Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 29 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 29 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska on Wed, Nov 20, 2024, 3:09 PM AKST (00:09 UTC), 83 km (52 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 97 km SE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.9 (ml), micro
Local time: Wed, Nov 20, 2024, 3:09 PM AKST
UTC: 2024-11-21 00:09:50 UTC
Depth: 83.0 km (51.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 55.000° N, 161.865° 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 5.9 km horizontally, 3.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.08
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 182°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 19

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast30 kmESE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 135 in the 60 days after this one and 54 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 135.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000pg3i (also filed as ak024ez596g5). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:25 PM UTC.