M2.1 earthquake 20 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 20 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Oct 15, 2019, 8:55 PM AKDT (04:55 UTC), 56 km (35 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 21 km SSE of Nelson Lagoon, 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
- 2019-10-16 04:55:16 UTC
- Depth
- 56.1 km (34.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 55.483° N, 160.298° 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
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 35 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.455 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2543 days ago · 17 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.131 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2540 days ago · 17 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.174 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2538 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.038 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2538 days ago · 116 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.278 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2537 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.779 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2536 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.946 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2530 days ago · 11 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.235 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 48 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.953 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2528 days ago · 49 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.933 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2527 days ago · 79 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.066 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2526 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.826 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2523 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.833 km N of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2523 days ago · 22 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.959 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2518 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.062 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2517 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.565 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2516 days ago · 27 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.625 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2515 days ago · 11 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.859 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2514 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.052 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2514 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.339 km E of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2513 days ago · 140 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.265 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2511 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.648 km E of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2510 days ago · 139 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.344 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2509 days ago · 54 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.021 km SSE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2507 days ago · 169 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.543 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2501 days ago · 68 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.554 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2498 days ago · 47 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.771 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 73 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.954 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 30 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.719 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 172 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.212 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 61 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.574 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 23 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.942 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 46 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.948 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 61 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.633 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 52 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.937 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
Before
- 2.760 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2548 days ago · 106 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.336 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2550 days ago · 48 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.987 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.873 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.872 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2554 days ago · 27 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.974 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2554 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.181 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2555 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.139 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2557 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.168 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2557 days ago · 38 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.061 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2562 days ago · 23 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.929 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2563 days ago · 53 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.820 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2564 days ago · 66 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.851 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2573 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.149 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2573 days ago · 29 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.158 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 2574 days ago · 65 km deep · 84 km away
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