Alaska earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 96 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 96 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska on Tue, Sep 15, 2020, 12:37 AM AKDT (08:37 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 104 km SE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.1 (ml), minor
Local time: Tue, Sep 15, 2020, 12:37 AM AKDT
UTC: 2020-09-15 08:37:25 UTC
Depth: 6.3 km (3.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 54.317° N, 161.565° 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 3.8 km horizontally, 9.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.09
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 198°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 43

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast96 kmSSE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 194 in the 60 days after this one and 185 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 194.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000c1ff (also filed as ak020bwh6cb0). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 2:01 PM UTC.