M2.3 earthquake 31 km S of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 31 km S of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska on Mon, Feb 15, 2021, 7:03 AM AKST (16:03 UTC), 158 km (98 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 32 km S of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-02-15 16:03:11 UTC
- Depth
- 158.3 km (98.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 55.721° N, 161.305° 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: 32 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.826 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.621 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 91 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.136 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 65 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.034 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.955 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 92 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.136 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 119 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.341 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 95 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.531 km NNW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 210 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.036 km NW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 90 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 2030 days ago · 116 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.922 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.833 km ESE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 21 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.063 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 154 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.632 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 50 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.946 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 75 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.838 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 119 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.839 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.625 km N of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.622 km N of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.515 km NW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 194 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.843 km ESE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.235 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 116 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.045 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 103 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.141 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 71 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.122 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.735 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.552 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 50 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.737 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 86 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.717 km WNW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 204 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.915 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 66 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.270 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 39 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.928 km N of Sand Point, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 81 km deep · 53 km away
Before
- 2.329 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 68 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.45 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 83 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.156 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 65 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.522 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 62 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.847 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.742 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 68 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.654 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 53 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.965 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 65 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.837 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 80 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.137 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 64 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.843 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 59 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.714 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 60 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.939 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.945 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 63 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.549 km E of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 137 km deep · 67 km away
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