Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 56 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 56 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska on Sat, Dec 4, 2021, 8:40 AM AKST (17:40 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 33 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-12-04 17:40:57 UTC
Depth
9.5 km (5.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.489° N, 161.829° 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: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.960 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 2.981 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 29 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 2.625 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 71 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 1.865 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 66 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 3.123 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 98 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 1.835 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 2.942 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 92 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 1.839 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 73 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 1.813 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 1.76 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 2.237 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 138 km deep · 33 km away
  12. 2.09 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 68 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 2.963 km WSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
  14. 2.053 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 37 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 1.866 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 1.980 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 3.130 km NNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 208 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 2.652 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 81 km deep · 39 km away
  19. 2.927 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 182 km deep · 42 km away
  20. 3.333 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 137 km deep · 25 km away
  21. 2.258 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 46 km deep · 86 km away
  22. 1.539 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  23. 3.065 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  24. 1.878 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  25. 2.644 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 57 km deep · 89 km away

Before

  1. 2.455 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 12 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 1.727 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 19 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 3.229 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 86 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 2.645 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1766 days ago · 92 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 1768 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 1.956 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 2.867 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 24 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 3.050 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 85 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 2.831 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 172 km deep · 33 km away
  10. 3.034 km N of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 179 km deep · 51 km away
  11. 1.766 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 56 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 3.315 km NNW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 198 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 2.835 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 206 km deep · 36 km away
  14. 2.435 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 23 km deep · 27 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021fja0d8y (also filed as av91436846). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 7:43 PM UTC.