Alaska earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 75 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 75 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska on Sat, Feb 6, 2021, 9:39 AM AKST (18:39 UTC), 51 km (32 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 4.8 (mb), light
Local time: Sat, Feb 6, 2021, 9:39 AM AKST
UTC: 2021-02-06 18:39:50 UTC
Depth: 51.0 km (31.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 54.729° N, 161.298° 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 4.5 km horizontally, 5.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.04
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 73°
Stations used: 244

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast75 kmESE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 179 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 us6000df6i (also filed as ak0211phu3s2). Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 3:44 PM UTC.