Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 55 km NE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 55 km NE of King Cove, Alaska on Sat, Dec 4, 2021, 8:39 AM AKST (17:39 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 60 km SE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

King Cove forecastMore in Alaska

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-12-04 17:39:59 UTC
Depth
11.9 km (7.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.465° N, 161.795° 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 2.8 km horizontally, 2.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
71°
Stations used
38

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.556 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 1.780 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 2.960 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 2.981 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 29 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 2.625 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 71 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 1.865 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 66 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 3.123 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 98 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 1.835 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
  9. 2.942 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 92 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 1.839 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 73 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 1.813 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 1.76 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 2.237 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 138 km deep · 34 km away
  14. 2.09 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 68 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 2.963 km WSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
  16. 2.053 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 37 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 1.866 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  18. 1.980 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 3.130 km NNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 208 km deep · 74 km away
  20. 2.652 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 81 km deep · 36 km away
  21. 1.653 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 43 km deep · 99 km away
  22. 2.259 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
  23. 2.927 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 182 km deep · 43 km away
  24. 3.333 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 137 km deep · 25 km away
  25. 2.258 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 46 km deep · 83 km away
  26. 1.539 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  27. 3.065 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  28. 1.878 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  29. 2.644 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1696 days ago · 57 km deep · 86 km away

Before

  1. 1.727 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 19 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 3.229 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 86 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 2.645 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 92 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 1761 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 1.956 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 2.867 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1768 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 3.050 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 85 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 2.831 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 172 km deep · 34 km away
  9. 3.034 km N of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 179 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 1.766 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 56 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 3.315 km NNW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 198 km deep · 80 km away
  12. 3.626 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 60 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 2.835 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 206 km deep · 38 km away
  14. 2.435 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 23 km deep · 25 km away

Earthquakes todayAlaska earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000g92m (also filed as av91436836, ak021fja05q2). Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 12:51 AM UTC.