Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 55 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 55 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Nov 24, 2020, 3:11 AM AKST (12:11 UTC), 90 km (56 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 89 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
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-11-24 12:11:20 UTC
Depth
89.9 km (55.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.000° N, 161.137° 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
19

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 201 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.9101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 3.888 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 42 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 4.256 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 48 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 2.987 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 32 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 2.298 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 2.497 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 3.183 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 2.4south of Alaska · 2137 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 2.267 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 29 km deep · 45 km away
  10. 2.661 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 2.395 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 3.791 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 27 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 1.889 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 20 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 3.1103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 2.391 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  16. 1.983 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
  17. 2.294 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 2.097 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 1.568 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
  20. 2.191 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
  21. 2.187 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
  22. 2.188 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 28 km deep · 96 km away
  23. 2.117 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 94 km deep · 64 km away
  24. 2.219 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 112 km deep · 64 km away
  25. 2.580 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away
  26. 2.736 km SSE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 111 km deep · 78 km away
  27. 3.391 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 24 km deep · 98 km away
  28. 2.1104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
  29. 2.1100 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  30. 1.969 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
  31. 2.391 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
  32. 2.053 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 116 km deep · 84 km away
  33. 1.929 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
  34. 1.737 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 23 km deep · 18 km away
  35. 2.671 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
  36. 2.160 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
  37. 2.289 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
  38. 1.974 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 14 km deep · 35 km away
  39. 2.057 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 17 km deep · 52 km away
  40. 2.696 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
  41. 2.598 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  42. 2.533 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 14 km deep · 42 km away
  43. 2.697 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away
  44. 2.799 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
  45. 2.292 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
  46. 2.395 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
  47. 2.6109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
  48. 2.399 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
  49. 2.290 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
  50. 2.2100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
  51. 2.284 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
  52. 2.398 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away
  53. 2.292 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
  54. 2.0106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
  55. 2.697 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
  56. 1.656 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 19 km deep · 54 km away
  57. 1.889 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
  58. 1.773 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
  59. 2.095 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
  60. 1.841 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 77 km deep · 55 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.965 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 49 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 2.8107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 2.494 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 2.6119 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2139 days ago · 28 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 1.972 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 2.9103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 3.037 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 86 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 3.690 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 2.090 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 24 km deep · 100 km away
  10. 1.986 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 2.594 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
  12. 3.291 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 2.991 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 2.384 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 1.961 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 19 km deep · 32 km away
  16. 1.957 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 23 km deep · 70 km away
  17. 2.088 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2141 days ago · 16 km deep · 45 km away
  18. 2.2100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2141 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 2.399 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2141 days ago · 29 km deep · 100 km away
  20. 2.264 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2141 days ago · 17 km deep · 41 km away

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