M2.1 earthquake 78 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 78 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Aug 8, 2017, 7:30 PM AKDT (03:30 UTC), 42 km (26 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 81 km SE of King Cove, 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
- 2017-08-09 03:30:31 UTC
- Depth
- 41.7 km (25.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.728° N, 159.893° 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
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 41 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.998 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 31 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.864 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 65 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.861 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.1106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.342 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.840 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.941 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.051 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 37 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.926 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 75 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.041 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.585 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.372 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.193 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.761 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 21 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.171 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 24 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.295 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.958 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 17 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.384 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 52 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.080 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.265 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 28 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.7104 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 21 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.198 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 36 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.957 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 32 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.885 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 23 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.238 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 54 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.897 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.163 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 27 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.170 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.044 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.155 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 19 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.764 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 64 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.4101 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 27 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.1110 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 29 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.828 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 69 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.460 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 42 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.084 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.767 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3300 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.055 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 86 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.281 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3289 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 1.630 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3288 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.489 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3287 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away
Before
- 1.865 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.769 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.278 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 51 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.376 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.713 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 83 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.572 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 24 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.973 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.745 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 51 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.761 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 27 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.185 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3355 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.3103 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3356 days ago · 22 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.595 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3357 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.284 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3358 days ago · 48 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.834 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3358 days ago · 70 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.072 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3358 days ago · 31 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.040 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3359 days ago · 63 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.683 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3359 days ago · 25 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.129 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3360 days ago · 69 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.764 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3360 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.464 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3364 days ago · 51 km deep · 85 km away
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