M2.9 earthquake 87 km SE of King Cove, Alaska
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 87 km SE of King Cove, Alaska on Fri, Jan 1, 2021, 3:27 PM AKST (00:27 UTC), 22 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 113 km SE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-02 00:27:48 UTC
- Depth
- 21.9 km (13.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.498° N, 161.373° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.2 km horizontally, 13.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 201°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.1103 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 2 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.8119 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.0113 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.7112 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 25 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.2112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.058 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.896 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.056 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 27 km deep · 78 km away
- 5.071 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 39 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 6
- 2.9102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.698 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.3114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.196 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.371 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.7114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.053 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.093 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.299 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.661 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 21 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.992 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.968 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 21 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.9123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.797 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.381 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 24 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.750 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 47 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.9119 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.0101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.043 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 81 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.714 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 60 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.094 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.990 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.843 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 59 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.5120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.965 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.180 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.764 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 19 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.6106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.157 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.179 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.093 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.090 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.1108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.685 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 29 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.381 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.262 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.297 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.082 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 18 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.7117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.965 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 65 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.3122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.898 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 20 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.966 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 18 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.842 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 50 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.3107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.1100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 19 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.0120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.787 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.680 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 18 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.680 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 17 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.9110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 20 km deep · 100 km away
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