Moderate magnitude 4.9 quake hits 10 miles northeast of King Cove, Alaska, United States in the morning
4.9 quake 6 Feb 9:39 am (GMT -9)

Just 20 minutes ago, a 4.9-magnitude earthquake struck near King Cove, Aleutians East County, Alaska, USA. The tremor was recorded in the morning on Saturday 6 February 2021 at 9:39 am local time, at an intermediate depth of 59 miles below the surface.
The event was filed by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the first seismological agency to report it.
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 10 miles from the epicenter, and Cold Bay (pop. 120) 26 miles away.
Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include False Pass (pop. 40) located 55 miles from the epicenter, and Sand Point (pop. 1,100) 64 miles away.
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Earthquake data:
Date & time: 6 Feb 2021 9:39 am (GMT -9) local time (6 Feb 2021 18:39 GMT)
Magnitude: 4.9
Depth: 95.0 km
Epicenterlatitude / longitude: 55.1°N / 162.08°W (Aleutians East County, Alaska, United States)
Primary data source: EMSC
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