Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 79 km S of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 79 km S of King Cove, Alaska on Wed, Jan 27, 2021, 10:30 PM AKST (07:30 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 75 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-01-28 07:30:10 UTC
Depth
6.6 km (4.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.352° N, 162.414° 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
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 159 in the 60 days after this one and 87 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.093 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 2.090 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 2.685 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 29 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 2.082 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 18 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 2.965 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 65 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 2.898 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
  7. 1.966 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 18 km deep · 54 km away
  8. 1.842 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 50 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 2.186 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  10. 2.1102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 1.680 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 18 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 1.680 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 17 km deep · 12 km away
  13. 1.818 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 2.894 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 23 km deep · 19 km away
  15. 1.922 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  16. 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 2066 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  17. 2.277 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 53 km deep · 2 km away
  18. 2.1123 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  19. 2.2100 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  20. 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 2066 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
  21. 2.324 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 83 km deep · 71 km away
  22. 2.783 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  23. 1.679 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
  24. 3.262 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 64 km deep · 77 km away
  25. 1.919 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 113 km deep · 80 km away
  26. 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 2062 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
  27. 2.395 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 28 km deep · 89 km away
  28. 4.875 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 51 km deep · 83 km away
  29. 2.685 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  30. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 2060 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  31. 2.184 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  32. 1.989 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  33. 1.874 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 17 km deep · 75 km away
  34. 2.095 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  35. 2.054 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 53 km deep · 25 km away
  36. 1.977 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  37. 2.1104 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  38. 3.186 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 20 km deep · 11 km away
  39. 2.496 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  40. 2.793 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 18 km deep · 63 km away
  41. 1.875 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 21 km deep · 78 km away
  42. 2.142 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 62 km deep · 44 km away
  43. 1.978 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 16 km deep · 44 km away
  44. 1.876 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
  45. 1.754 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 21 km deep · 31 km away
  46. 3.139 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
  47. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 2050 days ago · 47 km deep · 38 km away
  48. 1.662 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 19 km deep · 35 km away
  49. 2.0104 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
  50. 2.66 km NE of False Pass, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 116 km deep · 85 km away
  51. 1.873 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 21 km deep · 78 km away
  52. 1.848 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 72 km deep · 60 km away
  53. 2.3139 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 63 km deep · 81 km away
  54. 1.727 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  55. 2.088 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  56. 2.390 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
  57. 3.164 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 44 km deep · 20 km away
  58. 2.178 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
  59. 1.874 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  60. 1.976 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away

The first 60 of 159.

Before

  1. 2.595 km S of False Pass, AK · 2070 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 1.764 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 19 km deep · 42 km away
  3. 2.180 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 1.965 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 2.043 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 81 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 1.750 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 47 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 2.797 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 1.968 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 21 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 1.661 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 21 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 3.093 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 15 km deep · 15 km away
  11. 3.084 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 27 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 2.196 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
  13. 5.071 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 39 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 6
  14. 3.0113 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 2.8119 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  16. 2.1103 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
  17. 3.490 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 15 km deep · 20 km away
  18. 1.945 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 63 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 2.970 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 27 km deep · 58 km away
  20. 2.291 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0211afe732. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 6:25 AM UTC.