Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 56 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 56 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska on Sat, Feb 13, 2021, 3:24 PM AKST (00:24 UTC), 65 km (41 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.4 5 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-02-14 00:24:32 UTC
Depth
65.3 km (40.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.038° N, 161.214° 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
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 172 in the 60 days after this one and 27 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.45 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 83 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 2.329 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 68 km deep · 39 km away
  3. 2.492 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 2.793 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 18 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 2.331 km S of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 158 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 2.863 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 2.878 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 1.875 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 21 km deep · 41 km away
  9. 2.076 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 1.978 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 16 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 1.876 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 1.754 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 21 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 2.187 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 2.076 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 23 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 1.826 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
  16. 1.662 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 19 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 1.885 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 1.873 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 21 km deep · 39 km away
  19. 1.848 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 72 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 3.1111 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  21. 2.292 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  22. 2.088 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  23. 3.164 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 44 km deep · 89 km away
  24. 2.178 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  25. 2.556 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 30 km deep · 63 km away
  26. 2.621 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 91 km deep · 66 km away
  27. 1.874 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
  28. 1.976 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
  29. 2.159 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 23 km deep · 83 km away
  30. 3.072 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 30 km deep · 47 km away
  31. 1.944 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
  32. 1.981 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  33. 2.136 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 65 km deep · 92 km away
  34. 1.766 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  35. 2.295 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
  36. 3.034 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  37. 3.168 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 29 km deep · 91 km away
  38. 1.986 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
  39. 1.881 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
  40. 2.763 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 77 km deep · 83 km away
  41. 1.880 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
  42. 2.064 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 17 km deep · 48 km away
  43. 1.963 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 22 km deep · 85 km away
  44. 2.267 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away
  45. 2.3113 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
  46. 2.296 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
  47. 1.858 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 22 km deep · 59 km away
  48. 3.291 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  49. 2.258 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 19 km deep · 60 km away
  50. 2.055 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
  51. 1.955 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 38 km deep · 62 km away
  52. 3.988 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 42 km deep · 68 km away
  53. 4.385 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 40 km deep · 69 km away
  54. 3.196 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  55. 2.894 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 20 km deep · 75 km away
  56. 2.481 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away
  57. 3.071 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 27 km deep · 59 km away
  58. 2.065 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 19 km deep · 65 km away
  59. 1.961 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  60. 1.955 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 92 km deep · 15 km away

The first 60 of 172.

Before

  1. 2.1104 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 1.977 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 2.481 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 2.495 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 2.522 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 62 km deep · 37 km away
  6. 1.847 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 2.054 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 53 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 3.446 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 41 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 1.861 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 22 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 2.095 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  11. 1.874 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 17 km deep · 43 km away
  12. 1.989 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 2.070 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
  14. 2.752 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 2.391 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 2.260 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 2.360 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 2.184 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
  19. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 2055 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
  20. 2.685 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02122fbtwc. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 11:15 PM UTC.