Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 97 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 97 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska on Tue, Jan 26, 2021, 2:38 PM AKST (23:38 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 65 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.7 (ml), micro
Local time: Tue, Jan 26, 2021, 2:38 PM AKST
UTC: 2021-01-26 23:38:08 UTC
Depth: 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 54.312° N, 161.543° 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 3.8 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.13
Depth from: Operator assigned
Station coverage gap: 296°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 17

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast97 kmSSE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 161 in the 60 days after this one and 38 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 161.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000dfnw (also filed as ak02117dw5j5). Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 10:00 PM UTC.