Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 59 km S of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 59 km S of King Cove, Alaska on Thu, Jun 10, 2021, 9:27 AM AKDT (17:27 UTC), 53 km (33 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 97 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.5 (ml), micro
Local time: Thu, Jun 10, 2021, 9:27 AM AKDT
UTC: 2021-06-10 17:27:56 UTC
Depth: 53.5 km (33.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 54.530° N, 162.279° 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 5.1 km horizontally, 9.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.12
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 179°
Stations used: 29

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast59 kmS

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 96 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 96.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ebtu (also filed as ak0217ejt48d). Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 12:52 PM UTC.