Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 73 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 73 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Sun, Feb 21, 2016, 4:39 PM AKST (01:39 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 59 km S of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2016-02-22 01:39:40 UTC
Depth
6.6 km (4.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.726° N, 160.082° 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
8

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.781 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3877 days ago · 19 km deep · 40 km away
  2. 2.959 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3877 days ago · 34 km deep · 16 km away
  3. 3.178 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3876 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 2.776 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3875 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 2.156 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3873 days ago · 23 km deep · 16 km away
  6. 3.056 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3872 days ago · 74 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 3.766 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 88 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 2.5108 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 2.7115 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3867 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 2.487 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3864 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  11. 3.297 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3864 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 2.388 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 3.473 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 21 km deep · 46 km away
  14. 2.171 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 2.326 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3855 days ago · 63 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 3.557 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3854 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
  17. 3.247 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 3.859 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3851 days ago · 29 km deep · 33 km away
  19. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 3851 days ago · 56 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 2.552 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3848 days ago · 64 km deep · 90 km away
  21. 3.664 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 27 km deep · 35 km away
  22. 2.487 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3841 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
  23. 3.1105 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3837 days ago · 24 km deep · 90 km away
  24. 2.246 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3837 days ago · 56 km deep · 84 km away
  25. 1.978 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3834 days ago · 21 km deep · 79 km away
  26. 3.590 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3834 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  27. 3.892 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3834 days ago · 22 km deep · 37 km away
  28. 1.869 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 21 km deep · 61 km away
  29. 2.080 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  30. 3.364 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3820 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away

Before

  1. 2.287 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3885 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 2.473 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3888 days ago · 16 km deep · 0 km away
  3. 1.986 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3890 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 2.277 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3892 days ago · 38 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 3.321 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3898 days ago · 49 km deep · 52 km away
  6. 3.274 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3900 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 2.383 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3903 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 2.294 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3903 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 2.888 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3905 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 2.852 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3906 days ago · 53 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 2.998 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3906 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 2.498 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3906 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 3.288 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3906 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 2.686 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3906 days ago · 42 km deep · 66 km away
  15. 3.9103 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3906 days ago · 71 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.822 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3907 days ago · 61 km deep · 61 km away

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