Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 71 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 71 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska on Mon, Jun 28, 2021, 2:15 AM AKDT (10:15 UTC), 36 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.6 79 km SE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-06-28 10:15:45 UTC
Depth
36.2 km (22.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.465° N, 161.891° 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
26

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 117 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.679 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
  2. 1.938 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 78 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 2.076 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 23 km deep · 17 km away
  4. 2.6101 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 2.698 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  6. 2.637 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 71 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 1.663 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 18 km deep · 17 km away
  8. 1.993 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
  9. 1.826 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 2.691 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 1.734 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 101 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 1.833 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 2.093 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 19 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 1.940 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 2.180 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  16. 1.750 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 101 km deep · 57 km away
  17. 1.590 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 1.891 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  19. 1.5104 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away
  20. 1.789 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  21. 2.297 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  22. 1.926 km ENE of False Pass, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  23. 1.559 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 36 km deep · 21 km away
  24. 2.290 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
  25. 1.813 km WSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 88 km deep · 74 km away
  26. 2.294 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away
  27. 2.194 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 32 km deep · 76 km away
  28. 1.970 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 55 km deep · 33 km away
  29. 1.784 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
  30. 2.075 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 38 km deep · 17 km away
  31. 1.687 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 30 km deep · 42 km away
  32. 1.646 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
  33. 3.0110 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  34. 1.837 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 60 km deep · 35 km away
  35. 1.638 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  36. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 1893 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  37. 2.579 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  38. 2.179 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
  39. 2.220 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 79 km deep · 53 km away
  40. 1.889 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  41. 2.390 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
  42. 1.771 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
  43. 2.024 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
  44. 2.066 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 17 km deep · 11 km away
  45. 3.584 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 30 km deep · 52 km away
  46. 2.071 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away
  47. 1.710 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  48. 2.168 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 17 km deep · 7 km away
  49. 1.890 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 13 km deep · 28 km away
  50. 1.630 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
  51. 2.5100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 20 km deep · 100 km away
  52. 1.524 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
  53. 1.793 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
  54. 1.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
  55. 2.573 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 45 km deep · 75 km away
  56. 1.978 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 73 km deep · 75 km away
  57. 1.941 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 48 km deep · 33 km away
  58. 1.671 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 19 km deep · 74 km away
  59. 2.131 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 95 km deep · 59 km away
  60. 2.284 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away

The first 60 of 117.

Before

  1. 1.547 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 2.788 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 1921 days ago · 20 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 3.295 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  5. 3.281 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 27 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 1.630 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 1.693 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 1.685 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  9. 2.893 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 1.666 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
  11. 1.524 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 1.997 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  13. 3.897 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
  14. 1.995 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 2.559 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 53 km deep · 26 km away
  16. 2.6117 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 21 km deep · 57 km away
  17. 1.982 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 46 km deep · 14 km away
  18. 2.777 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 34 km deep · 47 km away
  19. 2.0106 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  20. 1.923 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0218878rns. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 5:31 AM UTC.