Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 56 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 56 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska on Sat, Nov 20, 2021, 5:34 PM AKST (02:34 UTC), 22 km (13 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 35 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2021-11-21 02:34:26 UTC
Depth
21.6 km (13.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.633° N, 161.841° 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: 99 in the 60 days after this one and 54 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.7Alaska Peninsula · 1776 days ago · 27 km deep · 54 km away
  2. 1.727 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 1.919 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 2.280 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 21 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 2.893 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 22 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 1.930 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 1771 days ago · 14 km deep · 8 km away
  8. 2.645 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 92 km deep · 32 km away
  9. 1.957 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 47 km deep · 36 km away
  10. 3.623 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1766 days ago · 23 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 1.929 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1766 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 1.727 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1766 days ago · 19 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 1.930 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1766 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 3.082 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1766 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 2.785 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1765 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away
  16. 1.965 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 41 km deep · 72 km away
  17. 2.545 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 2.455 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 1.556 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 1.780 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 21 km deep · 34 km away
  21. 3.0105 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
  22. 2.597 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  23. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 1762 days ago · 18 km deep · 94 km away
  24. 3.592 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
  25. 2.960 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
  26. 2.536 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
  27. 2.996 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 18 km deep · 40 km away
  28. 2.569 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 27 km deep · 76 km away
  29. 2.5111 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 27 km deep · 70 km away
  30. 2.981 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 29 km deep · 37 km away
  31. 1.930 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  32. 2.175 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  33. 2.540 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
  34. 2.789 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
  35. 3.021 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 85 km deep · 86 km away
  36. 2.979 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
  37. 2.742 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  38. 2.658 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
  39. 1.924 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  40. 1.930 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
  41. 2.625 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 71 km deep · 96 km away
  42. 1.865 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 66 km deep · 40 km away
  43. 3.123 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 98 km deep · 93 km away
  44. 1.987 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  45. 1.930 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  46. 2.189 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  47. 3.027 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 29 km deep · 95 km away
  48. 2.942 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 92 km deep · 27 km away
  49. 2.081 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 43 km deep · 67 km away
  50. 1.627 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  51. 2.128 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  52. 1.959 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 19 km deep · 99 km away
  53. 1.839 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 73 km deep · 29 km away
  54. 2.843 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  55. 1.886 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
  56. 3.039 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  57. 1.829 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  58. 2.799 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away
  59. 2.053 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 37 km deep · 71 km away
  60. 2.294 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 27 km deep · 91 km away

The first 60 of 99.

Before

  1. 2.867 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 24 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 3.050 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 85 km deep · 16 km away
  3. 3.191 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 12 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 2.792 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 22 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 2.783 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 20 km deep · 27 km away
  6. 1.675 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 45 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 2.629 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 61 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 2.155 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 20 km deep · 20 km away
  9. 2.130 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 1.963 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 76 km deep · 44 km away
  11. 2.192 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
  12. 2.938 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 2.564 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  14. 1.924 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 2.831 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 172 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 2.122 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 23 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 2.122 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 1.997 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 14 km deep · 41 km away
  19. 1.778 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
  20. 2.186 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021exj2054. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:32 AM UTC.