Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 84 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 84 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska on Mon, Nov 8, 2021, 8:20 PM AKST (05:20 UTC), 14 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.9 78 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-11-09 05:20:27 UTC
Depth
13.5 km (8.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.416° N, 161.635° 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
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 64 in the 60 days after this one and 37 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.978 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 51 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 2.981 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 24 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 2.587 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 1.766 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 56 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 2.186 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 1.778 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 2 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 1.997 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 14 km deep · 14 km away
  8. 2.281 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 2.564 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  10. 2.192 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
  11. 1.963 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 76 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 2.155 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 20 km deep · 37 km away
  13. 2.629 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 61 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 1.675 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 45 km deep · 20 km away
  15. 2.783 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 20 km deep · 7 km away
  16. 2.792 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 22 km deep · 13 km away
  17. 3.191 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 12 km deep · 34 km away
  18. 3.050 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 85 km deep · 39 km away
  19. 2.867 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1768 days ago · 24 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 1.956 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 22 km deep · 28 km away
  21. 2.7Alaska Peninsula · 1766 days ago · 27 km deep · 39 km away
  22. 2.280 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 21 km deep · 64 km away
  23. 2.893 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 22 km deep · 16 km away
  24. 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 1761 days ago · 14 km deep · 26 km away
  25. 2.645 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 92 km deep · 54 km away
  26. 1.957 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 47 km deep · 50 km away
  27. 3.082 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  28. 2.785 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 25 km deep · 4 km away
  29. 1.965 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 41 km deep · 79 km away
  30. 1.780 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 21 km deep · 31 km away
  31. 3.0105 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
  32. 2.597 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  33. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 1752 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
  34. 3.592 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 11 km deep · 46 km away
  35. 2.960 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
  36. 2.996 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 18 km deep · 14 km away
  37. 2.569 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 27 km deep · 71 km away
  38. 2.5111 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 27 km deep · 50 km away
  39. 2.981 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 29 km deep · 35 km away
  40. 2.175 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  41. 2.789 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
  42. 2.979 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 35 km deep · 9 km away
  43. 2.658 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
  44. 1.865 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 66 km deep · 52 km away
  45. 1.987 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  46. 2.189 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  47. 2.942 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 92 km deep · 51 km away
  48. 2.053 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
  49. 2.081 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 43 km deep · 69 km away
  50. 1.959 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
  51. 1.839 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 73 km deep · 54 km away
  52. 1.886 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 14 km deep · 7 km away
  53. 2.3151 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 32 km deep · 82 km away
  54. 2.799 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 17 km deep · 44 km away
  55. 2.3150 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
  56. 2.053 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 37 km deep · 74 km away
  57. 2.294 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 27 km deep · 88 km away
  58. 1.866 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  59. 2.789 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 21 km deep · 14 km away
  60. 2.966 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away

The first 60 of 64.

Before

  1. 1.962 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 40 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 2.435 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 23 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 1.954 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 49 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 2.051 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 1.883 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 1.953 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 46 km deep · 31 km away
  7. 3.092 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 18 km deep · 12 km away
  8. 2.092 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away
  9. 1.755 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 1.931 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 2.8117 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 2.1110 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 55 km deep · 37 km away
  13. 1.883 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 45 km deep · 29 km away
  14. 2.654 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 32 km deep · 36 km away
  15. 2.891 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 18 km deep · 12 km away
  16. 3.790 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 42 km deep · 61 km away
  17. 1.515 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 2.787 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 35 km deep · 5 km away
  19. 3.398 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  20. 3.389 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 27 km deep · 59 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021edqb521. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 1:53 PM UTC.