Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 74 km SE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 74 km SE of King Cove, Alaska on Mon, Feb 22, 2021, 7:17 AM AKST (16:17 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
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2021-02-22 16:17:26 UTC
Depth
25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.685° N, 161.360° 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
19

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 155 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.7115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 1.976 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 26 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 2.273 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 73 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 2.159 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 2.3103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 21 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 3.072 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 30 km deep · 8 km away
  7. 1.944 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 1.981 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
  9. 2.4106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 1.982 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 2.2105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 1.766 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
  13. 2.3116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 1.985 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 2.791 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 2.295 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 2.8110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 3.034 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  19. 3.168 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 29 km deep · 61 km away
  20. 1.986 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
  21. 1.881 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away
  22. 2.763 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 77 km deep · 53 km away
  23. 1.880 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
  24. 2.064 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 17 km deep · 48 km away
  25. 1.963 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
  26. 2.9south of Alaska · 2045 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
  27. 2.267 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 18 km deep · 94 km away
  28. 2.3113 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away
  29. 2.296 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
  30. 1.858 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 22 km deep · 64 km away
  31. 3.291 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  32. 2.258 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 19 km deep · 65 km away
  33. 2.055 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away
  34. 1.955 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 38 km deep · 34 km away
  35. 3.988 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 42 km deep · 28 km away
  36. 4.385 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 40 km deep · 29 km away
  37. 3.196 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  38. 2.894 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 20 km deep · 35 km away
  39. 2.481 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 16 km deep · 30 km away
  40. 2.8102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  41. 3.071 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 27 km deep · 22 km away
  42. 2.065 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 19 km deep · 32 km away
  43. 1.961 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
  44. 1.955 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 92 km deep · 53 km away
  45. 2.136 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 119 km deep · 86 km away
  46. 2.3141 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  47. 1.879 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 16 km deep · 27 km away
  48. 2.386 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
  49. 2.9101 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
  50. 2.5106 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
  51. 2.883 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  52. 2.495 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  53. 2.363 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 18 km deep · 80 km away
  54. 1.672 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
  55. 1.993 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  56. 3.397 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 19 km deep · 99 km away
  57. 1.992 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  58. 2.895 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
  59. 2.079 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 17 km deep · 29 km away
  60. 1.978 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 26 km deep · 4 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 2.556 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 30 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 3.2102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 2.8101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 2.178 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
  5. 2.7112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 3.164 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 44 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 2.088 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
  8. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 2054 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 2.292 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 3.1111 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 1.848 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 72 km deep · 28 km away
  12. 1.873 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 21 km deep · 1 km away
  13. 2.0102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  14. 1.9108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  15. 1.897 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 1.885 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 1.662 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 19 km deep · 43 km away
  18. 1.826 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  19. 2.076 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 23 km deep · 77 km away
  20. 2.1107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0212fx411n. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:14 AM UTC.