Alaska earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 122 km SE of Perryville, Alaska

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 122 km SE of Perryville, Alaska on Fri, Jan 1, 2021, 6:04 PM AKST (03:04 UTC), 17 km (10 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
3.0 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2021-01-02 03:04:41 UTC
Depth
16.8 km (10.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.041° N, 157.971° 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
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 135 in the 60 days after this one and 49 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.279 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 38 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 2.7177 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 23 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 3.3130 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 2.8124 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 2.078 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 2.065 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 39 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 2.3121 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 2.175 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 2.389 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 15 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 2.491 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 16 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 2.565 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 2.372 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 2.286 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 2.080 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 2.1100 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
  16. 2.4129 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
  17. 3.083 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 22 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 2.778 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 2.880 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 2.884 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  21. 2.278 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  22. 2.388 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
  23. 3.586 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 17 km deep · 85 km away
  24. 2.481 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  25. 2.486 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
  26. 2.781 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
  27. 2.476 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  28. 2.481 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  29. 2.699 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 32 km deep · 27 km away
  30. 2.483 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
  31. 2.473 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  32. 2.477 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  33. 2.376 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 32 km deep · 100 km away
  34. 4.2109 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 29 km deep · 21 km away
  35. 2.480 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  36. 2.475 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  37. 3.279 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
  38. 2.281 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  39. 2.381 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  40. 2.5138 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 19 km deep · 37 km away
  41. 2.092 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
  42. 2.379 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  43. 2.679 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  44. 2.183 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  45. 2.376 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  46. 1.960 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 55 km deep · 80 km away
  47. 2.585 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 22 km deep · 89 km away
  48. 3.678 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  49. 1.978 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  50. 2.184 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
  51. 3.182 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
  52. 2.570 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
  53. 2.170 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  54. 2.579 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  55. 2.291 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
  56. 2.184 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  57. 3.277 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
  58. 2.180 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  59. 3.372 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  60. 2.481 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away

The first 60 of 135.

Before

  1. 3.6155 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 15 km deep · 40 km away
  2. 2.9134 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
  3. 3.189 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 18 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 3.655 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 2.690 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 23 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 2.8148 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 2.475 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 2.577 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 2.595 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 23 km deep · 30 km away
  10. 2.597 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 2.8144 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 2.267 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 2.191 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 21 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 3.9138 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
  15. 2.273 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 2.386 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 2.6115 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 24 km deep · 100 km away
  18. 2.4113 km SSE of Perryville, AK · 2106 days ago · 26 km deep · 12 km away
  19. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 2106 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 2.478 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2107 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away

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