Alaska earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 71 km SE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 71 km SE of King Cove, Alaska on Wed, Mar 3, 2021, 6:07 PM AKST (03:07 UTC), 27 km (17 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 32 km S of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.0 (ml), minor
Local time: Wed, Mar 3, 2021, 6:07 PM AKST
UTC: 2021-03-04 03:07:52 UTC
Depth: 26.8 km (16.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 54.563° N, 161.627° 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 5.8 km horizontally, 16.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.15
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 229°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 19

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast71 kmSE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 144 in the 60 days after this one and 69 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 144.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000dvum (also filed as ak0212w8orq4). Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 10:58 AM UTC.