M2.8 earthquake 240 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 240 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska on Tue, Apr 6, 2021, 6:30 PM AKDT (02:30 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
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
- 2021-04-07 02:30:11 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.032° N, 161.044° 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 6.9 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 246°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.7223 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.4163 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.8208 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000dxll (also filed as ak0214gghzry). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 5:58 AM UTC.