M2.7 earthquake 213 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 213 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska on Tue, Sep 28, 2021, 9:58 PM AKDT (05:58 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 234 km S of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-09-29 05:58:19 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.288° N, 161.085° 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 4.4 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 245°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.2231 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.3234 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.0238 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.0230 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.8200 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 23 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.8197 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.6209 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.1201 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
Before
- 2.6194 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.3218 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 50 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.2238 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.6244 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.7232 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.7229 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 32 km deep · 77 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000fpkj (also filed as ak021chxi1ax). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:31 AM UTC.