M3.3 earthquake 253 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 253 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska on Tue, Mar 16, 2021, 12:51 PM AKDT (20:51 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.3 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-03-16 20:51:46 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 52.870° N, 161.242° 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 6.7 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 224°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 82
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.1215 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.5south of Alaska · 2011 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.1229 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2008 days ago · 17 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.8240 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.7223 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.4163 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.8208 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.2237 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000e05q (also filed as ak0213gdiq2h). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 7:09 PM UTC.