Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 151 km S of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 151 km S of King Cove, Alaska on Thu, Dec 23, 2021, 12:49 AM AKST (09:49 UTC), 32 km (20 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
2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2021-12-23 09:49:36 UTC
Depth
31.7 km (19.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.710° N, 162.002° 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: 56 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.8212 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 2.799 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 17 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 2.3150 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 2.294 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 27 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 2.789 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 21 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 2.966 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 2.8120 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 1729 days ago · 28 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 2.889 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 21 km deep · 65 km away
  10. 2.197 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  11. 1.886 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 2.186 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 71 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 2.193 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
  14. 1.653 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 43 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 2.1146 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 68 km deep · 40 km away
  16. 3.581 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  17. 2.876 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  18. 1.985 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
  19. 2.772 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 28 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 2.259 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 18 km deep · 97 km away
  21. 2.5121 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 20 km deep · 35 km away
  22. 2.786 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 24 km deep · 90 km away
  23. 2.787 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 19 km deep · 89 km away
  24. 2.593 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 24 km deep · 65 km away
  25. 2.1147 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 40 km deep · 81 km away
  26. 2.296 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 42 km deep · 84 km away
  27. 2.195 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  28. 2.191 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
  29. 2.1123 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 21 km deep · 97 km away
  30. 2.9100 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  31. 5.499 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 31 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 12 · tsunami flag
  32. 2.8100 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 21 km deep · 70 km away
  33. 2.796 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  34. 2.590 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away
  35. 1.888 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
  36. 3.2106 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away
  37. 3.1101 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  38. 1.891 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
  39. 2.897 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 16 km deep · 72 km away
  40. 3.1108 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  41. 3.5106 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  42. 4.3146 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 15 km deep · 84 km away
  43. 4.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away
  44. 2.8150 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 22 km deep · 83 km away
  45. 2.095 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
  46. 1.996 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
  47. 2.962 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 30 km deep · 96 km away
  48. 2.561 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  49. 3.1118 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  50. 2.872 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  51. 1.870 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  52. 1.980 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
  53. 1.780 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 17 km deep · 90 km away
  54. 2.9196 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1689 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  55. 3.184 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1689 days ago · 23 km deep · 77 km away
  56. 1.883 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1688 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away

Before

  1. 1.886 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 2.081 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 43 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 2.189 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 1.987 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 2.979 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 2.789 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 17 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 2.175 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 2.996 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 18 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 2.6100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 22 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 2.597 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 3.0105 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 2.9139 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1766 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  13. 3.1136 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1766 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away
  14. 2.3130 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1766 days ago · 25 km deep · 48 km away
  15. 2.8139 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1766 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  16. 3.3135 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1766 days ago · 22 km deep · 49 km away
  17. 1.965 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 41 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 2.785 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 1.957 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 47 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 3.1201 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021gekidli. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 8:33 AM UTC.