Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 27 km S of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 27 km S of King Cove, Alaska on Thu, May 13, 2021, 7:01 AM AKDT (15:01 UTC), 72 km (44 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 97 km SSE 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
2021-05-13 15:01:11 UTC
Depth
71.5 km (44.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
54.811° N, 162.332° 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
12

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 47 in the 60 days after this one and 53 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.123 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 2.024 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 18 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 2.4110 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 2.082 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 1.539 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 2.691 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 2.070 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  8. 1.854 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 59 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 1.873 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 14 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 1.923 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 2.0106 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 2.777 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 34 km deep · 68 km away
  13. 3.225 km NW of False Pass, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 22 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 1.982 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 46 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 2.6117 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 21 km deep · 100 km away
  16. 2.559 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 53 km deep · 31 km away
  17. 1.995 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 3.897 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1938 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  19. 1.997 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 1.524 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
  21. 1.666 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
  22. 2.893 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  23. 1.685 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  24. 1.693 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
  25. 1.630 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
  26. 3.281 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 27 km deep · 67 km away
  27. 3.295 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  28. 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 1929 days ago · 20 km deep · 17 km away
  29. 2.788 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  30. 1.740 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1923 days ago · -3 km deep · 81 km away
  31. 1.547 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  32. 1.571 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 36 km deep · 48 km away
  33. 1.679 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
  34. 1.938 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 78 km deep · 69 km away
  35. 2.839 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 70 km deep · 92 km away
  36. 2.076 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 23 km deep · 56 km away
  37. 2.6101 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  38. 2.621 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 153 km deep · 90 km away
  39. 2.698 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  40. 2.637 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 71 km deep · 94 km away
  41. 1.663 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 18 km deep · 45 km away
  42. 1.993 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  43. 1.826 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  44. 1.734 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 101 km deep · 60 km away
  45. 1.833 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
  46. 2.093 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
  47. 1.940 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away

Before

  1. 1.569 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 47 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 2.0116 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 3.384 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 1.836 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 1.932 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 4.2108 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 28 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 3.8106 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 3.4117 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 3.494 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 1.619 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
  11. 3.049 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 119 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 2.597 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 1.926 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 90 km deep · 9 km away
  14. 1.783 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 2.184 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 15 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 1.532 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
  17. 1.737 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 63 km deep · 62 km away
  18. 1.852 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 62 km deep · 33 km away
  19. 2.756 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 57 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 1.829 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021647ewbo. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:42 AM UTC.