Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake Alaska Peninsula

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck in the Alaska Peninsula on Sat, Feb 11, 2023, 12:28 PM AKST (21:28 UTC), 83 km (52 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 94 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2023-02-11 21:28:22 UTC
Depth
83.0 km (51.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
54.914° N, 162.127° 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 8.7 km horizontally, 3.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.16
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
195°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
19

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 97 in the 60 days after this one and 55 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.166 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1321 days ago · 23 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 1.954 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1320 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 2.023 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1319 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 2.997 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1319 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 2.041 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1318 days ago · 65 km deep · 34 km away
  6. 2.283 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1317 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 2.787 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1317 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 2.035 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 1316 days ago · 91 km deep · 24 km away
  9. 1.638 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1316 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  10. 2.780 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1316 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 2.956 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1314 days ago · 57 km deep · 45 km away
  12. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1313 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 2.169 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 19 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 2.161 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 125 km deep · 70 km away
  15. 4.894 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 44 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.158 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 169 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 3.190 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  18. 1.985 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
  19. 3.1Alaska Peninsula · 1310 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 3.099 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  21. 2.089 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  22. 2.762 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  23. 2.616 km SW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 117 km deep · 55 km away
  24. 2.480 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  25. 1.842 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
  26. 2.962 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 66 km deep · 54 km away
  27. 1.928 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
  28. 2.150 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 62 km deep · 64 km away
  29. 2.635 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 19 km deep · 84 km away
  30. 2.744 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1304 days ago · 56 km deep · 33 km away
  31. 1.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  32. 2.173 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1302 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  33. 2.647 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 84 km deep · 29 km away
  34. 2.073 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 16 km deep · 53 km away
  35. 1.724 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
  36. 1.675 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1298 days ago · 20 km deep · 57 km away
  37. 1.732 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1298 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  38. 2.678 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1298 days ago · 52 km deep · 96 km away
  39. 1.885 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1298 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
  40. 2.019 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1297 days ago · 95 km deep · 7 km away
  41. 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 1296 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
  42. 2.089 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
  43. 1.573 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 23 km deep · 55 km away
  44. 3.176 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
  45. 2.062 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
  46. 3.037 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 91 km deep · 80 km away
  47. 2.233 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1292 days ago · 108 km deep · 41 km away
  48. 2.131 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 86 km deep · 12 km away
  49. 2.169 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 49 km deep · 62 km away
  50. 1.961 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1288 days ago · 52 km deep · 47 km away
  51. 1.654 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1288 days ago · 20 km deep · 34 km away
  52. 2.583 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1287 days ago · 28 km deep · 74 km away
  53. 2.079 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  54. 1.843 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1283 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
  55. 2.875 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1283 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
  56. 2.059 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1283 days ago · 52 km deep · 75 km away
  57. 2.858 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1283 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  58. 2.333 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1282 days ago · 140 km deep · 95 km away
  59. 2.982 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1282 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  60. 2.987 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1281 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away

The first 60 of 97.

Before

  1. 3.050 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1324 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
  2. 1.839 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 1325 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  3. 2.846 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1325 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 1.547 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1327 days ago · 24 km deep · 37 km away
  5. 1.834 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1328 days ago · 53 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 3.192 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1328 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 1.975 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1328 days ago · 22 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 1.637 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 1330 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 2.877 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1330 days ago · 29 km deep · 58 km away
  10. 1.989 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1330 days ago · 18 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 1.613 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1330 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  12. 2.078 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1332 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
  13. 1.911 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1332 days ago · 89 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 1334 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 3.0Alaska Peninsula · 1334 days ago · 27 km deep · 45 km away
  16. 2.967 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1336 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
  17. 2.027 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1337 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 2.778 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1337 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 1.963 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 38 km deep · 58 km away
  20. 2.148 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 45 km deep · 28 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000jncs (also filed as ak0231xt8p0k). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 5:11 PM UTC.