M2.9 earthquake 223 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 223 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska on Tue, Jan 21, 2020, 8:22 PM AKST (05:22 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 251 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
- 2020-01-22 05:22:35 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.099° N, 161.573° 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 · ±0.128 · 8 stations |
| 2.6 | 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 7.0 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 243°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.4209 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2418 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.1251 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.9131 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2391 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60007mvg (also filed as ak02010gxlq0). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:48 AM UTC.