Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake Alaska Peninsula

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck in the Alaska Peninsula on Wed, Feb 3, 2021, 12:45 AM AKST (09:45 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 77 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-02-03 09:45:17 UTC
Depth
7.2 km (4.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.516° N, 158.347° 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
28

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 78 in the 60 days after this one and 113 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.4147 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 24 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 2.075 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 2.475 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 2.288 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 2.441 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 75 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 2.225 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 42 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 2.381 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 3.377 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 2.271 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 3.287 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 2.377 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 16 km deep · 67 km away
  12. 2.55 km NE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 87 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 2.752 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 2.868 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 26 km deep · 3 km away
  15. 2.376 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  16. 2.6138 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 3.181 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
  18. 3.675 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 34 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 2.847 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away
  20. 2.289 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
  21. 2.849 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 28 km deep · 19 km away
  22. 2.982 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  23. 2.427 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 63 km deep · 91 km away
  24. 2.672 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 43 km deep · 74 km away
  25. 1.966 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 27 km deep · 83 km away
  26. 2.570 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
  27. 2.38 km WNW of Chignik Lagoon, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 111 km deep · 92 km away
  28. 2.462 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  29. 2.873 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  30. 2.773 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  31. 3.650 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 48 km deep · 38 km away
  32. 2.554 km S of Chignik, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 41 km deep · 33 km away
  33. 2.558 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 60 km deep · 99 km away
  34. 2.175 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  35. 2.29 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 76 km deep · 91 km away
  36. 2.278 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
  37. 2.271 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  38. 4.377 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  39. 2.479 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  40. 2.4105 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 24 km deep · 47 km away
  41. 2.48 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 68 km deep · 91 km away
  42. 2.470 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
  43. 2.377 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  44. 2.459 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 49 km deep · 65 km away
  45. 2.223 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 68 km deep · 96 km away
  46. 2.222 km S of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 65 km deep · 64 km away
  47. 3.1101 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 21 km deep · 40 km away
  48. 2.879 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
  49. 3.7114 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
  50. 2.5102 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
  51. 3.4113 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 32 km deep · 51 km away
  52. 2.681 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 18 km deep · 90 km away
  53. 2.620 km N of Perryville, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 79 km deep · 80 km away
  54. 3.882 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
  55. 2.182 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  56. 2.172 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  57. 2.399 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 23 km deep · 38 km away
  58. 1.673 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  59. 2.494 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
  60. 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 2018 days ago · 63 km deep · 34 km away

The first 60 of 78.

Before

  1. 2.376 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 26 km deep · 12 km away
  2. 2.379 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 2.488 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 2.379 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 2.475 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 2.381 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 3.2Alaska Peninsula · 2063 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
  8. 1.973 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 2.361 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
  10. 2.883 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 2.579 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 2.179 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 2.272 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 2.877 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 3.443 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 15 km deep · 32 km away
  16. 3.178 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 2.279 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 2.378 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 2.378 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 2.277 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away

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