Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 44 km SE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 44 km SE of King Cove, Alaska on Wed, Oct 13, 2021, 9:58 AM AKDT (17:58 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 69 km SE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-10-13 17:58:26 UTC
Depth
7.9 km (4.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.783° N, 161.815° 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
15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 98 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.869 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
  2. 2.9103 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 18 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 2.161 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 25 km deep · 28 km away
  4. 2.153 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 52 km deep · 43 km away
  5. 1.734 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 93 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 3.792 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 2.273 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 25 km deep · 30 km away
  8. 2.018 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 62 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 2.212 km WNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 106 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 3.179 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 3.069 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 27 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 1.565 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 26 km deep · 22 km away
  13. 2.489 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 2.5102 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 2.084 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 12 km deep · 43 km away
  16. 2.086 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
  17. 3.389 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 27 km deep · 74 km away
  18. 3.398 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  19. 2.787 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
  20. 1.515 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  21. 3.790 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 42 km deep · 76 km away
  22. 2.891 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 18 km deep · 47 km away
  23. 2.654 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 32 km deep · 29 km away
  24. 1.883 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 45 km deep · 39 km away
  25. 2.1110 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 55 km deep · 66 km away
  26. 1.931 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  27. 1.755 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  28. 2.092 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
  29. 3.092 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 18 km deep · 48 km away
  30. 1.953 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 46 km deep · 18 km away
  31. 1.883 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  32. 2.051 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  33. 1.739 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  34. 1.954 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 49 km deep · 50 km away
  35. 2.435 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 23 km deep · 52 km away
  36. 3.626 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 60 km deep · 97 km away
  37. 2.227 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
  38. 1.962 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 40 km deep · 94 km away
  39. 1.784 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 14 km deep · 42 km away
  40. 2.542 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
  41. 2.981 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 24 km deep · 41 km away
  42. 2.737 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  43. 2.541 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  44. 1.726 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
  45. 1.832 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  46. 1.766 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 56 km deep · 38 km away
  47. 2.186 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  48. 1.778 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
  49. 3.034 km N of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 179 km deep · 95 km away
  50. 1.997 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 14 km deep · 55 km away
  51. 2.122 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
  52. 2.122 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 23 km deep · 100 km away
  53. 2.831 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 172 km deep · 70 km away
  54. 2.564 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  55. 2.938 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
  56. 2.192 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
  57. 1.963 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 76 km deep · 54 km away
  58. 2.130 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  59. 2.155 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 20 km deep · 31 km away
  60. 2.629 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 61 km deep · 85 km away

The first 60 of 98.

Before

  1. 2.2118 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 1.989 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 2.959 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 27 km deep · 20 km away
  4. 1.978 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 23 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 1.968 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 19 km deep · 28 km away
  6. 1.786 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
  7. 2.284 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 16 km deep · 41 km away
  8. 2.7107 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 60 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 4.0111 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 47 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 3.0100 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 2.9114 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 1.979 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 1.511 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 1.990 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 1.948 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 1.891 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  17. 1.665 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
  18. 2.286 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
  19. 1.975 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 17 km deep · 35 km away
  20. 2.989 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021d5a643x. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 4:12 AM UTC.