M2.1 earthquake 61 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 61 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska on Sat, Oct 29, 2016, 8:04 PM AKDT (04:04 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 113 km SSE of Sand Point, 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
- 2016-10-30 04:04:35 UTC
- Depth
- 26.2 km (16.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 55.221° N, 159.556° 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
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 40 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.147 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3625 days ago · 53 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.29 km NE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3622 days ago · 107 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.170 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 47 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.964 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.179 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3620 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.678 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3619 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.653 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 12 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 3613 days ago · 24 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.829 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.085 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3607 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.459 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 40 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.4113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 31 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.253 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 41 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.163 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 44 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.718 km N of Perryville, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 85 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.2131 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.3122 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 23 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.7132 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 22 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.369 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 14 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.181 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.677 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 34 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.329 km SSW of Perryville, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 60 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.443 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.738 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 83 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.219 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.143 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.161 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 62 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.878 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 40 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.555 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 32 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.524 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 70 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.529 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.662 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.2100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.4117 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.4127 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 18 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.860 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.171 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3571 days ago · 16 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.093 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 41 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.375 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.045 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 21 km deep · 31 km away
Before
- 2.770 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 29 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.375 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.144 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.533 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3631 days ago · 44 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.425 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.331 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.523 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3637 days ago · 106 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.733 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3637 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.7108 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.562 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3645 days ago · 29 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.943 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3649 days ago · 121 km deep · 83 km away
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