Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 56 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 56 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska on Thu, Feb 2, 2017, 3:33 AM AKST (12:33 UTC), 15 km (10 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 68 km SSE of Perryville, 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
2017-02-02 12:33:08 UTC
Depth
15.3 km (9.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.156° N, 159.668° 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: 50 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.140 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 61 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 2.362 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 2.887 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 27 km deep · 37 km away
  4. 2.090 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 28 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 2.08 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 50 km deep · 50 km away
  6. 2.257 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 2.841 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 51 km deep · 44 km away
  8. 2.354 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3522 days ago · 38 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 4.468 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3520 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  10. 3.725 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 2.221 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 3.756 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 24 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 3.025 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  14. 2.927 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
  15. 3.816 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3516 days ago · 1 km deep · 59 km away
  16. 1.635 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 49 km deep · 59 km away
  17. 1.827 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 17 km deep · 52 km away
  18. 2.665 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
  19. 2.666 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3512 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away
  20. 2.065 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3512 days ago · 11 km deep · 23 km away
  21. 2.761 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3510 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
  22. 1.940 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3510 days ago · 19 km deep · 56 km away
  23. 2.123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3510 days ago · 54 km deep · 47 km away
  24. 3.711 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3509 days ago · 97 km deep · 50 km away
  25. 2.129 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3508 days ago · 61 km deep · 88 km away
  26. 2.317 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3507 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
  27. 1.912 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3507 days ago · 63 km deep · 59 km away
  28. 3.017 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3506 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
  29. 2.215 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3506 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
  30. 1.815 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3506 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
  31. 2.016 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3505 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
  32. 2.745 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3503 days ago · 76 km deep · 70 km away
  33. 2.342 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3503 days ago · 78 km deep · 67 km away
  34. 3.034 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3494 days ago · 55 km deep · 68 km away
  35. 2.294 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3492 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
  36. 2.25 km ESE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3492 days ago · 93 km deep · 82 km away
  37. 2.179 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3490 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
  38. 2.887 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3489 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
  39. 3.860 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3487 days ago · 29 km deep · 52 km away
  40. 2.449 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3486 days ago · 40 km deep · 89 km away
  41. 2.078 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3485 days ago · 12 km deep · 28 km away
  42. 2.464 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3483 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
  43. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 3480 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  44. 2.045 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3477 days ago · 84 km deep · 68 km away
  45. 1.932 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3475 days ago · 59 km deep · 31 km away
  46. 2.022 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3475 days ago · 92 km deep · 75 km away
  47. 2.4126 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3474 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  48. 3.761 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3474 days ago · 39 km deep · 11 km away
  49. 4.2115 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3472 days ago · 16 km deep · 71 km away
  50. 2.333 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 70 km deep · 84 km away

Before

  1. 2.7124 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 3.379 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 2.25 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3543 days ago · 67 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 2.567 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3543 days ago · 30 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 2.155 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3545 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
  6. 2.568 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 20 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 2.58 km N of Sand Point, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 62 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 1.657 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 21 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 1.623 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 53 km deep · 34 km away
  10. 2.449 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 49 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 3.711 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 71 km deep · 49 km away
  12. 2.085 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 15 km deep · 38 km away

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