Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 93 km SE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 93 km SE of King Cove, Alaska on Thu, Sep 2, 2021, 10:07 AM AKDT (18:07 UTC), 25 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
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-09-02 18:07:28 UTC
Depth
25.4 km (15.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.425° N, 161.381° 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
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 97 in the 60 days after this one and 80 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.017 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 89 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 2.5101 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 16 km deep · 9 km away
  3. 2.889 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 1.582 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  5. 2.094 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 1.891 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 26 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 1.679 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 17 km deep · 14 km away
  8. 3.076 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
  9. 2.199 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 2.854 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 29 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 1.570 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 34 km deep · 24 km away
  12. 1.7106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 20 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 1.585 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 15 km deep · 9 km away
  14. 2.697 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 12 km deep · 7 km away
  15. 2.098 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 21 km deep · 100 km away
  16. 2.592 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  17. 2.863 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 24 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 2.190 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 15 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 3.299 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 2.258 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  21. 2.130 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 49 km deep · 89 km away
  22. 2.6126 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
  23. 3.3118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  24. 2.043 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
  25. 2.698 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  26. 3.1104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 18 km deep · 97 km away
  27. 2.7112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  28. 2.1101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
  29. 2.055 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 23 km deep · 81 km away
  30. 2.8111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  31. 1.728 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 61 km deep · 91 km away
  32. 2.279 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
  33. 2.0103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  34. 2.989 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 35 km deep · 6 km away
  35. 1.7123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  36. 1.975 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 17 km deep · 25 km away
  37. 2.286 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
  38. 2.8111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  39. 1.665 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
  40. 1.891 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
  41. 1.948 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
  42. 1.990 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
  43. 1.511 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  44. 1.979 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
  45. 2.2south of Alaska · 1825 days ago · 21 km deep · 97 km away
  46. 2.9114 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 21 km deep · 85 km away
  47. 3.0100 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
  48. 4.0111 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 47 km deep · 80 km away
  49. 2.7107 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 60 km deep · 18 km away
  50. 2.284 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 16 km deep · 12 km away
  51. 1.786 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
  52. 2.2124 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 20 km deep · 100 km away
  53. 1.968 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 19 km deep · 28 km away
  54. 2.2108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  55. 1.978 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 23 km deep · 18 km away
  56. 1.759 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
  57. 2.959 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 27 km deep · 35 km away
  58. 3.062 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
  59. 1.989 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
  60. 2.2118 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 20 km deep · 45 km away

The first 60 of 97.

Before

  1. 1.981 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 17 km deep · 13 km away
  2. 1.877 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 26 km deep · 18 km away
  3. 2.072 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 2.090 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 28 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 2.1107 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
  6. 1.894 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 2.637 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 88 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 1.979 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 15 km deep · 15 km away
  9. 2.0116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 20 km deep · 100 km away
  10. 2.9108 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
  11. 2.8117 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 2.753 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 77 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 2.899 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 11 km deep · 34 km away
  14. 1.551 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 23 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 1.8101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 1.846 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 74 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 1.795 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 15 km deep · 2 km away
  18. 2.0103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 1.880 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 28 km deep · 13 km away
  20. 2.193 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021b9hfe3l. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 7:07 AM UTC.