M2.1 earthquake 40 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 40 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Sat, Jul 18, 2015, 4:43 AM AKDT (12:43 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 88 km SE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-07-18 12:43:05 UTC
- Depth
- 7.1 km (4.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.990° N, 160.682° 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.
- Stations used
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 61 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.967 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 4097 days ago · 73 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.388 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 4096 days ago · 39 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.986 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 4095 days ago · 27 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.949 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 4095 days ago · 50 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.160 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 4095 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.382 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 4095 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.050 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 4095 days ago · 76 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.883 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 4094 days ago · 27 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.665 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 4092 days ago · 37 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.599 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 4091 days ago · 22 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.361 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 4090 days ago · 18 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.140 km ESE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 4088 days ago · 151 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.659 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 4087 days ago · 118 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.983 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 4087 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.423 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 4086 days ago · 171 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.434 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 4084 days ago · 99 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.259 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 4083 days ago · 19 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.821 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 4081 days ago · 50 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.439 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 4078 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.9133 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 4077 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.976 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 4076 days ago · 37 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.026 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 4076 days ago · 88 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.991 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 4075 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.280 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 4075 days ago · 18 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.758 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 4075 days ago · 74 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.367 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 4074 days ago · 25 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.487 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 4074 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.0109 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 4074 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.363 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 4070 days ago · 49 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.079 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 4069 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.043 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 4069 days ago · 54 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.256 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 4069 days ago · 59 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.693 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 4069 days ago · 23 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.263 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 4068 days ago · 27 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.522 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 4066 days ago · 100 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.036 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 4062 days ago · 56 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.325 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 4059 days ago · 73 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.038 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 4058 days ago · 61 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.998 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 4057 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.942 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 4053 days ago · 81 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.288 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 4052 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.988 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 4052 days ago · 32 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.371 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 4052 days ago · 23 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.981 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 4052 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.459 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 4051 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.682 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 4051 days ago · 32 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.581 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 4050 days ago · 17 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.198 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 4049 days ago · 23 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.048 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 4049 days ago · 61 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.743 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 4049 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.882 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 4048 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.082 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 4047 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.477 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 4046 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.756 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 4045 days ago · 23 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.176 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 4044 days ago · 19 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.183 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 4041 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.288 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 4041 days ago · 16 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.079 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 4041 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.361 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 4041 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.3108 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 4040 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
The first 60 of 61.
Before
- 2.362 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 4101 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.974 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 4101 days ago · 20 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.8100 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 4101 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.340 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 4102 days ago · 133 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.595 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 4103 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.556 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 4105 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.843 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 4106 days ago · 96 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.446 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 4108 days ago · 92 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.364 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 4108 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.448 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 4110 days ago · 28 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.776 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 4110 days ago · 18 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.480 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 4110 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.737 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 4111 days ago · 2 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.973 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 4113 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.976 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 4113 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.246 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 4116 days ago · 80 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.212 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 4116 days ago · 116 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.833 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 4117 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.245 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 4119 days ago · 61 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.0105 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 4121 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
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