Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 80 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 80 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska on Tue, Jan 5, 2021, 12:53 PM AKST (21:53 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 71 km S of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2021-01-05 21:53:44 UTC
Depth
25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.427° N, 161.722° 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
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 159 in the 60 days after this one and 94 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.9116 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 2.692 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 2.782 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 23 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 2.384 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 3.0141 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 22 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 1.9104 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
  7. 2.7137 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 21 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 3.1144 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 2.8144 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 23 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 2.8143 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 23 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 1.661 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
  12. 3.090 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 22 km deep · 18 km away
  13. 2.385 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away
  14. 2.480 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 2.058 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 75 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 2.8138 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 23 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 3.190 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  18. 2.8145 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 3.052 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 56 km deep · 33 km away
  20. 1.889 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
  21. 1.896 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away
  22. 2.8102 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
  23. 1.680 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
  24. 1.883 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 20 km deep · 35 km away
  25. 3.774 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 48 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
  26. 1.678 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
  27. 2.078 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 17 km deep · 43 km away
  28. 1.646 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 57 km deep · 52 km away
  29. 1.874 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 22 km deep · 38 km away
  30. 1.674 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  31. 1.875 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 21 km deep · 32 km away
  32. 2.7Alaska Peninsula · 2089 days ago · 74 km deep · 86 km away
  33. 1.880 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
  34. 3.094 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 21 km deep · 19 km away
  35. 3.276 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 23 km deep · 75 km away
  36. 3.394 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
  37. 2.280 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 29 km deep · 32 km away
  38. 2.9Alaska Peninsula · 2086 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
  39. 2.6103 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
  40. 3.090 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 27 km deep · 41 km away
  41. 2.291 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  42. 2.970 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 27 km deep · 19 km away
  43. 1.945 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 63 km deep · 52 km away
  44. 3.490 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
  45. 2.1103 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 2 km deep · 28 km away
  46. 2.8119 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  47. 3.0113 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
  48. 2.7112 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
  49. 2.058 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
  50. 5.071 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 39 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 6
  51. 2.196 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
  52. 2.053 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  53. 3.093 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 15 km deep · 52 km away
  54. 1.661 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 21 km deep · 19 km away
  55. 1.968 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 21 km deep · 13 km away
  56. 2.797 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
  57. 1.750 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 47 km deep · 31 km away
  58. 1.9119 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
  59. 2.043 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 81 km deep · 69 km away
  60. 1.843 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 59 km deep · 86 km away

The first 60 of 159.

Before

  1. 2.655 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 22 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 2.068 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 14 km deep · 12 km away
  3. 1.848 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 2.3146 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 28 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 2.780 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 1.678 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 16 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 1.819 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 94 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 3.996 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 38 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 1.87 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 104 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 1.967 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 18 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 1.938 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 78 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 2.091 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
  13. 1.992 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 2.681 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  15. 1.984 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
  16. 1.962 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 18 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 1.886 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  18. 1.875 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 70 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 2.289 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
  20. 2.066 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0218miajb. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 3:46 AM UTC.