M2.1 earthquake 79 km SE of King Cove, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 79 km SE of King Cove, Alaska on Fri, Mar 19, 2021, 12:29 AM AKDT (08:29 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 108 km SE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-03-19 08:29:18 UTC
- Depth
- 17.4 km (10.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.482° N, 161.606° 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
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 96 in the 60 days after this one and 88 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.830 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 88 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.655 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 51 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.248 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 50 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.839 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.994 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.731 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 89 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.098 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 19 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.980 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.653 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.694 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 27 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.893 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.235 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 116 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.942 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 58 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.972 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.779 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.781 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.295 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.866 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 59 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.885 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2008 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.854 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2008 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.974 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2007 days ago · 68 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.042 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2007 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.045 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 103 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.141 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 71 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.093 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.796 km S of Sand Point, AK · 2005 days ago · 34 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.537 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.2138 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.779 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.782 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 25 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.767 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 24 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.735 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.552 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 50 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.8101 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.882 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 19 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.0105 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.981 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.4163 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.792 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 21 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.993 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.167 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 18 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.064 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 27 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.080 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 23 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.149 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 55 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.874 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 17 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.5101 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.1149 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 32 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.878 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 16 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.271 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.9105 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 29 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.270 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 39 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.767 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.657 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 46 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.774 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.566 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.062 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.799 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 21 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.546 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.6146 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.077 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 18 km deep · 23 km away
The first 60 of 96.
Before
- 1.839 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 18 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.946 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 75 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.632 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 50 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.765 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 27 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.589 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 16 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.043 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.695 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 35 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.792 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.883 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.1115 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.244 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 66 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.9101 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 0 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.092 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.967 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.989 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.191 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.165 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 49 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.981 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 15 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.690 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 17 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.648 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
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