Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 36 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 36 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Feb 23, 2021, 7:46 PM AKST (04:46 UTC), 65 km (40 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 04:46:53 UTC
Depth
64.7 km (40.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.538° N, 160.049° 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
24

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 113 in the 60 days after this one and 88 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.29 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 76 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 2.278 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 3.034 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 2.064 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 1.963 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 22 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 2.271 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 4.377 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.267 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 18 km deep · 79 km away
  9. 2.479 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 3.181 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 24 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 1.858 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 22 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 2.48 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 68 km deep · 49 km away
  13. 2.470 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 2.258 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 2.377 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  16. 2.459 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 49 km deep · 47 km away
  17. 2.055 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 2.879 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 1.955 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 92 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 3.886 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 34 km deep · 92 km away
  21. 2.790 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
  22. 2.883 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  23. 2.283 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 27 km deep · 91 km away
  24. 2.363 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 18 km deep · 81 km away
  25. 2.681 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 18 km deep · 76 km away
  26. 2.341 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 95 km deep · 48 km away
  27. 2.620 km N of Perryville, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 79 km deep · 85 km away
  28. 3.389 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  29. 2.066 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away
  30. 2.036 km NW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 90 km deep · 56 km away
  31. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 2026 days ago · 116 km deep · 35 km away
  32. 1.922 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away
  33. 3.882 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 17 km deep · 78 km away
  34. 2.182 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  35. 2.172 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  36. 2.351 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
  37. 2.833 km ESE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 21 km deep · 57 km away
  38. 2.086 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
  39. 2.387 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  40. 1.888 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
  41. 1.785 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  42. 1.673 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  43. 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 2019 days ago · 63 km deep · 74 km away
  44. 4.632 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 50 km deep · 61 km away
  45. 1.946 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 75 km deep · 80 km away
  46. 2.290 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  47. 2.689 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
  48. 2.186 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  49. 1.872 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  50. 2.856 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 29 km deep · 71 km away
  51. 2.062 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 27 km deep · 77 km away
  52. 1.663 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 31 km deep · 70 km away
  53. 1.765 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away
  54. 1.960 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  55. 1.839 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
  56. 2.374 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  57. 2.827 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 63 km deep · 40 km away
  58. 3.890 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 24 km deep · 100 km away
  59. 1.843 km ESE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
  60. 1.972 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away

The first 60 of 113.

Before

  1. 1.944 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 2.175 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 2.159 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 23 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 2.621 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 91 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 2.556 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 30 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 2.773 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 2.873 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 2.462 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 1.966 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 27 km deep · 54 km away
  10. 2.087 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 21 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 1.826 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
  12. 2.982 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 2.076 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 23 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 2.076 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 2.849 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 28 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 2.878 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 2.863 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 2.289 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 2.331 km S of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 158 km deep · 81 km away
  20. 2.329 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 68 km deep · 62 km away

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