Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 54 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 54 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska on Fri, May 28, 2021, 4:41 PM AKDT (00:41 UTC), 59 km (37 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 57 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-29 00:41:09 UTC
Depth
59.1 km (36.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.901° N, 161.521° 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: 80 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.873 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 2.0106 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 2.777 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 34 km deep · 27 km away
  4. 1.982 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 46 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 2.6117 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 21 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 2.559 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 53 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 1.995 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 3.897 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 1.997 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 1.666 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
  11. 1.685 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 1.693 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
  13. 3.295 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  14. 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 1926 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
  15. 2.788 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
  16. 1.547 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  17. 1.571 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 36 km deep · 54 km away
  18. 1.679 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
  19. 4.057 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 44 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 2.839 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 70 km deep · 47 km away
  21. 2.076 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 23 km deep · 45 km away
  22. 2.6101 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  23. 2.846 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 38 km deep · 92 km away
  24. 2.698 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  25. 1.856 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
  26. 2.637 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 71 km deep · 45 km away
  27. 1.663 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 18 km deep · 37 km away
  28. 1.993 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
  29. 1.875 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
  30. 1.734 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 101 km deep · 56 km away
  31. 2.054 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 21 km deep · 76 km away
  32. 1.758 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  33. 1.718 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 82 km deep · 95 km away
  34. 2.180 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  35. 1.750 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 101 km deep · 80 km away
  36. 1.590 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  37. 1.891 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  38. 1.5104 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
  39. 1.789 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  40. 2.297 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  41. 1.926 km ENE of False Pass, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  42. 1.559 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 36 km deep · 33 km away
  43. 2.290 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
  44. 1.813 km WSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 88 km deep · 65 km away
  45. 2.294 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
  46. 2.254 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 22 km deep · 76 km away
  47. 2.657 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 23 km deep · 77 km away
  48. 2.360 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 16 km deep · 91 km away
  49. 1.970 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 55 km deep · 77 km away
  50. 1.784 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 20 km deep · 45 km away
  51. 2.075 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 38 km deep · 44 km away
  52. 1.687 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 30 km deep · 41 km away
  53. 1.646 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  54. 3.0110 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  55. 1.837 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 60 km deep · 47 km away
  56. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 1897 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
  57. 2.579 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
  58. 1.613 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 61 km deep · 95 km away
  59. 2.220 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 79 km deep · 51 km away
  60. 1.852 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 123 km deep · 80 km away

The first 60 of 80.

Before

  1. 4.192 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 34 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 3.2115 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 2.070 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 2.691 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 2.766 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 32 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 2.082 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 1.681 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 19 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 3.662 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 37 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 1.627 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 72 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 1.569 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 47 km deep · 17 km away
  11. 2.0116 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
  12. 3.174 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 16 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 4.2108 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 28 km deep · 70 km away
  14. 2.860 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 28 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 3.8106 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 3.4117 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 3.494 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 1.619 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  19. 3.049 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 119 km deep · 58 km away
  20. 1.926 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 90 km deep · 44 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0216ufbinw. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 8:58 PM UTC.