Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 58 km S of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 58 km S of Sand Point, Alaska on Sun, Jan 24, 2021, 3:21 AM AKST (12:21 UTC), 20 km (12 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-01-24 12:21:55 UTC
Depth
20.1 km (12.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.813° N, 160.389° 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
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.0123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 27 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 2.0115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 17 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 1.955 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 92 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 2.8113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 24 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 2.3141 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 2.294 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 1.879 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 16 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 3.7116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 30 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 2.386 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 3.886 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 34 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 3.1144 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 2.9101 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 2.7109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
  14. 2.790 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 25 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 3.1136 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 24 km deep · 81 km away
  16. 2.5106 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 20 km deep · 53 km away
  17. 2.7114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 21 km deep · 59 km away
  18. 2.883 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  19. 2.495 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  20. 2.283 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 27 km deep · 45 km away
  21. 2.363 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 18 km deep · 16 km away
  22. 3.2105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 21 km deep · 52 km away
  23. 2.3102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 17 km deep · 52 km away
  24. 2.8112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  25. 2.7114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 21 km deep · 63 km away
  26. 2.4104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 21 km deep · 53 km away
  27. 2.9136 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
  28. 2.2south of Alaska · 2027 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
  29. 1.672 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  30. 1.993 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  31. 3.397 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 19 km deep · 46 km away
  32. 1.992 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  33. 2.6103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away
  34. 2.895 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 19 km deep · 44 km away
  35. 2.8110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 24 km deep · 58 km away
  36. 2.079 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 17 km deep · 88 km away
  37. 2.681 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 18 km deep · 66 km away
  38. 2.341 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 95 km deep · 98 km away
  39. 2.2106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
  40. 3.5120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
  41. 3.1131 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 24 km deep · 78 km away
  42. 2.9109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 16 km deep · 57 km away
  43. 2.3108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 24 km deep · 59 km away
  44. 2.396 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 16 km deep · 48 km away
  45. 2.6103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 22 km deep · 55 km away
  46. 2.2116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
  47. 2.3116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 28 km deep · 65 km away
  48. 2.9117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 21 km deep · 65 km away
  49. 3.389 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
  50. 3.4123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 28 km deep · 71 km away
  51. 1.978 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  52. 1.9101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
  53. 2.098 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away
  54. 2.0122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 19 km deep · 67 km away
  55. 2.066 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 21 km deep · 20 km away
  56. 2.794 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 23 km deep · 47 km away
  57. 2.293 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
  58. 3.2142 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
  59. 2.2101 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 27 km deep · 60 km away
  60. 2.197 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02113w65ea. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 12:41 AM UTC.