Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 70 km S of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 70 km S of Sand Point, Alaska on Sun, Feb 7, 2021, 6:28 PM AKST (03:28 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 32 km S of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-02-08 03:28:06 UTC
Depth
25.5 km (15.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.703° N, 160.387° 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
17

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

After

  1. 1.989 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 2.397 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 2.3109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away
  4. 2.376 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 1.874 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 2.095 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 2.194 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  8. 2.199 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 15 km deep · 41 km away
  9. 2.8123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 2.197 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
  11. 2.296 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 24 km deep · 49 km away
  12. 1.9121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 29 km deep · 58 km away
  13. 1.9108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
  14. 1.861 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 22 km deep · 41 km away
  15. 2.5105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 21 km deep · 51 km away
  16. 2.2132 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 29 km deep · 65 km away
  17. 3.1108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 16 km deep · 44 km away
  18. 2.7108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 22 km deep · 46 km away
  19. 3.446 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 41 km deep · 26 km away
  20. 2.7113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 29 km deep · 55 km away
  21. 2.6136 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 24 km deep · 72 km away
  22. 3.181 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
  23. 2.6109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 20 km deep · 44 km away
  24. 2.8109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 23 km deep · 53 km away
  25. 2.9139 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
  26. 2.9110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 22 km deep · 49 km away
  27. 2.9106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  28. 2.7104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 19 km deep · 45 km away
  29. 2.7102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 20 km deep · 43 km away
  30. 2.799 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 16 km deep · 43 km away
  31. 2.522 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 62 km deep · 55 km away
  32. 2.495 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  33. 2.481 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 17 km deep · 39 km away
  34. 4.0130 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
  35. 1.977 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  36. 2.898 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 14 km deep · 38 km away
  37. 2.398 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
  38. 3.1110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  39. 2.1104 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  40. 2.156 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 65 km deep · 65 km away
  41. 2.45 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 83 km deep · 69 km away
  42. 2.329 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 68 km deep · 44 km away
  43. 2.492 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  44. 2.1100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 19 km deep · 43 km away
  45. 2.7102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  46. 2.4100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 19 km deep · 39 km away
  47. 2.793 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 18 km deep · 77 km away
  48. 2.394 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 23 km deep · 41 km away
  49. 2.4114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 27 km deep · 57 km away
  50. 2.3114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 29 km deep · 59 km away
  51. 2.2101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 25 km deep · 48 km away
  52. 2.1south of Alaska · 2050 days ago · 25 km deep · 45 km away
  53. 2.7118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  54. 2.289 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
  55. 3.3107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 28 km deep · 50 km away
  56. 2.863 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
  57. 2.878 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 25 km deep · 34 km away
  58. 2.0100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  59. 2.7114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 30 km deep · 53 km away
  60. 1.875 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 21 km deep · 61 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 2.4101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 3.0135 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 2.996 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 21 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 2.752 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 2.391 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  6. 2.260 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
  7. 2.377 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 16 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 2.397 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 17 km deep · 41 km away
  9. 2.360 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 23 km deep · 46 km away
  10. 2.393 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
  11. 3.0117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 2.271 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  13. 3.377 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
  14. 2.4101 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 24 km deep · 55 km away
  15. 2.184 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  16. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 2059 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
  17. 2.685 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 4.875 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 51 km deep · 59 km away
  19. 3.3119 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
  20. 2.7116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 20 km deep · 51 km away

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