Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 47 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 47 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska on Thu, Feb 11, 2021, 11:37 AM AKST (20:37 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 62 km SE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from: Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time: Thu, Feb 11, 2021, 11:37 AM AKST
UTC: 2021-02-11 20:37:09 UTC
Depth: 5.3 km (3.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 55.441° N, 161.990° W
Region: Alaska
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
1.8	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preferred · Preliminary
1.88	ML, local (Richter)	AV	Final · ±0.241552034959187 · 7 stations

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.

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast47 kmNNE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 63 in the 60 days after this one and 31 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 63.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0211xsp6za (also filed as av91188656). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:38 AM UTC.