Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 220 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 220 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Jan 30, 2019, 12:00 PM AKST (21:00 UTC), 28 km (17 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 270 km SSE 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
2019-01-30 21:00:16 UTC
Depth
27.9 km (17.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.406° N, 159.733° 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: 41 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.3248 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 15 km deep · 39 km away
  2. 2.4239 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 24 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 2.5157 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 44 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 2.7251 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 2.5241 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 19 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 3.6270 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 2.4226 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 24 km deep · 20 km away
  8. 2.4161 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 2.6233 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
  10. 2.8247 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 40 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 2.3south of Alaska · 2788 days ago · 15 km deep · 46 km away
  12. 2.5224 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 27 km deep · 27 km away
  13. 2.5246 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 40 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 2.1163 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 38 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 2.4226 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 30 km deep · 22 km away
  16. 2.3143 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 47 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 2.4202 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2768 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 2.8267 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2766 days ago · 25 km deep · 47 km away
  19. 2.7155 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 46 km deep · 80 km away
  20. 2.7170 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 40 km deep · 59 km away
  21. 2.4218 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 28 km deep · 9 km away
  22. 2.8155 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  23. 2.5182 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 45 km deep · 65 km away
  24. 2.7228 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 41 km deep · 29 km away
  25. 2.9229 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 32 km deep · 29 km away
  26. 2.8229 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 36 km deep · 43 km away
  27. 3.2232 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 47 km deep · 94 km away
  28. 3.0286 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 29 km deep · 67 km away
  29. 2.7174 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2748 days ago · 53 km deep · 86 km away
  30. 3.0254 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 30 km deep · 46 km away
  31. 2.8south of Alaska · 2747 days ago · 31 km deep · 46 km away
  32. 2.5235 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2746 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  33. 2.1226 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2745 days ago · 41 km deep · 27 km away
  34. 2.4251 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2745 days ago · 43 km deep · 82 km away
  35. 2.6251 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2745 days ago · 40 km deep · 85 km away
  36. 2.5229 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2744 days ago · 41 km deep · 31 km away
  37. 3.2192 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2743 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  38. 2.2229 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2743 days ago · 41 km deep · 32 km away
  39. 3.1227 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2742 days ago · 39 km deep · 28 km away
  40. 2.7212 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2742 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  41. 2.7228 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2742 days ago · 38 km deep · 30 km away

Before

  1. 3.1229 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 31 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 3.2259 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 30 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 2.5224 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 23 km deep · 22 km away
  4. 2.3south of Alaska · 2811 days ago · 44 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 2.6156 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 42 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 2.5143 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 41 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 3.0214 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 55 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 2.6246 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
  9. 2.7242 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 32 km deep · 27 km away
  10. 2.8248 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 38 km deep · 69 km away

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