Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 54 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 54 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Feb 2, 2021, 9:41 PM AKST (06:41 UTC), 53 km (33 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
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-02-03 06:41:01 UTC
Depth
52.7 km (32.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.973° N, 161.071° 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
15

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. 1.679 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 25 km deep · 40 km away
  2. 1.784 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 1.699 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 1.597 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 1.9107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 1.686 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 1.990 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 17 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 1.892 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 2061 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  10. 2.1103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 2.2100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 1.9105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 32 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 2.093 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 1.742 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 68 km deep · 18 km away
  15. 1.664 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 17 km deep · 31 km away
  16. 1.8102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 18 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 3.182 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away
  18. 2.1101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 4.875 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 51 km deep · 31 km away
  20. 2.685 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
  21. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 2059 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
  22. 2.184 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
  23. 2.393 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
  24. 2.360 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 23 km deep · 80 km away
  25. 2.397 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away
  26. 2.260 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  27. 2.391 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  28. 2.752 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  29. 2.996 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 21 km deep · 94 km away
  30. 2.4101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  31. 2.070 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  32. 1.989 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
  33. 2.397 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  34. 1.874 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 17 km deep · 40 km away
  35. 2.095 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  36. 2.194 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  37. 2.199 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
  38. 2.197 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
  39. 2.296 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 24 km deep · 100 km away
  40. 1.9108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
  41. 1.861 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 22 km deep · 77 km away
  42. 3.1108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
  43. 2.7108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
  44. 3.446 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 41 km deep · 49 km away
  45. 2.054 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 53 km deep · 96 km away
  46. 2.6109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
  47. 2.9106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  48. 2.7104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
  49. 2.7102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
  50. 2.799 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
  51. 1.847 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  52. 2.522 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 62 km deep · 33 km away
  53. 2.495 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  54. 2.481 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
  55. 1.977 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
  56. 2.898 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
  57. 2.398 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  58. 3.1110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  59. 2.1104 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  60. 2.156 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 65 km deep · 12 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 2.7100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 2.699 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 2.6102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 18 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 2.3100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 2.999 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 2.399 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 2.3100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 2.783 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  9. 2.065 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
  10. 2.286 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 2.674 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 2.2100 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  13. 3.7south of Alaska · 2064 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 2.3104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 2.1103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 18 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 2.3107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 2.053 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 19 km deep · 47 km away
  18. 2.398 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 2.058 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
  20. 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 2064 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0211kc36v1. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 8:51 AM UTC.