Moderate mag. 5.1 earthquake - Gulf of Alaska, 19 mi southeast of Cherni Island, Aleutians East County, Alaska, USA, on Sunday, 24 Jan 2021 12:16 pm (GMT -9) -

Moderate mag. 5.1 earthquake - Gulf of Alaska, 19 mi southeast of Cherni Island, Aleutians East County, Alaska, USA, on Sunday, 24 Jan 2021 12:16 pm (GMT -9)

Moderate magnitude 5.1 earthquake at 35 km depth

24 Jan 21:26 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 10 minutes.
24 Jan 21:29: Magnitude recalculated from 5.4 to 5.5. Epicenter location corrected by 9.9 km (6.1 mi) towards WNW.
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25 Jan 02:06: Epicenter location corrected by 2.6 km (1.6 mi) towards SSE.
Update Sun, 24 Jan 2021, 21:42
Significant magnitude 5.1 earthquake 44 miles south of King Cove, Alaska, United States
5.1 quake 24 Jan 12:16 pm (GMT -9)
5.1 quake 24 Jan 12:16 pm (GMT -9)
United States was shaken near King Cove, Aleutians East County, Alaska, by an earthquake of magnitude 5.1 only 26 minutes ago, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported.
The quake hit at a moderately shallow depth of 22 miles beneath the epicenter near King Cove, Aleutians East County, Alaska, USA, around noon on Sunday 24 January 2021 at 12:16 pm local time. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
A second report was later issued by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), which listed it as a magnitude 5.5 earthquake. A third agency, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), reported the same quake at magnitude 5.5.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in King Cove (pop. 1000) located 44 miles from the epicenter, Cold Bay (pop. 120) 58 miles away, and False Pass (pop. 40) 60 miles away.
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Earthquake data:

Date & time: 24 Jan 2021 21:16:22 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: Sunday, 24 Jan 2021 12:16 pm (GMT -9)
Magnitude: 5.1
Depth: 35.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 54.4082°N / 162.0924°W (Gulf of Alaska, Alaska, United States)
Nearest volcano: Dutton (83 km / 52 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
74 km (46 mi) SSE of King Cove (pop: 1,010) --> See nearby quakes!
95 km (59 mi) SSE of Cold Bay (pop: 123) --> See nearby quakes!
98 km (61 mi) ESE of False Pass (pop: 40) --> See nearby quakes!
145 km (90 mi) SW of Sand Point (pop: 1,060) --> See nearby quakes!
186 km (115 mi) SSW of Nelson Lagoon (pop: 52) --> See nearby quakes!
241 km (150 mi) E of Akutan (pop: 1,040) --> See nearby quakes!
251 km (156 mi) SW of Perryville (pop: 113) --> See nearby quakes!
294 km (183 mi) SW of Chignik Lake (pop: 73) --> See nearby quakes!
295 km (184 mi) ENE of Unalaska (pop: 4,490) --> See nearby quakes!
309 km (192 mi) SW of Chignik Lagoon (pop: 78) --> See nearby quakes!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Overcast Clouds 4.5°C (40 F), humidity: 89%, wind: 9 m/s (17 kts) from S
Primary data source: USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Estimated released energy: 2.8 x 1012 joules (783 megawatt hours, equivalent to 674 tons of TNT) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
MagnitudeDepthLocationSource
M 5.135 km74 Km S of King Cove, Alaska, USAUSGS
M 5.430 kmALASKA PENINSULA, USAEMSC
M 5.045 kmAlaska Peninsula, USAGFZ
M 5.058 kmAlaska Peninsula, USAGeoAu
M 5.610 kmAlaska Peninsula, USABMKG

User reports for this quake (1)

User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.
King Cove, AK (72.5 km N of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) (reported through our app)
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