Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 52 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 52 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska on Tue, Apr 20, 2021, 5:14 AM AKDT (13:14 UTC), 56 km (35 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 108 km SE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-04-20 13:14:09 UTC
Depth
56.3 km (35.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.609° N, 162.530° 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
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 59 in the 60 days after this one and 64 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.279 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 1.942 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 18 km deep · 29 km away
  3. 1.985 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 2.29 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 93 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 1.867 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 2.798 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 2.150 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
  8. 2.360 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 49 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 2.328 km NE of False Pass, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 99 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 1.728 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 16 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 2.029 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 2.898 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 1.626 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
  14. 1.830 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
  15. 2.0Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 40 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 1.829 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  17. 1.852 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 62 km deep · 11 km away
  18. 1.737 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 63 km deep · 43 km away
  19. 1.532 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
  20. 2.184 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
  21. 1.783 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
  22. 1.926 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 90 km deep · 33 km away
  23. 2.597 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  24. 3.049 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 119 km deep · 99 km away
  25. 1.619 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  26. 3.494 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
  27. 3.4117 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  28. 3.8106 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  29. 4.2108 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 28 km deep · 87 km away
  30. 1.932 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  31. 1.836 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
  32. 3.384 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
  33. 2.0116 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  34. 1.569 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 47 km deep · 80 km away
  35. 1.627 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 72 km deep · 26 km away
  36. 2.123 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
  37. 2.024 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 18 km deep · 52 km away
  38. 2.4110 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  39. 2.082 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  40. 1.539 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 1 km deep · 59 km away
  41. 2.691 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
  42. 2.070 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  43. 1.854 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 59 km deep · 72 km away
  44. 2.298 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 16 km deep · 84 km away
  45. 1.873 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 14 km deep · 40 km away
  46. 1.923 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
  47. 2.0106 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  48. 2.777 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 34 km deep · 81 km away
  49. 3.225 km NW of False Pass, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 22 km deep · 86 km away
  50. 1.982 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 46 km deep · 58 km away
  51. 2.559 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 53 km deep · 18 km away
  52. 3.897 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  53. 1.997 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  54. 1.524 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
  55. 1.666 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  56. 2.893 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  57. 1.685 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  58. 1.630 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
  59. 3.281 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 27 km deep · 41 km away

Before

  1. 2.258 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 57 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 2.940 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 18 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 2.129 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 82 km deep · 37 km away
  4. 1.824 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 24 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 1.626 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 82 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 2.144 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 59 km deep · 17 km away
  7. 2.077 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 18 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 2.799 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 21 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 1.520 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 23 km deep · 55 km away
  10. 1.631 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 11 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 1.566 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 1.830 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 94 km deep · 68 km away
  13. 2.270 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 39 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 2.087 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
  15. 1.878 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 16 km deep · 60 km away
  16. 1.932 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
  17. 2.5101 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 1.874 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 17 km deep · 50 km away
  19. 2.149 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 55 km deep · 9 km away
  20. 2.080 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 23 km deep · 84 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021524xtwl. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 12:06 AM UTC.