Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 98 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 98 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Sun, Jan 31, 2021, 4:19 PM AKST (01:19 UTC), 18 km (11 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
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-02-01 01:19:37 UTC
Depth
17.7 km (11.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.523° N, 159.906° 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
18

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

After

  1. 2.2103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 27 km deep · 14 km away
  2. 2.2105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 27 km deep · 18 km away
  3. 2.3131 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 19 km deep · 34 km away
  4. 2.2125 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 25 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 2.9126 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 28 km deep · 32 km away
  6. 2.3106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
  7. 2.2104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 24 km deep · 12 km away
  8. 2.1108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 25 km deep · 20 km away
  9. 2.3104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 22 km deep · 14 km away
  10. 2.058 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
  11. 2.398 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 16 km deep · 3 km away
  12. 2.053 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 19 km deep · 48 km away
  13. 2.3107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
  14. 2.3100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
  15. 2.1103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 18 km deep · 7 km away
  16. 2.5115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 21 km deep · 17 km away
  17. 2.3104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
  18. 2.398 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 27 km deep · 19 km away
  19. 3.7south of Alaska · 2066 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
  20. 2.2100 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  21. 2.674 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
  22. 2.381 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  23. 2.286 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 24 km deep · 18 km away
  24. 2.475 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  25. 2.379 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  26. 2.065 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
  27. 2.783 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  28. 2.488 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  29. 2.4102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
  30. 2.3100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 15 km deep · 2 km away
  31. 2.399 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 16 km deep · 5 km away
  32. 2.999 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 16 km deep · 7 km away
  33. 2.3100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
  34. 2.6113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 21 km deep · 18 km away
  35. 2.379 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  36. 2.6102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 18 km deep · 9 km away
  37. 2.3123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 19 km deep · 26 km away
  38. 2.699 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  39. 2.4108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 27 km deep · 15 km away
  40. 2.3113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 24 km deep · 17 km away
  41. 2.7100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 25 km deep · 3 km away
  42. 2.7122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 24 km deep · 24 km away
  43. 2.8south of Alaska · 2065 days ago · 24 km deep · 15 km away
  44. 1.654 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 53 km deep · 90 km away
  45. 2.5153 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 22 km deep · 55 km away
  46. 2.7116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 21 km deep · 18 km away
  47. 1.9102 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 31 km deep · 21 km away
  48. 3.0139 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  49. 1.679 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
  50. 1.784 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
  51. 1.9118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 32 km deep · 21 km away
  52. 1.699 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 21 km deep · 10 km away
  53. 2.4194 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
  54. 1.597 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 25 km deep · 17 km away
  55. 1.9107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
  56. 1.686 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
  57. 2.6104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 23 km deep · 18 km away
  58. 1.990 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 17 km deep · 11 km away
  59. 1.892 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
  60. 2.075 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 2.098 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 14 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.292 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 20 km deep · 6 km away
  3. 2.194 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 25 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 2.090 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 18 km deep · 11 km away
  5. 2.0104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 18 km deep · 7 km away
  6. 1.9110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 20 km deep · 12 km away
  7. 1.787 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  8. 1.973 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 1.7101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
  10. 2.0120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 14 km deep · 24 km away
  11. 2.5105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 2.2116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 30 km deep · 21 km away
  13. 2.1100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 19 km deep · 5 km away
  14. 2.0108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 24 km deep · 18 km away
  15. 3.3116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 24 km deep · 20 km away
  16. 2.7116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 20 km deep · 18 km away
  17. 1.994 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 24 km deep · 17 km away
  18. 2.5121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 25 km deep · 23 km away
  19. 2.3107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
  20. 2.361 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away

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