Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 86 km SE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 86 km SE of King Cove, Alaska on Tue, Dec 21, 2021, 9:29 PM AKST (06:29 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 99 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-12-22 06:29:24 UTC
Depth
14.3 km (8.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.434° N, 161.528° 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: 70 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.3151 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 32 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 2.799 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 17 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 2.3150 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 2.053 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 37 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 2.294 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 27 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 1.866 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  7. 2.789 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 21 km deep · 20 km away
  8. 2.966 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
  9. 1.980 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
  10. 2.9109 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 24 km deep · 48 km away
  11. 2.896 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 27 km deep · 28 km away
  12. 1.854 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
  13. 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 1723 days ago · 28 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 2.889 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 21 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 1.987 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
  16. 1.855 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 18 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 1.886 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 26 km deep · 1 km away
  18. 2.652 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 81 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 2.193 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 1.653 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 43 km deep · 44 km away
  21. 2.995 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  22. 3.581 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  23. 2.876 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  24. 3.282 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
  25. 1.985 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 14 km deep · 2 km away
  26. 2.772 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 28 km deep · 14 km away
  27. 2.259 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 18 km deep · 29 km away
  28. 2.5121 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away
  29. 3.167 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
  30. 2.258 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 46 km deep · 33 km away
  31. 2.169 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away
  32. 2.593 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 24 km deep · 65 km away
  33. 3.176 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 27 km deep · 65 km away
  34. 2.1147 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 40 km deep · 61 km away
  35. 1.539 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  36. 1.954 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  37. 3.065 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
  38. 1.878 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
  39. 2.351 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 48 km deep · 54 km away
  40. 2.644 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 57 km deep · 77 km away
  41. 2.1123 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 21 km deep · 50 km away
  42. 2.9100 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  43. 2.9Alaska Peninsula · 1699 days ago · 24 km deep · 31 km away
  44. 5.499 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 31 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 12 · tsunami flag
  45. 2.8100 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 21 km deep · 17 km away
  46. 2.796 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
  47. 2.590 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 20 km deep · 11 km away
  48. 1.888 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
  49. 3.2106 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 16 km deep · 22 km away
  50. 3.1101 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
  51. 1.891 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away
  52. 2.897 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 16 km deep · 15 km away
  53. 3.1108 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  54. 3.5106 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  55. 2.095 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  56. 2.962 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 30 km deep · 26 km away
  57. 2.561 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  58. 3.1118 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
  59. 2.872 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1694 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
  60. 1.850 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1694 days ago · 71 km deep · 61 km away

The first 60 of 70.

Before

  1. 1.839 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 73 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 1.959 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 19 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 2.081 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 43 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 2.053 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 22 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 2.942 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 92 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 2.189 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 1.987 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 3.123 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 98 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 1.865 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 66 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 2.658 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 2.979 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 35 km deep · 7 km away
  12. 2.789 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 2.175 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  14. 2.981 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 29 km deep · 29 km away
  15. 2.5111 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 27 km deep · 43 km away
  16. 2.569 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 27 km deep · 64 km away
  17. 2.996 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 18 km deep · 10 km away
  18. 2.960 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
  19. 3.592 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 11 km deep · 38 km away
  20. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 1758 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021gcv2f6m. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:24 PM UTC.