M2.1 earthquake 112 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 112 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Aug 9, 2016, 5:46 AM AKDT (13:46 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 126 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
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
- 2016-08-09 13:46:12 UTC
- Depth
- 18.3 km (11.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.637° N, 159.233° 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
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 31 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.575 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.270 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3707 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.353 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3707 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.874 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3706 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.4111 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3704 days ago · 22 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.579 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3694 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.044 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.361 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 24 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.663 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 21 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.175 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.882 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.970 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 30 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.659 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 28 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.7104 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 19 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.077 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.082 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.268 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 18 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.698 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 29 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.3126 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 23 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.262 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 30 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.4101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 21 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.584 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 11 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.874 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3668 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.320 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 58 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.053 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.060 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.279 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 27 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.965 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.483 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.4115 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 38 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.149 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
Before
- 1.971 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3711 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.377 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3713 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.477 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3715 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.195 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 23 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.962 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 32 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.7123 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3719 days ago · 19 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.774 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.369 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3721 days ago · 32 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.144 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3721 days ago · 48 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.864 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 17 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.673 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 28 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.669 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.054 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3723 days ago · 39 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.875 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3723 days ago · 16 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.459 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3727 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.477 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3728 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.660 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3734 days ago · 21 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.069 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3734 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.438 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3734 days ago · 58 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.7116 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3736 days ago · 29 km deep · 8 km away
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