M3.9 earthquake 69 km S of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 69 km S of King Cove, Alaska on Tue, Sep 8, 2020, 3:36 PM AKDT (23:36 UTC), 81 km (50 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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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

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
3.9	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.125 · 17 stations
3.6	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preliminary

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 180 in the 60 days after this one and 132 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 180.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000bk4d (also filed as ak020bl5c5qf). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 9:11 AM UTC.