Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 251 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 251 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska on Thu, Nov 19, 2020, 3:06 AM AKST (12:06 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 203 km S of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.9 (ml), micro
Local time: Thu, Nov 19, 2020, 3:06 AM AKST
UTC: 2020-11-19 12:06:52 UTC
Depth: 26.1 km (16.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 53.012° N, 160.712° 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 7.8 km horizontally, 12.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.15
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 291°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 18

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast251 kmSSE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 55 in the 30 days before it.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000cmsm (also filed as ak020ew1b1p4). Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 12:43 PM UTC.