Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 36 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 36 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska on Thu, Mar 4, 2021, 7:50 AM AKST (16:50 UTC), 119 km (74 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.3 41 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-03-04 16:50:53 UTC
Depth
118.7 km (73.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.350° N, 162.040° 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
18

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 69 in the 60 days after this one and 42 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.672 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 2.341 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 95 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 1.978 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 1.879 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 19 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 2.036 km NW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 90 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 1.755 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 21 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 2022 days ago · 116 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 2.259 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 72 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 1.922 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 1.969 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 17 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 2.872 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 3.562 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 29 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 1.648 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 2.741 km N of False Pass, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 184 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 3.165 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 49 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 1.967 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 2.063 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 154 km deep · 29 km away
  18. 1.946 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 75 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 1.721 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 29 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 2.716 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 103 km deep · 61 km away
  21. 1.830 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 88 km deep · 55 km away
  22. 1.655 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 51 km deep · 92 km away
  23. 2.248 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 50 km deep · 82 km away
  24. 1.838 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 119 km deep · 2 km away
  25. 2.731 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 89 km deep · 54 km away
  26. 2.625 km N of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  27. 1.622 km N of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  28. 1.653 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2008 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  29. 2.515 km NW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2008 days ago · 194 km deep · 90 km away
  30. 2.235 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2008 days ago · 116 km deep · 17 km away
  31. 1.942 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2007 days ago · 58 km deep · 64 km away
  32. 1.779 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2007 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  33. 1.781 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  34. 1.866 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 59 km deep · 94 km away
  35. 1.885 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  36. 1.854 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
  37. 2.974 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 68 km deep · 82 km away
  38. 2.045 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 103 km deep · 40 km away
  39. 2.141 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 71 km deep · 63 km away
  40. 1.537 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  41. 1.767 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 24 km deep · 94 km away
  42. 2.631 km NNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 190 km deep · 53 km away
  43. 1.735 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  44. 1.552 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 50 km deep · 80 km away
  45. 1.981 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  46. 1.737 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 86 km deep · 67 km away
  47. 2.167 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 18 km deep · 91 km away
  48. 2.080 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away
  49. 2.149 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 55 km deep · 86 km away
  50. 2.717 km WNW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 204 km deep · 90 km away
  51. 2.270 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 39 km deep · 81 km away
  52. 1.657 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 46 km deep · 77 km away
  53. 1.566 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
  54. 2.077 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 18 km deep · 91 km away
  55. 2.144 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 59 km deep · 78 km away
  56. 2.161 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 92 km deep · 36 km away
  57. 1.626 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 82 km deep · 27 km away
  58. 2.258 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 57 km deep · 68 km away
  59. 1.952 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 56 km deep · 88 km away
  60. 1.867 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away

The first 60 of 69.

Before

  1. 1.955 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 92 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 1.961 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 2.065 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 19 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 3.071 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 27 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 1.955 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 38 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 1.880 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 2.763 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 77 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 1.881 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 3.034 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 1.766 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 1.981 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 3.072 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 30 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 1.976 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 1.874 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 2.621 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 91 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 2.178 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 3.164 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 44 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 1.848 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 72 km deep · 69 km away
  19. 1.873 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 21 km deep · 85 km away
  20. 2.66 km NE of False Pass, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 116 km deep · 97 km away

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