Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 101 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 101 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Fri, Jul 27, 2018, 9:19 AM AKDT (17:19 UTC), 25 km (15 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 91 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
AACSE
Local time
UTC
2018-07-27 17:19:35 UTC
Depth
24.9 km (15.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.447° N, 160.867° 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
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 77 in the 60 days after this one and 56 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.190 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 2.065 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 3.991 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 23 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 2.6south of Alaska · 2987 days ago · 47 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 2.4122 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2984 days ago · 37 km deep · 25 km away
  6. 2.149 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2983 days ago · 46 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 2.021 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2983 days ago · 50 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 2.157 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2983 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 2.3111 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2983 days ago · 27 km deep · 10 km away
  10. 2.899 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 41 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 2.170 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2981 days ago · 16 km deep · 33 km away
  12. 2.188 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
  13. 3.099 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 22 km deep · 36 km away
  14. 1.994 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2979 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
  15. 1.948 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2979 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
  16. 2.087 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 25 km deep · 42 km away
  17. 1.954 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 3.286 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 21 km deep · 45 km away
  19. 1.894 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
  20. 2.582 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 24 km deep · 34 km away
  21. 2.864 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  22. 2.496 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
  23. 2.399 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 16 km deep · 3 km away
  24. 2.3106 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 40 km deep · 5 km away
  25. 1.974 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 19 km deep · 75 km away
  26. 1.946 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 65 km deep · 65 km away
  27. 1.948 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  28. 1.9109 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 37 km deep · 99 km away
  29. 2.3109 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
  30. 2.859 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 23 km deep · 71 km away
  31. 2.091 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
  32. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 2956 days ago · 73 km deep · 80 km away
  33. 2.459 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 63 km deep · 63 km away
  34. 2.195 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
  35. 2.994 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 29 km deep · 42 km away
  36. 1.899 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 23 km deep · 48 km away
  37. 1.592 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 16 km deep · 41 km away
  38. 2.6102 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 16 km deep · 42 km away
  39. 2.6104 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 23 km deep · 45 km away
  40. 1.774 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
  41. 1.796 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
  42. 1.943 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 55 km deep · 75 km away
  43. 1.854 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 43 km deep · 61 km away
  44. 1.954 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 19 km deep · 63 km away
  45. 1.754 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 17 km deep · 61 km away
  46. 2.561 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 22 km deep · 86 km away
  47. 1.982 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 25 km deep · 33 km away
  48. 2.3100 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 25 km deep · 40 km away
  49. 1.754 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 28 km deep · 85 km away
  50. 2.052 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 49 km deep · 97 km away
  51. 1.963 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 18 km deep · 64 km away
  52. 1.578 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 19 km deep · 40 km away
  53. 2.2142 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 43 km deep · 43 km away
  54. 1.796 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
  55. 1.888 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  56. 1.566 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 23 km deep · 50 km away
  57. 1.584 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 26 km deep · 18 km away
  58. 1.755 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 24 km deep · 81 km away
  59. 2.188 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 25 km deep · 39 km away
  60. 2.317 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 70 km deep · 89 km away

The first 60 of 77.

Before

  1. 1.775 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2989 days ago · 24 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 1.774 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
  3. 2.096 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 18 km deep · 10 km away
  4. 2.3119 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 57 km deep · 18 km away
  5. 2.0148 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 39 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 2.298 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2991 days ago · 14 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 3.174 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2992 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
  8. 2.695 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2993 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 2.8Alaska Peninsula · 2993 days ago · 24 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 3.899 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2993 days ago · 12 km deep · 5 km away
  11. 3.198 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2995 days ago · 22 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 3.1102 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2995 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  13. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 2995 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  14. 1.9103 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2995 days ago · 23 km deep · 3 km away
  15. 2.191 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2995 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  16. 1.899 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2995 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  17. 3.899 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2995 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  18. 3.994 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2995 days ago · 25 km deep · 12 km away
  19. 5.3102 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2995 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away · tsunami flag
  20. 2.1109 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2995 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away

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