Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake Alaska Peninsula

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck in the Alaska Peninsula on Sun, Jan 17, 2021, 1:21 PM AKST (22:21 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.9 (ml), micro
Local time: Sun, Jan 17, 2021, 1:21 PM AKST
UTC: 2021-01-17 22:21:01 UTC
Depth: 25.8 km (16.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 54.563° N, 161.224° 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 3.2 km horizontally, 11.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.12
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 189°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 20

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast89 kmSE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 200.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000dclr (also filed as ak021shcxub). Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 11:12 PM UTC.