Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 43 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 43 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Jan 26, 2021, 7:46 PM AKST (04:46 UTC), 59 km (37 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 75 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2021-01-27 04:46:03 UTC
Depth
59.0 km (36.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.087° N, 161.033° 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
23

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 200 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.180 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
  2. 1.764 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 19 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 2.137 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 64 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 2.390 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 2.157 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 18 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 2.093 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 2.090 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
  8. 2.272 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 2.685 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 29 km deep · 58 km away
  10. 2.381 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 2.837 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 80 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 2.262 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
  13. 2.297 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 2.798 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 2.286 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 19 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 2.082 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 18 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 2.965 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 65 km deep · 26 km away
  18. 1.966 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
  19. 1.842 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 50 km deep · 70 km away
  20. 1.994 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away
  21. 2.1100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 19 km deep · 100 km away
  22. 1.973 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  23. 1.787 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  24. 1.680 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 18 km deep · 79 km away
  25. 2.090 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
  26. 2.194 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away
  27. 2.292 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
  28. 2.098 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
  29. 2.098 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
  30. 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 2069 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  31. 2.058 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
  32. 2.398 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
  33. 2.053 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 19 km deep · 49 km away
  34. 2.3104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
  35. 3.7south of Alaska · 2068 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
  36. 2.2100 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  37. 2.674 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  38. 2.286 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 24 km deep · 92 km away
  39. 2.475 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  40. 2.065 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
  41. 2.783 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  42. 2.3100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
  43. 2.399 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
  44. 2.999 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 16 km deep · 100 km away
  45. 2.3100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
  46. 2.699 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  47. 2.7100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
  48. 1.654 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 53 km deep · 13 km away
  49. 1.679 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
  50. 1.784 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  51. 1.686 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
  52. 1.990 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
  53. 1.892 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  54. 2.075 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  55. 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 2065 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  56. 2.093 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  57. 1.742 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 68 km deep · 19 km away
  58. 1.664 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 17 km deep · 40 km away
  59. 3.182 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 16 km deep · 75 km away
  60. 2.1101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.990 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 2.094 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 1.714 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 60 km deep · 34 km away
  4. 2.094 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 2.0101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 1.9119 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 1.750 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 47 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 2.381 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 24 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 2.797 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 1.968 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 2.174 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 1.992 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 1.661 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 21 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 2.299 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 2.389 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 2.053 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  17. 2.371 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 1.995 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 2.196 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 2.698 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 21 km deep · 97 km away

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