Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 119 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 119 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska on Sat, Jan 23, 2021, 7:56 AM AKST (16:56 UTC), 10 km (6 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: 2.8 (ml), micro
Local time: Sat, Jan 23, 2021, 7:56 AM AKST
UTC: 2021-01-23 16:56:09 UTC
Depth: 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 54.151° N, 161.330° 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, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.12
Depth from: Operator assigned
Station coverage gap: 289°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 20

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast120 kmSSE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 156 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of at least 199.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000detb (also filed as ak02112b7y0d). Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 11:59 AM UTC.