M2.8 earthquake 212 km S of King Cove, Alaska
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 212 km S of King Cove, Alaska on Fri, Dec 24, 2021, 8:32 PM AKST (05:32 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 230 km SSE of False Pass, 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
- 2021-12-25 05:32:49 UTC
- Depth
- 14.2 km (8.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.184° N, 161.746° 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 10.1 km horizontally, 19.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 247°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 29
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.2230 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.1146 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 68 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.5121 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.9196 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1684 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
Before
- 2.9232 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 28 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.3151 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 32 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.9139 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.1136 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.3130 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.8139 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.3135 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 22 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.1201 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.6209 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1768 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000gdjd (also filed as ak021ght3q74). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 10:11 AM UTC.