Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake Alaska Peninsula

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck in the Alaska Peninsula on Wed, Feb 17, 2021, 3:56 AM AKST (12:56 UTC), 47 km (29 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 85 km SE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-02-17 12:56:30 UTC
Depth
46.8 km (29.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.513° N, 162.932° 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.

Stations used
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 139 in the 60 days after this one and 55 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.662 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 19 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 2.0104 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 2.66 km NE of False Pass, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 116 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 1.848 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 72 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 2.3139 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 63 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 1.727 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  7. 2.390 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 3.164 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 44 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 2.273 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 73 km deep · 28 km away
  10. 3.072 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 30 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 1.981 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 1.982 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  13. 1.766 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 1.985 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  15. 2.791 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  16. 2.542 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 81 km deep · 47 km away
  17. 3.168 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 29 km deep · 47 km away
  18. 1.986 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 2.763 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 77 km deep · 52 km away
  20. 2.1100 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 54 km deep · 96 km away
  21. 2.296 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  22. 2.331 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 12 km deep · 26 km away
  23. 2.4105 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
  24. 2.222 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 12 km deep · 30 km away
  25. 1.955 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 38 km deep · 69 km away
  26. 3.988 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 42 km deep · 95 km away
  27. 4.385 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 40 km deep · 91 km away
  28. 3.196 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  29. 2.894 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
  30. 2.481 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 16 km deep · 86 km away
  31. 3.071 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 27 km deep · 84 km away
  32. 2.065 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 19 km deep · 73 km away
  33. 1.961 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  34. 2.3108 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 16 km deep · 74 km away
  35. 2.196 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
  36. 1.879 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 16 km deep · 86 km away
  37. 2.386 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
  38. 2.9101 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
  39. 2.5120 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 21 km deep · 92 km away
  40. 1.993 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  41. 2.079 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 17 km deep · 85 km away
  42. 3.589 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 88 km deep · 92 km away
  43. 2.027 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
  44. 2.562 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 19 km deep · 33 km away
  45. 1.755 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 21 km deep · 72 km away
  46. 1.891 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
  47. 2.259 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 72 km deep · 43 km away
  48. 2.0110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  49. 2.1100 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  50. 1.969 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away
  51. 2.6104 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  52. 2.872 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  53. 3.562 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 29 km deep · 75 km away
  54. 1.648 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  55. 2.741 km N of False Pass, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 184 km deep · 85 km away
  56. 1.927 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
  57. 2.690 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
  58. 1.981 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
  59. 3.165 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 49 km deep · 100 km away
  60. 2.191 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away

The first 60 of 139.

Before

  1. 2.151 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 112 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 3.139 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 11 km deep · 21 km away
  3. 1.754 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 21 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 1.978 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 16 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 2.142 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 62 km deep · 6 km away
  6. 2.449 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 147 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 2.793 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 18 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 2.496 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 3.186 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 20 km deep · 38 km away
  10. 2.054 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 53 km deep · 35 km away
  11. 2.095 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  12. 2.395 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 28 km deep · 73 km away
  13. 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 2062 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
  14. 1.919 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 113 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 3.262 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 64 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 2.324 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 83 km deep · 33 km away
  17. 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 2065 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  18. 2.1123 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 2.277 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 53 km deep · 37 km away
  20. 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 2065 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02127l9y4v. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 9:48 AM UTC.