Alaska earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 34 km N of Cold Bay, Alaska

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 34 km N of Cold Bay, Alaska on Sun, Nov 14, 2021, 9:13 PM AKST (06:13 UTC), 179 km (111 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 88 km NW of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2021-11-15 06:13:00 UTC
Depth
179.4 km (111.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.490° N, 162.642° 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

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Location uncertainty
About 11.6 km horizontally, 5.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
161°
Stations used
31

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.831 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 172 km deep · 27 km away
  2. 2.629 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 61 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 2.645 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 92 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 2.455 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 1.556 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 3.021 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 85 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 2.726 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 172 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 1.835 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 2.942 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 92 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 1.839 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 73 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 2.237 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 138 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 3.588 km NW of False Pass, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 243 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 2.963 km WSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
  14. 1.854 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 3.130 km NNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 208 km deep · 22 km away

Before

  1. 1.67 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 2.835 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 206 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 2.435 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 23 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 1.739 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 1.931 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 1.515 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 2.212 km WNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 106 km deep · 33 km away
  8. 3.160 km WNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 163 km deep · 61 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000gcm3 (also filed as ak021eno33nt). Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 7:09 AM UTC.