Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Feb 16, 2021, 11:33 PM AKST (08:33 UTC), 17 km (11 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
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-02-17 08:33:28 UTC
Depth
17.0 km (10.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.338° N, 159.784° 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 201 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.826 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 2.3111 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 32 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 1.885 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
  4. 1.897 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 16 km deep · 23 km away
  5. 2.6125 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 20 km deep · 11 km away
  6. 1.9108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
  7. 2.0102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  8. 2.1111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 24 km deep · 15 km away
  9. 2.087 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 21 km deep · 38 km away
  10. 2.7115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 20 km deep · 10 km away
  11. 2.594 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
  12. 2.2106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 23 km deep · 14 km away
  13. 2.5133 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  14. 2.4115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
  15. 2.2109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 22 km deep · 12 km away
  16. 3.5115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
  17. 2.7112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 20 km deep · 9 km away
  18. 2.3105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 24 km deep · 17 km away
  19. 2.3114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 29 km deep · 18 km away
  20. 2.3114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 24 km deep · 14 km away
  21. 2.3112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
  22. 2.399 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 24 km deep · 26 km away
  23. 2.2106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 14 km deep · 14 km away
  24. 1.966 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 27 km deep · 93 km away
  25. 3.1111 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  26. 2.292 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  27. 3.0109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  28. 2.2119 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 40 km deep · 23 km away
  29. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 2046 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
  30. 2.2129 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away
  31. 2.1120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 30 km deep · 10 km away
  32. 2.0111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 23 km deep · 11 km away
  33. 2.1109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 29 km deep · 15 km away
  34. 2.098 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 23 km deep · 30 km away
  35. 2.6115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 22 km deep · 5 km away
  36. 2.088 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  37. 2.462 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  38. 2.4111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 18 km deep · 16 km away
  39. 2.7100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 23 km deep · 28 km away
  40. 2.8143 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 20 km deep · 24 km away
  41. 2.2109 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 16 km deep · 54 km away
  42. 2.2115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 14 km deep · 9 km away
  43. 2.3138 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 17 km deep · 20 km away
  44. 2.9138 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 26 km deep · 18 km away
  45. 3.0148 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 20 km deep · 28 km away
  46. 2.9146 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 23 km deep · 26 km away
  47. 2.5133 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 20 km deep · 16 km away
  48. 2.4121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 19 km deep · 14 km away
  49. 2.6109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 22 km deep · 14 km away
  50. 2.7146 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  51. 2.7112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  52. 3.2120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 18 km deep · 1 km away
  53. 2.4south of Alaska · 2044 days ago · 27 km deep · 9 km away
  54. 2.3115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
  55. 2.4114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 22 km deep · 7 km away
  56. 2.4101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 27 km deep · 29 km away
  57. 2.5116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 20 km deep · 4 km away
  58. 2.873 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  59. 3.1112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 22 km deep · 9 km away
  60. 2.8130 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.992 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
  2. 2.982 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 2.076 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 23 km deep · 45 km away
  4. 2.1104 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 27 km deep · 30 km away
  5. 3.794 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 28 km deep · 31 km away
  6. 2.1107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
  7. 2.1104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 23 km deep · 15 km away
  8. 2.3113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 38 km deep · 7 km away
  9. 2.191 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  10. 2.6100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 22 km deep · 21 km away
  11. 2.187 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  12. 2.8101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 20 km deep · 20 km away
  13. 3.1119 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 20 km deep · 6 km away
  14. 2.076 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
  15. 2.7114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 30 km deep · 7 km away
  16. 2.0100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  17. 2.878 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 25 km deep · 44 km away
  18. 2.863 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  19. 3.3107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 28 km deep · 17 km away
  20. 2.289 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02127ir9ck. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 3:26 PM UTC.