M2.9 earthquake 70 km SE of King Cove, Alaska

Magnitude

2.9 (ml), micro

Local time

Thu, Jan 21, 2021, 7:27 AM AKST

UTC

2021-01-21 16:27:54 UTC

Depth

27.4 km (17.1 mi), shallow

Epicenter

54.582° N, 161.602° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 4.3 km horizontally, 11.6 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.10

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

184°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

42

• King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast70 kmSE

After

1. 1.945 km ESE of King Cove, AlaskaFri, Jan 22, 12:06 PM AKST · 2073 days ago · 63 km deep · 35 km away
2. 3.490 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Jan 22, 11:38 PM AKST · 2072 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
3. 2.052 km SSE of Sand Point, AlaskaSat, Jan 23, 3:41 AM AKST · 2072 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
4. 1.939 km S of Sand Point, AlaskaSat, Jan 23, 4:28 AM AKST · 2072 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
5. 2.1103 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaSat, Jan 23, 5:06 AM AKST · 2072 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away
6. 2.8119 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaSat, Jan 23, 7:56 AM AKST · 2072 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
7. 3.0113 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaSat, Jan 23, 10:27 AM AKST · 2072 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
8. 2.7112 km S of Sand Point, AlaskaSat, Jan 23, 9:46 PM AKST · 2072 days ago · 25 km deep · 69 km away
9. 2.058 km S of Sand Point, AlaskaSun, Jan 24, 3:21 AM AKST · 2071 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
10. 2.056 km SSE of Sand Point, AlaskaSun, Jan 24, 7:55 AM AKST · 2071 days ago · 27 km deep · 88 km away
11. 5.071 km S of King Cove, AlaskaSun, Jan 24, 12:16 PM AKST · 2071 days ago · 39 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 6
12. 2.196 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaMon, Jan 25, 4:35 AM AKST · 2070 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
13. 2.053 km S of Sand Point, AlaskaTue, Jan 26, 12:19 AM AKST · 2069 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
14. 3.093 km S of King Cove, AlaskaTue, Jan 26, 5:33 AM AKST · 2069 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
15. 1.661 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaTue, Jan 26, 10:36 AM AKST · 2069 days ago · 21 km deep · 13 km away
16. 1.968 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaTue, Jan 26, 1:17 PM AKST · 2069 days ago · 21 km deep · 9 km away
17. 2.797 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaTue, Jan 26, 2:38 PM AKST · 2069 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
18. 2.381 km SSE of Sand Point, AlaskaTue, Jan 26, 2:39 PM AKST · 2069 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
19. 1.750 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaTue, Jan 26, 2:47 PM AKST · 2069 days ago · 47 km deep · 29 km away
20. 1.9119 km S of Sand Point, AlaskaTue, Jan 26, 3:29 PM AKST · 2069 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
21. 2.043 km SSW of King Cove, AlaskaTue, Jan 26, 5:07 PM AKST · 2069 days ago · 81 km deep · 70 km away
22. 1.714 km S of Sand Point, AlaskaTue, Jan 26, 5:11 PM AKST · 2069 days ago · 60 km deep · 97 km away
23. 1.843 km SW of Sand Point, AlaskaTue, Jan 26, 7:46 PM AKST · 2069 days ago · 59 km deep · 67 km away
24. 1.965 km S of King Cove, AlaskaWed, Jan 27, 12:06 AM AKST · 2068 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
25. 2.180 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaWed, Jan 27, 7:46 AM AKST · 2068 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
26. 1.764 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaWed, Jan 27, 12:14 PM AKST · 2068 days ago · 19 km deep · 17 km away
27. 2.179 km S of King Cove, AlaskaWed, Jan 27, 10:30 PM AKST · 2068 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
28. 2.093 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaThu, Jan 28, 1:11 AM AKST · 2067 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
29. 2.090 km SSW of Sand Point, AlaskaThu, Jan 28, 2:14 AM AKST · 2067 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
30. 2.685 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaFri, Jan 29, 12:11 PM AKST · 2066 days ago · 29 km deep · 21 km away
31. 2.262 km SSW of Sand Point, AlaskaFri, Jan 29, 9:22 PM AKST · 2066 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
32. 2.082 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaSat, Jan 30, 9:13 AM AKST · 2065 days ago · 18 km deep · 21 km away
33. 2.965 km ESE of King Cove, AlaskaSat, Jan 30, 10:12 AM AKST · 2065 days ago · 65 km deep · 42 km away
34. 2.898 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaSat, Jan 30, 11:11 AM AKST · 2065 days ago · 20 km deep · 36 km away
35. 1.966 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaSat, Jan 30, 11:48 AM AKST · 2065 days ago · 18 km deep · 5 km away
36. 1.842 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaSat, Jan 30, 12:39 PM AKST · 2065 days ago · 50 km deep · 29 km away
37. 2.186 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Jan 30, 2:03 PM AKST · 2065 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
38. 1.680 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaSun, Jan 31, 4:41 AM AKST · 2064 days ago · 18 km deep · 13 km away
39. 1.680 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Jan 31, 4:46 AM AKST · 2064 days ago · 17 km deep · 71 km away
40. 2.894 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Jan 31, 3:03 PM AKST · 2064 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away
41. 2.6Alaska PeninsulaSun, Jan 31, 7:32 PM AKST · 2064 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away
42. 2.053 km S of Sand Point, AlaskaMon, Feb 1, 3:04 AM AKST · 2063 days ago · 19 km deep · 85 km away
43. 2.277 km S of King Cove, AlaskaMon, Feb 1, 4:02 AM AKST · 2063 days ago · 53 km deep · 57 km away
44. 2.1123 km S of King Cove, AlaskaMon, Feb 1, 5:45 AM AKST · 2063 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
45. 2.2100 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaMon, Feb 1, 8:22 AM AKST · 2063 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
46. 2.065 km SSW of Sand Point, AlaskaMon, Feb 1, 10:18 AM AKST · 2063 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
47. 2.783 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaMon, Feb 1, 11:17 AM AKST · 2063 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
48. 1.654 km SW of Sand Point, AlaskaTue, Feb 2, 9:41 PM AKST · 2062 days ago · 53 km deep · 55 km away
49. 1.679 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaWed, Feb 3, 8:35 AM AKST · 2061 days ago · 25 km deep · 19 km away
50. 1.784 km SSW of Sand Point, AlaskaWed, Feb 3, 9:07 AM AKST · 2061 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
51. 1.919 km SSW of Cold Bay, AlaskaThu, Feb 4, 3:38 AM AKST · 2060 days ago · 113 km deep · 94 km away
52. 1.6Alaska PeninsulaThu, Feb 4, 10:28 AM AKST · 2060 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
53. 1.742 km SSW of Sand Point, AlaskaFri, Feb 5, 8:02 PM AKST · 2059 days ago · 68 km deep · 69 km away
54. 1.664 km SSW of Sand Point, AlaskaFri, Feb 5, 8:46 PM AKST · 2059 days ago · 17 km deep · 60 km away
55. 3.182 km SSE of Sand Point, AlaskaSat, Feb 6, 3:04 AM AKST · 2058 days ago · 16 km deep · 91 km away
56. 4.875 km ESE of King Cove, AlaskaSat, Feb 6, 9:39 AM AKST · 2058 days ago · 51 km deep · 25 km away
57. 2.685 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaSat, Feb 6, 10:35 AM AKST · 2058 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
58. 2.0Alaska PeninsulaSat, Feb 6, 10:50 AM AKST · 2058 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away
59. 2.184 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaSat, Feb 6, 11:19 AM AKST · 2058 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
60. 2.070 km S of Sand Point, AlaskaSun, Feb 7, 6:28 PM AKST · 2057 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away

The first 60 of 176.

Before

1. 2.291 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaThu, Jan 21, 3:18 AM AKST · 2074 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
2. 4.251 km S of Sand Point, AlaskaTue, Jan 19, 5:06 PM AKST · 2076 days ago · 43 km deep · 87 km away
3. 3.090 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaTue, Jan 19, 12:39 AM AKST · 2076 days ago · 27 km deep · 29 km away
4. 2.6103 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaMon, Jan 18, 12:17 AM AKST · 2077 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
5. 2.9Alaska PeninsulaSun, Jan 17, 1:21 PM AKST · 2078 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
6. 2.280 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaSun, Jan 17, 11:28 AM AKST · 2078 days ago · 29 km deep · 17 km away
7. 3.394 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaSun, Jan 17, 9:59 AM AKST · 2078 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
8. 3.276 km S of Sand Point, AlaskaSat, Jan 16, 11:14 PM AKST · 2078 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
9. 3.094 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaSat, Jan 16, 11:41 AM AKST · 2079 days ago · 21 km deep · 24 km away
10. 1.880 km ESE of King Cove, AlaskaFri, Jan 15, 6:49 AM AKST · 2080 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
11. 2.7Alaska PeninsulaThu, Jan 14, 6:54 PM AKST · 2081 days ago · 74 km deep · 70 km away
12. 1.875 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaThu, Jan 14, 4:53 PM AKST · 2081 days ago · 21 km deep · 15 km away
13. 1.674 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaThu, Jan 14, 2:56 PM AKST · 2081 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
14. 1.874 km ESE of King Cove, AlaskaThu, Jan 14, 2:56 PM AKST · 2081 days ago · 22 km deep · 21 km away
15. 1.646 km S of King Cove, AlaskaThu, Jan 14, 10:23 AM AKST · 2081 days ago · 57 km deep · 54 km away
16. 2.078 km ESE of King Cove, AlaskaThu, Jan 14, 2:01 AM AKST · 2081 days ago · 17 km deep · 26 km away
17. 1.678 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaWed, Jan 13, 9:38 PM AKST · 2082 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
18. 3.774 km ESE of King Cove, AlaskaWed, Jan 13, 9:32 PM AKST · 2082 days ago · 48 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
19. 1.883 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaWed, Jan 13, 9:30 PM AKST · 2082 days ago · 20 km deep · 21 km away
20. 1.680 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaWed, Jan 13, 8:36 PM AKST · 2082 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000de8u (also filed as ak021yzz4qo). Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 7:38 PM UTC.