Alaska earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 86 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 86 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska on Fri, Jan 1, 2021, 11:47 AM AKST (20:47 UTC), 24 km (15 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 71 km S of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2021-01-01 20:47:34 UTC
Depth
23.6 km (14.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.386° N, 161.639° 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 4.3 km horizontally, 12.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
193°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
45

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 166 in the 60 days after this one and 80 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.987 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 22 km deep · 21 km away
  2. 2.066 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 2.289 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
  4. 1.875 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 70 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 1.886 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  6. 1.962 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 18 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 1.984 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away
  8. 2.681 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  9. 1.992 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 2.091 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
  11. 1.938 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 78 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 1.967 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 1.87 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 104 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 3.996 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 38 km deep · 55 km away
  15. 1.819 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 94 km deep · 74 km away
  16. 1.678 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 16 km deep · 42 km away
  17. 2.780 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
  18. 2.3146 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 28 km deep · 75 km away
  19. 1.848 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  20. 2.068 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 14 km deep · 19 km away
  21. 2.655 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 22 km deep · 58 km away
  22. 2.080 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away
  23. 2.9116 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  24. 2.692 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
  25. 2.782 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 23 km deep · 46 km away
  26. 2.384 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away
  27. 3.0141 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 22 km deep · 75 km away
  28. 1.9104 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
  29. 2.7137 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 21 km deep · 71 km away
  30. 3.1144 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
  31. 2.8144 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 23 km deep · 76 km away
  32. 2.8143 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 23 km deep · 76 km away
  33. 1.661 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
  34. 3.090 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 22 km deep · 14 km away
  35. 2.385 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
  36. 2.480 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  37. 2.058 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 75 km deep · 93 km away
  38. 2.8138 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away
  39. 3.190 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  40. 2.8145 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  41. 3.052 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 56 km deep · 38 km away
  42. 1.889 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 15 km deep · 9 km away
  43. 1.896 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 12 km deep · 16 km away
  44. 2.8102 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
  45. 1.680 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
  46. 1.883 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 20 km deep · 34 km away
  47. 3.774 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 48 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
  48. 1.678 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
  49. 2.078 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 17 km deep · 43 km away
  50. 1.646 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 57 km deep · 59 km away
  51. 1.874 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 22 km deep · 39 km away
  52. 1.674 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  53. 1.875 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 21 km deep · 33 km away
  54. 2.7Alaska Peninsula · 2078 days ago · 74 km deep · 85 km away
  55. 1.880 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
  56. 3.094 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 21 km deep · 14 km away
  57. 3.276 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 23 km deep · 72 km away
  58. 3.394 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
  59. 2.280 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 29 km deep · 32 km away
  60. 2.9Alaska Peninsula · 2076 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away

The first 60 of 166.

Before

  1. 2.284 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 2.067 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 2.076 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 16 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 2.0105 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 1.563 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 24 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 1.856 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 1.864 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 1.985 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 25 km deep · 6 km away
  9. 2.8112 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 32 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 2.783 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 31 km deep · 38 km away
  11. 1.943 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 2.068 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 2.176 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 16 km deep · 46 km away
  14. 1.74 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 85 km deep · 89 km away
  15. 1.976 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
  16. 2.9154 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 24 km deep · 71 km away
  17. 2.887 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
  18. 1.966 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away
  19. 2.697 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 1.946 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 64 km deep · 58 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000d7yc (also filed as ak0211zq5u0). Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 3:17 PM UTC.