Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 101 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 101 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska on Thu, Jul 1, 2021, 9:26 AM AKDT (17:26 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 110 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.6 (ml), micro
Local time: Thu, Jul 1, 2021, 9:26 AM AKDT
UTC: 2021-07-01 17:26:17 UTC
Depth: 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 54.287° N, 161.485° 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 5.5 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.13
Depth from: Operator assigned
Station coverage gap: 215°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 20

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast101 kmSSE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 105 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 105.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000f74j (also filed as ak0218da3549). Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 10:00 PM UTC.