Alaska earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 50 km SE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 50 km SE of King Cove, Alaska on Thu, Nov 18, 2021, 6:51 PM AKST (03:51 UTC), 85 km (53 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 92 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.0 (ml), minor
Local time: Thu, Nov 18, 2021, 6:51 PM AKST
UTC: 2021-11-19 03:51:08 UTC
Depth: 85.0 km (52.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 54.759° N, 161.722° 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 6.8 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.07
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 168°
Stations used: 29

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast51 kmSE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 62 in the 60 days after this one and 44 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 62.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000g8vs (also filed as ak021eu8ocle). Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 10:30 PM UTC.