Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 72 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 72 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska on Sat, Mar 13, 2021, 9:04 AM AKST (18:04 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 108 km SE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.8 (ml), micro
Local time: Sat, Mar 13, 2021, 9:04 AM AKST
UTC: 2021-03-13 18:04:05 UTC
Depth: 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 54.465° N, 161.860° 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: ±0.09
Depth from: Operator assigned
Station coverage gap: 199°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 40

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast73 kmSSE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 140 in the 60 days after this one and 76 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 140.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000dyld (also filed as ak0213bdfo6v). Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 11:38 AM UTC.