M3.0 earthquake 20 km N of King Cove, Alaska

Magnitude

3.0 (ml), minor

Local time

Sun, Aug 8, 2021, 5:59 PM AKDT

UTC

2021-08-09 01:59:48 UTC

Depth

160.9 km (100.0 mi), intermediate-depth

Epicenter

55.244° N, 162.296° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 9.6 km horizontally, 1.5 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.07

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

130°

Stations used

28

• King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast20 kmN

After

1. 3.056 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaMon, Aug 9, 3:29 AM AKDT · 1871 days ago · 81 km deep · 71 km away
2. 2.879 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaWed, Aug 11, 8:52 PM AKDT · 1869 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
3. 1.659 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaThu, Aug 12, 4:09 AM AKDT · 1868 days ago · 21 km deep · 78 km away
4. 2.137 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaFri, Aug 13, 4:10 AM AKDT · 1867 days ago · 82 km deep · 55 km away
5. 1.840 km ESE of King Cove, AlaskaFri, Aug 13, 10:21 PM AKDT · 1867 days ago · 96 km deep · 49 km away
6. 1.576 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaSat, Aug 14, 11:39 AM AKDT · 1866 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
7. 1.651 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaSun, Aug 15, 11:18 AM AKDT · 1865 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
8. 1.658 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaSun, Aug 15, 8:53 PM AKDT · 1865 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
9. 1.679 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaThu, Aug 19, 12:46 AM AKDT · 1861 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
10. 1.618 km S of Nelson Lagoon, AlaskaFri, Aug 20, 12:18 PM AKDT · 1860 days ago · 160 km deep · 93 km away
11. 2.557 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Aug 21, 12:52 AM AKDT · 1859 days ago · 94 km deep · 86 km away
12. 1.9Unimak Island region, AlaskaSat, Aug 21, 6:19 PM AKDT · 1859 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
13. 1.813 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaMon, Aug 23, 7:37 AM AKDT · 1857 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
14. 1.868 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaMon, Aug 23, 10:02 AM AKDT · 1857 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
15. 1.955 km S of King Cove, AlaskaTue, Aug 24, 4:23 AM AKDT · 1856 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
16. 1.631 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Aug 24, 7:17 AM AKDT · 1856 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
17. 1.554 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaTue, Aug 24, 4:32 PM AKDT · 1856 days ago · 44 km deep · 73 km away
18. 1.542 km WNW of Sand Point, AlaskaTue, Aug 24, 10:15 PM AKDT · 1856 days ago · 93 km deep · 82 km away
19. 1.869 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaWed, Aug 25, 11:56 AM AKDT · 1855 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away
20. 1.880 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaThu, Aug 26, 3:46 PM AKDT · 1854 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
21. 2.214 km W of Nelson Lagoon, AlaskaThu, Aug 26, 6:43 PM AKDT · 1854 days ago · 207 km deep · 99 km away
22. 1.917 km W of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Aug 27, 6:43 AM AKDT · 1853 days ago · 105 km deep · 98 km away
23. 1.880 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaFri, Aug 27, 7:57 PM AKDT · 1853 days ago · 28 km deep · 96 km away
24. 2.057 km NNE of King Cove, AlaskaFri, Aug 27, 11:59 PM AKDT · 1852 days ago · 115 km deep · 40 km away
25. 1.846 km WSW of Sand Point, AlaskaSat, Aug 28, 10:20 AM AKDT · 1852 days ago · 74 km deep · 74 km away
26. 2.753 km SW of Sand Point, AlaskaMon, Aug 30, 6:30 AM AKDT · 1850 days ago · 77 km deep · 91 km away
27. 1.979 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaTue, Aug 31, 6:48 PM AKDT · 1849 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
28. 2.637 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaTue, Aug 31, 9:20 PM AKDT · 1849 days ago · 88 km deep · 55 km away
29. 2.725 km ENE of Cold Bay, AlaskaWed, Sep 1, 1:45 AM AKDT · 1848 days ago · 124 km deep · 9 km away
30. 1.753 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, AlaskaWed, Sep 1, 9:27 AM AKDT · 1848 days ago · 120 km deep · 55 km away
31. 1.877 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaThu, Sep 2, 8:53 AM AKDT · 1847 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
32. 1.981 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaThu, Sep 2, 8:57 AM AKDT · 1847 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
33. 2.017 km ENE of King Cove, AlaskaThu, Sep 2, 1:59 PM AKDT · 1847 days ago · 89 km deep · 21 km away
34. 1.582 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaFri, Sep 3, 8:58 AM AKDT · 1846 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
35. 1.679 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaFri, Sep 3, 8:02 PM AKDT · 1846 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away
36. 3.076 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaSat, Sep 4, 1:22 PM AKDT · 1845 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
37. 1.570 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaMon, Sep 6, 5:52 AM AKDT · 1843 days ago · 34 km deep · 84 km away
38. 1.712 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Sep 7, 8:54 PM AKDT · 1842 days ago · 115 km deep · 94 km away
39. 2.043 km ESE of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Sep 19, 7:18 AM AKDT · 1830 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
40. 1.728 km SW of Sand Point, AlaskaTue, Sep 21, 12:45 AM AKDT · 1828 days ago · 61 km deep · 91 km away
41. 2.279 km S of King Cove, AlaskaTue, Sep 21, 5:21 AM AKDT · 1828 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
42. 1.975 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaWed, Sep 22, 2:53 PM AKDT · 1827 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
43. 1.665 km SSW of Sand Point, AlaskaSun, Sep 26, 9:39 AM AKDT · 1823 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
44. 1.511 km NE of King Cove, AlaskaWed, Sep 29, 5:02 PM AKDT · 1820 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
45. 1.968 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaTue, Oct 5, 7:31 PM AKDT · 1814 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away
46. 1.978 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaWed, Oct 6, 1:17 PM AKDT · 1813 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away

Before

1. 2.964 km SW of Sand Point, AlaskaSat, Aug 7, 9:07 PM AKDT · 1873 days ago · 76 km deep · 89 km away
2. 2.073 km S of King Cove, AlaskaSat, Aug 7, 3:59 PM AKDT · 1873 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
3. 2.760 km NNE of King Cove, AlaskaWed, Aug 4, 10:30 PM AKDT · 1876 days ago · 150 km deep · 41 km away
4. 2.080 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaWed, Aug 4, 2:26 AM AKDT · 1876 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away
5. 2.678 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaWed, Aug 4, 2:09 AM AKDT · 1876 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
6. 1.969 km SW of Sand Point, AlaskaMon, Aug 2, 7:28 PM AKDT · 1878 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
7. 2.229 km E of King Cove, AlaskaSun, Aug 1, 4:57 PM AKDT · 1879 days ago · 96 km deep · 34 km away
8. 2.1Unimak Island region, AlaskaSat, Jul 31, 10:37 PM AKDT · 1880 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
9. 1.9Alaska PeninsulaSat, Jul 31, 3:17 PM AKDT · 1880 days ago · 80 km deep · 59 km away
10. 2.855 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaSat, Jul 31, 4:12 AM AKDT · 1880 days ago · 34 km deep · 74 km away
11. 1.971 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaFri, Jul 30, 8:57 AM AKDT · 1881 days ago · 18 km deep · 88 km away
12. 2.074 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaThu, Jul 29, 3:24 AM AKDT · 1882 days ago · 29 km deep · 92 km away
13. 2.618 km ENE of King Cove, AlaskaThu, Jul 29, 2:50 AM AKDT · 1882 days ago · 113 km deep · 20 km away
14. 3.132 km NNE of Cold Bay, AlaskaWed, Jul 28, 9:49 PM AKDT · 1883 days ago · 171 km deep · 25 km away
15. 2.146 km ESE of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Jul 28, 3:54 AM AKDT · 1883 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
16. 2.881 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaTue, Jul 27, 4:12 AM AKDT · 1884 days ago · 27 km deep · 93 km away
17. 1.651 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, AlaskaMon, Jul 26, 9:19 PM AKDT · 1885 days ago · 109 km deep · 57 km away
18. 2.131 km ESE of King Cove, AlaskaMon, Jul 26, 7:17 PM AKDT · 1885 days ago · 95 km deep · 40 km away
19. 1.941 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaMon, Jul 26, 10:28 AM AKDT · 1885 days ago · 48 km deep · 58 km away
20. 1.6Unimak Island region, AlaskaSun, Jul 25, 6:39 AM AKDT · 1886 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000f7kt (also filed as ak021a5ipvv5). Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 7:20 PM UTC.