Alaska earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 56 km SE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 56 km SE of King Cove, Alaska on Mon, Aug 9, 2021, 3:29 AM AKDT (11:29 UTC), 81 km (50 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 111 km SE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.0 (ml), minor
Local time: Mon, Aug 9, 2021, 3:29 AM AKDT
UTC: 2021-08-09 11:29:55 UTC
Depth: 81.1 km (50.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 54.728° N, 161.645° 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 5.3 km horizontally, 7.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.09
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 169°
Stations used: 63

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast57 kmSE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 90 in the 60 days after this one and 70 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 90.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000f7l0 (also filed as ak021a5ohswf). Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 5:51 AM UTC.