Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 73 km S of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 73 km S of King Cove, Alaska on Sat, Aug 7, 2021, 3:59 PM AKDT (23:59 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 111 km SE of False Pass, 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
2021-08-07 23:59:14 UTC
Depth
3.0 km (1.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.398° N, 162.293° 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: 102 in the 60 days after this one and 73 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.964 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 76 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 3.020 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 161 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 2.191 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 3.056 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 81 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 2.6104 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 2.542 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  7. 3.093 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 15 km deep · 46 km away
  8. 2.093 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 1.981 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 1.9112 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 1.898 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 2.879 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 1.983 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
  14. 1.985 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 1.659 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 21 km deep · 25 km away
  16. 2.185 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 46 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 2.137 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 82 km deep · 47 km away
  18. 1.840 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 96 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 3.091 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 1.576 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 19 km deep · 42 km away
  21. 1.651 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 15 km deep · 39 km away
  22. 1.693 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
  23. 1.658 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
  24. 1.887 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  25. 2.5102 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 32 km deep · 68 km away
  26. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 1873 days ago · 37 km deep · 29 km away
  27. 2.196 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  28. 1.679 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
  29. 1.570 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 53 km deep · 90 km away
  30. 2.557 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 94 km deep · 31 km away
  31. 2.6103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
  32. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
  33. 2.099 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  34. 2.537 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  35. 1.813 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  36. 1.868 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  37. 1.998 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  38. 2.088 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
  39. 1.955 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 15 km deep · 20 km away
  40. 1.631 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
  41. 1.891 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
  42. 1.554 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 44 km deep · 27 km away
  43. 1.536 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 56 km deep · 67 km away
  44. 1.869 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 19 km deep · 62 km away
  45. 1.889 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  46. 1.880 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
  47. 2.692 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  48. 1.770 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 31 km deep · 74 km away
  49. 1.997 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
  50. 1.880 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 28 km deep · 55 km away
  51. 1.795 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away
  52. 1.943 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 56 km deep · 61 km away
  53. 2.899 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
  54. 1.758 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 60 km deep · 70 km away
  55. 2.9108 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  56. 1.979 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away
  57. 2.637 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 88 km deep · 47 km away
  58. 2.1107 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  59. 2.090 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 28 km deep · 18 km away
  60. 1.9100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away

The first 60 of 102.

Before

  1. 2.0145 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 42 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 2.5145 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 2.0143 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 2.7102 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 3.7149 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 2.080 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 24 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 2.678 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 25 km deep · 20 km away
  8. 2.195 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 23 km deep · 30 km away
  9. 2.8151 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 23 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 3.3151 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 3.9146 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 3.1147 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 1.969 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 1.9105 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
  15. 2.229 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 96 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 2.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
  17. 1.991 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
  18. 2.855 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 34 km deep · 33 km away
  19. 1.971 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 18 km deep · 40 km away
  20. 2.074 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 29 km deep · 38 km away

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