Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 17 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 17 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska on Wed, Sep 30, 2020, 10:29 PM AKDT (06:29 UTC), 86 km (54 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: 2.8 (ml), micro
Local time: Wed, Sep 30, 2020, 10:29 PM AKDT
UTC: 2020-10-01 06:29:00 UTC
Depth: 86.2 km (53.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 54.911° N, 162.398° 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 3.3 km horizontally, 4.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.12
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 156°
Stations used: 24

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast17 kmSSW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 149 in the 60 days after this one and 78 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 149.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000c778 (also filed as ak020cmwj63w). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:35 PM UTC.