Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 87 km SE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 87 km SE of King Cove, Alaska on Mon, Aug 16, 2021, 7:39 AM AKDT (15:39 UTC), 26 km (16 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
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2021-08-16 15:39:09 UTC
Depth
25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.435° N, 161.501° 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
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 87 in the 60 days after this one and 70 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.052 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 29 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 1874 days ago · 37 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 2.196 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
  4. 2.093 km SSE of Sand Point, AK · 1873 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 1.679 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 20 km deep · 28 km away
  6. 2.557 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 94 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 2.086 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 1.813 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 1.868 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
  10. 1.998 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  11. 2.088 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  12. 1.955 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
  13. 1.891 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
  14. 1.554 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 44 km deep · 40 km away
  15. 1.869 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 19 km deep · 27 km away
  16. 1.880 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 25 km deep · 25 km away
  17. 2.692 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  18. 1.880 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 28 km deep · 11 km away
  19. 1.795 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 15 km deep · 9 km away
  20. 1.846 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 74 km deep · 81 km away
  21. 1.551 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away
  22. 2.899 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away
  23. 2.753 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 77 km deep · 65 km away
  24. 2.8117 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  25. 2.9108 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
  26. 1.979 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 15 km deep · 8 km away
  27. 2.637 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 88 km deep · 50 km away
  28. 2.1107 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
  29. 2.090 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 28 km deep · 63 km away
  30. 2.072 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
  31. 1.877 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
  32. 1.981 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 17 km deep · 6 km away
  33. 1.793 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 25 km deep · 8 km away
  34. 2.017 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 89 km deep · 84 km away
  35. 2.5101 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 16 km deep · 14 km away
  36. 2.889 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 35 km deep · 9 km away
  37. 1.582 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  38. 1.891 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away
  39. 1.679 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 17 km deep · 13 km away
  40. 3.076 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
  41. 2.854 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 29 km deep · 89 km away
  42. 1.570 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 34 km deep · 21 km away
  43. 1.585 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 15 km deep · 3 km away
  44. 2.697 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 12 km deep · 10 km away
  45. 2.592 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  46. 2.863 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 24 km deep · 90 km away
  47. 2.190 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
  48. 3.299 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  49. 2.258 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  50. 2.130 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 49 km deep · 94 km away
  51. 2.6126 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
  52. 2.043 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
  53. 2.055 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 23 km deep · 87 km away
  54. 1.728 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 61 km deep · 93 km away
  55. 2.279 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
  56. 2.989 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 35 km deep · 2 km away
  57. 1.975 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 17 km deep · 17 km away
  58. 2.286 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
  59. 1.665 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
  60. 1.891 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away

The first 60 of 87.

Before

  1. 1.658 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 1.693 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 14 km deep · 10 km away
  3. 1.651 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 15 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 1.576 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 19 km deep · 12 km away
  5. 3.091 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
  6. 1.840 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 96 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 2.137 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 82 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 1.8118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 1.659 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 21 km deep · 36 km away
  10. 1.985 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 1.983 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 2.879 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
  13. 1.981 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 2.093 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
  15. 3.093 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 15 km deep · 12 km away
  16. 3.056 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 81 km deep · 34 km away
  17. 2.964 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 76 km deep · 55 km away
  18. 2.073 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
  19. 3.330 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 2.7102 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 18 km deep · 48 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021ahbp086. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:38 PM UTC.