M2.8 earthquake 200 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 200 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska on Sat, Nov 13, 2021, 2:38 PM AKST (23:38 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 201 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-11-13 23:38:39 UTC
- Depth
- 23.1 km (14.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.301° N, 161.633° 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 4.8 km horizontally, 22.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 231°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.8197 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1765 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.6209 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.1201 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.3135 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 22 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.8139 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.3130 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.1136 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.9139 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.0105 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.3151 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 32 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.9232 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 28 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.8212 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 14 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.2230 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000gcli (also filed as ak021ekna7rh). Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 12:18 PM UTC.