M2.7 earthquake 151 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 151 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska on Wed, Aug 31, 2022, 12:58 PM AKDT (20:58 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 87 km S of King Cove, 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
- 2022-08-31 20:58:51 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.844° N, 161.271° 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 6.0 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 222°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 64 in the 60 days after this one and 24 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.0206 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.889 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.663 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 21 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.890 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.799 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 31 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.284 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.775 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 31 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.0133 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.6131 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.086 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.897 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.6102 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 19 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.985 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.8219 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.573 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 34 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.7149 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.8115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 24 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.2125 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1477 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.978 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1477 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.080 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1476 days ago · 41 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.084 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1475 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.781 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1475 days ago · 19 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.098 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1475 days ago · 32 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.790 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1473 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.090 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1473 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.688 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1473 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.7118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1471 days ago · 17 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.1226 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1471 days ago · 36 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.693 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1471 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.683 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1471 days ago · 18 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.487 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1470 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.664 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 21 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.9136 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1466 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.2103 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1465 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.093 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1464 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.989 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.0101 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.9120 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1460 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.091 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1458 days ago · 45 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.781 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1455 days ago · 22 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.992 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1455 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.684 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1455 days ago · 16 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.758 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 37 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.781 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.779 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 16 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.594 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.293 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.9101 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1449 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.1south of Alaska · 1446 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.098 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 19 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 1444 days ago · 49 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.796 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1442 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.687 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1442 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.7238 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1440 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.573 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1440 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 1439 days ago · 32 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.8235 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1438 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.763 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1438 days ago · 22 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.182 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1438 days ago · 16 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.875 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1435 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
The first 60 of 64.
Before
- 1.685 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 22 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.881 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.680 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.2215 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.781 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.679 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 17 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.082 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.689 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 16 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.384 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 1505 days ago · 39 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.794 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.889 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.893 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.963 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 19 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.893 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.1210 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.578 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 16 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.587 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 43 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.2228 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1514 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.993 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1515 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000irpc (also filed as ak022b67unkt). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:38 AM UTC.