Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 75 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 75 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Feb 23, 2021, 3:43 PM AKST (00:43 UTC), 9 km (6 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
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-02-24 00:43:13 UTC
Depth
8.9 km (5.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.989° N, 159.489° 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
16

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. 1.944 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 3.1120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 2.2110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 2.7121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 28 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 2.7120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 2.136 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 65 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 2.197 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 2.3116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 28 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 2.2109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 2.4106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 15 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 2.2105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 16 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 2.2114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 32 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 2.3116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 2.096 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
  15. 2.296 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away
  16. 2.1101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 24 km deep · 48 km away
  17. 2.7121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away
  18. 2.295 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
  19. 2.7107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 27 km deep · 58 km away
  20. 2.278 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 12 km deep · 10 km away
  21. 2.8110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
  22. 3.034 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  23. 2.2135 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
  24. 2.2122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  25. 2.9129 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  26. 2.798 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 22 km deep · 47 km away
  27. 2.3106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 17 km deep · 58 km away
  28. 2.3113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 30 km deep · 60 km away
  29. 2.064 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 17 km deep · 77 km away
  30. 2.3108 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 30 km deep · 50 km away
  31. 2.6101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 17 km deep · 54 km away
  32. 2.3102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  33. 2.7128 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 21 km deep · 81 km away
  34. 2.7115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
  35. 2.1123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 23 km deep · 74 km away
  36. 1.963 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 22 km deep · 30 km away
  37. 2.2115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 27 km deep · 75 km away
  38. 2.271 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  39. 2.2103 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 28 km deep · 47 km away
  40. 2.9south of Alaska · 2038 days ago · 17 km deep · 59 km away
  41. 4.377 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 25 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  42. 2.267 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 18 km deep · 33 km away
  43. 2.479 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  44. 3.1107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 22 km deep · 60 km away
  45. 2.5121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  46. 3.1103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 21 km deep · 58 km away
  47. 2.5114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
  48. 2.5112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 24 km deep · 62 km away
  49. 3.0113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
  50. 3.181 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 24 km deep · 14 km away
  51. 2.3108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 28 km deep · 54 km away
  52. 1.858 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 22 km deep · 60 km away
  53. 2.4105 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 24 km deep · 77 km away
  54. 3.6140 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 24 km deep · 93 km away
  55. 3.294 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 25 km deep · 42 km away
  56. 3.291 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
  57. 2.470 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
  58. 2.3103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
  59. 2.258 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 19 km deep · 59 km away
  60. 2.377 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 2.1108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 24 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 2.8106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 21 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 3.0108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 21 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 2.6114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 27 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 2.4121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 2.3103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 21 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 2.159 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 23 km deep · 29 km away
  8. 2.7115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 2.397 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 25 km deep · 47 km away
  10. 2.392 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 21 km deep · 40 km away
  11. 2.499 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 24 km deep · 49 km away
  12. 2.3106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 24 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 2.1123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 2.3131 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  15. 2.621 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 91 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 2.556 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 30 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 2.5106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
  18. 3.2102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  19. 2.8101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 2.794 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 22 km deep · 44 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0212iytc08. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 3:19 AM UTC.