Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 60 km SE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 60 km SE of King Cove, Alaska on Mon, Dec 6, 2021, 6:44 AM AKST (15:44 UTC), 33 km (20 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 99 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2021-12-06 15:44:53 UTC
Depth
32.8 km (20.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.670° N, 161.663° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
2.9ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.115 · 10 stations
2.1ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreliminary

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 2.9 km horizontally, 10.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
214°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
24

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 71 in the 60 days after this one and 39 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.996 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 18 km deep · 38 km away
  2. 2.569 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 27 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 2.5111 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 27 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 2.981 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 29 km deep · 25 km away
  5. 2.175 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 2.789 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 3.021 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 85 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 2.979 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
  9. 2.658 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 2.625 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 71 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 1.865 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 66 km deep · 28 km away
  12. 3.123 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 98 km deep · 82 km away
  13. 1.987 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 1.534 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 45 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 2.189 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 2.942 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 92 km deep · 23 km away
  17. 2.053 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 22 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 2.081 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 43 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 1.959 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 19 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 1.839 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 73 km deep · 26 km away
  21. 1.886 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 14 km deep · 28 km away
  22. 1.813 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  23. 2.799 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away
  24. 2.053 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 37 km deep · 59 km away
  25. 1.866 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  26. 2.789 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 21 km deep · 39 km away
  27. 2.966 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
  28. 1.980 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
  29. 2.9109 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 24 km deep · 65 km away
  30. 2.896 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 27 km deep · 38 km away
  31. 1.854 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 12 km deep · 60 km away
  32. 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 1725 days ago · 28 km deep · 72 km away
  33. 2.889 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 21 km deep · 64 km away
  34. 1.987 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
  35. 1.855 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 18 km deep · 85 km away
  36. 1.886 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
  37. 2.652 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 81 km deep · 58 km away
  38. 1.653 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 43 km deep · 33 km away
  39. 1.545 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  40. 3.581 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  41. 2.876 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  42. 3.282 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
  43. 1.985 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 14 km deep · 27 km away
  44. 2.772 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 28 km deep · 15 km away
  45. 2.259 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 18 km deep · 19 km away
  46. 2.5121 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
  47. 3.333 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 137 km deep · 81 km away
  48. 2.258 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 46 km deep · 7 km away
  49. 2.169 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
  50. 2.593 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 24 km deep · 72 km away
  51. 3.176 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 27 km deep · 68 km away
  52. 2.1147 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 40 km deep · 87 km away
  53. 1.539 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  54. 1.954 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
  55. 3.065 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
  56. 1.878 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
  57. 2.351 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 48 km deep · 42 km away
  58. 2.644 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 57 km deep · 67 km away
  59. 2.1123 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 21 km deep · 71 km away
  60. 2.9100 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away

The first 60 of 71.

Before

  1. 3.592 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 2.042 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 23 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 1760 days ago · 18 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 3.0105 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 1.780 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 21 km deep · 23 km away
  6. 1.556 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 2.455 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 1.965 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 41 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 2.785 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 25 km deep · 28 km away
  10. 3.082 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 1.727 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1765 days ago · 19 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 1.957 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1768 days ago · 47 km deep · 48 km away
  13. 2.645 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1768 days ago · 92 km deep · 26 km away
  14. 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 1770 days ago · 14 km deep · 5 km away
  15. 2.893 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 22 km deep · 33 km away
  16. 2.280 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 21 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 2.7Alaska Peninsula · 1775 days ago · 27 km deep · 45 km away
  18. 1.956 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 22 km deep · 12 km away
  19. 2.867 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 24 km deep · 45 km away
  20. 3.050 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 85 km deep · 11 km away

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