Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 77 km SE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 77 km SE of King Cove, Alaska on Fri, Feb 12, 2021, 6:10 AM AKST (15:10 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 32 km S of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-02-12 15:10:08 UTC
Depth
25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.657° N, 161.337° 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: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 188 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.898 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 2.398 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 3.1110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 2.1104 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 2.156 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 65 km deep · 43 km away
  6. 3.186 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 2.45 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 83 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 2.329 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 68 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 2.492 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 2.1100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 19 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 2.7102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 2.4100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 2.793 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 18 km deep · 30 km away
  14. 2.7118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  15. 2.863 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 2.878 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 2.0100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 1.875 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 21 km deep · 2 km away
  19. 2.076 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 1.978 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 16 km deep · 36 km away
  21. 2.8101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
  22. 1.876 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
  23. 1.754 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 21 km deep · 52 km away
  24. 2.187 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  25. 2.191 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  26. 2.1104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 23 km deep · 97 km away
  27. 2.1107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
  28. 2.076 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 23 km deep · 75 km away
  29. 1.826 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  30. 1.662 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 19 km deep · 44 km away
  31. 1.885 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  32. 1.897 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
  33. 1.9108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  34. 2.0102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  35. 1.873 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 21 km deep · 5 km away
  36. 1.848 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 72 km deep · 31 km away
  37. 2.594 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
  38. 2.2106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 23 km deep · 100 km away
  39. 2.2106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
  40. 3.1111 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  41. 2.292 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  42. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 2049 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
  43. 2.088 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
  44. 3.164 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 44 km deep · 59 km away
  45. 2.2115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
  46. 2.7112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  47. 2.178 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
  48. 3.1112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
  49. 2.8101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  50. 3.2102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  51. 2.556 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 30 km deep · 70 km away
  52. 1.874 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 26 km deep · 3 km away
  53. 2.7115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  54. 1.976 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 26 km deep · 2 km away
  55. 2.273 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 73 km deep · 82 km away
  56. 2.159 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
  57. 2.3103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
  58. 3.072 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 30 km deep · 8 km away
  59. 1.944 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
  60. 2.2110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 2.495 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 2.522 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 62 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 1.847 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 2.9106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 2.6109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 2.054 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 53 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 3.446 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 41 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 2.7108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 3.1108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 1.861 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 1.9108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 2.199 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 2.095 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  14. 1.874 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 17 km deep · 4 km away
  15. 2.397 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 1.989 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
  17. 2.070 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  18. 2.391 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 2.260 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 3.0117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0211zd3l4d. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:51 PM UTC.