Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 73 km SE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 73 km SE of King Cove, Alaska on Fri, Oct 15, 2021, 12:19 AM AKDT (08:19 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 59 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-10-15 08:19:59 UTC
Depth
25.1 km (15.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.536° N, 161.634° 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: 74 in the 60 days after this one and 32 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.018 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 62 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 3.179 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 3.069 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 27 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 1.565 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
  5. 2.489 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 26 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 2.5102 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 2.084 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away
  8. 2.086 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
  9. 3.389 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 27 km deep · 65 km away
  10. 3.398 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  11. 2.787 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
  12. 1.515 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 3.790 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 42 km deep · 66 km away
  14. 3.859 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 2.891 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 18 km deep · 18 km away
  16. 2.654 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 32 km deep · 32 km away
  17. 1.883 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 45 km deep · 22 km away
  18. 2.1110 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 55 km deep · 41 km away
  19. 1.931 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 1.755 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  21. 2.092 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 15 km deep · 20 km away
  22. 3.092 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 18 km deep · 19 km away
  23. 1.953 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 46 km deep · 22 km away
  24. 1.883 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  25. 2.051 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  26. 1.739 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  27. 1.954 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 49 km deep · 61 km away
  28. 2.435 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 23 km deep · 81 km away
  29. 1.962 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 40 km deep · 94 km away
  30. 1.784 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 14 km deep · 13 km away
  31. 2.981 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 24 km deep · 13 km away
  32. 2.587 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
  33. 1.766 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 56 km deep · 51 km away
  34. 2.186 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
  35. 1.778 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
  36. 1.997 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 14 km deep · 25 km away
  37. 2.831 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 172 km deep · 99 km away
  38. 2.281 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
  39. 2.564 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  40. 2.192 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
  41. 1.963 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 76 km deep · 55 km away
  42. 2.155 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 20 km deep · 32 km away
  43. 2.629 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 61 km deep · 96 km away
  44. 1.675 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 45 km deep · 10 km away
  45. 2.783 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 20 km deep · 11 km away
  46. 2.792 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 22 km deep · 19 km away
  47. 3.191 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 12 km deep · 29 km away
  48. 3.050 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 85 km deep · 25 km away
  49. 2.867 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 24 km deep · 51 km away
  50. 1.956 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 22 km deep · 17 km away
  51. 2.7Alaska Peninsula · 1773 days ago · 27 km deep · 39 km away
  52. 2.280 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 21 km deep · 68 km away
  53. 2.893 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 22 km deep · 21 km away
  54. 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 1768 days ago · 14 km deep · 13 km away
  55. 2.645 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 92 km deep · 41 km away
  56. 1.957 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 47 km deep · 48 km away
  57. 1.727 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 19 km deep · 90 km away
  58. 3.082 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  59. 2.785 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 25 km deep · 13 km away
  60. 1.965 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 41 km deep · 81 km away

The first 60 of 74.

Before

  1. 3.792 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  2. 1.734 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 93 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 2.153 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 52 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 2.161 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 25 km deep · 21 km away
  5. 2.9103 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 18 km deep · 30 km away
  6. 2.869 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
  7. 1.844 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  8. 2.2118 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 1.989 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
  10. 2.959 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 27 km deep · 15 km away
  11. 1.978 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 23 km deep · 7 km away
  12. 1.968 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 19 km deep · 9 km away
  13. 1.786 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
  14. 2.284 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 16 km deep · 12 km away
  15. 2.7107 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 60 km deep · 34 km away
  16. 4.0111 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 47 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 3.0100 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
  18. 2.9114 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 21 km deep · 81 km away
  19. 1.979 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 1.511 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021d8fnm92. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 2:59 PM UTC.