Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 62 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 62 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska on Wed, Feb 17, 2021, 5:02 PM AKST (02:02 UTC), 19 km (12 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 85 km SE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2021-02-18 02:02:13 UTC
Depth
18.6 km (11.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.537° N, 161.984° 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
25

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 170 in the 60 days after this one and 73 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.66 km NE of False Pass, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 116 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 1.873 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 21 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 1.848 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 72 km deep · 27 km away
  4. 3.1111 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 1.727 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 2.088 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 2.390 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 3.164 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 44 km deep · 16 km away
  9. 2.178 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
  10. 1.874 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
  11. 1.976 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
  12. 2.273 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 73 km deep · 38 km away
  13. 3.072 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 30 km deep · 36 km away
  14. 1.981 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
  15. 1.982 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  16. 1.766 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
  17. 1.985 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  18. 2.791 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  19. 3.168 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 29 km deep · 18 km away
  20. 1.986 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 2 km deep · 35 km away
  21. 1.881 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
  22. 2.763 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 77 km deep · 10 km away
  23. 1.880 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
  24. 2.064 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
  25. 2.3113 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
  26. 2.296 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
  27. 2.331 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
  28. 2.4105 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
  29. 2.222 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
  30. 1.955 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 38 km deep · 13 km away
  31. 3.988 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 42 km deep · 35 km away
  32. 4.385 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 40 km deep · 31 km away
  33. 3.196 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  34. 2.894 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away
  35. 2.481 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 16 km deep · 26 km away
  36. 3.071 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 27 km deep · 23 km away
  37. 2.065 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 19 km deep · 12 km away
  38. 1.961 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
  39. 2.196 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
  40. 1.955 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 92 km deep · 81 km away
  41. 2.136 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 119 km deep · 90 km away
  42. 2.3141 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  43. 1.879 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 16 km deep · 26 km away
  44. 2.386 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
  45. 2.9101 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
  46. 2.5106 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
  47. 1.672 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
  48. 1.993 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  49. 2.079 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 17 km deep · 25 km away
  50. 1.978 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
  51. 2.027 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  52. 2.562 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 19 km deep · 89 km away
  53. 2.066 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 21 km deep · 87 km away
  54. 1.879 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 19 km deep · 43 km away
  55. 1.755 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 21 km deep · 15 km away
  56. 1.891 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 12 km deep · 35 km away
  57. 2.259 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 72 km deep · 19 km away
  58. 2.075 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  59. 3.0107 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  60. 2.1100 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away

The first 60 of 170.

Before

  1. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 2056 days ago · 47 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 3.139 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 1.754 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 21 km deep · 11 km away
  4. 1.876 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 1.978 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 16 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 2.142 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 62 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 1.875 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 21 km deep · 44 km away
  8. 2.793 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 18 km deep · 38 km away
  9. 3.186 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 20 km deep · 45 km away
  10. 2.156 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 65 km deep · 74 km away
  11. 2.1104 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  12. 1.977 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
  13. 2.054 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 53 km deep · 27 km away
  14. 2.095 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  15. 1.874 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 17 km deep · 41 km away
  16. 1.989 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 2.184 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
  18. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 2066 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
  19. 2.685 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
  20. 4.875 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 51 km deep · 49 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021292jbwr. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:08 AM UTC.