 km deep · 34 km away
  14. 2.033 km NE of King Cove, AK · 2459 days ago · 113 km deep · 89 km away
  15. 2.089 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 13 km deep · 28 km away
  16. 3.186 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 24 km deep · 100 km away
  17. 1.644 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 52 km deep · 68 km away
  18. 2.1104 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 21 km deep · 25 km away
  19. 1.840 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 105 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 1.868 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 23 km deep · 27 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60007hpg (also filed as ak020p4h6il). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:08 AM UTC.