Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Feb 24, 2021, 7:20 AM AKST (16:20 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.4 108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-02-24 16:20:07 UTC
Depth
10.7 km (6.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.336° N, 159.978° 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
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.377 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 2.4108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 22 km deep · 27 km away
  3. 2.059 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 1.885 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 2.172 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 3.599 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 30 km deep · 39 km away
  7. 2.7109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 20 km deep · 20 km away
  8. 2.072 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 2.974 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 68 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 2.8south of Alaska · 2002 days ago · 22 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 2.2102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 25 km deep · 34 km away
  12. 2.478 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 27 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 3.0102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 21 km deep · 15 km away
  14. 2.061 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 18 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 2.4114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
  16. 2.2108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 23 km deep · 19 km away
  17. 2.2100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 25 km deep · 28 km away
  18. 2.6121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 21 km deep · 8 km away
  19. 2.7114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 23 km deep · 7 km away
  20. 2.093 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  21. 2.796 km S of Sand Point, AK · 2001 days ago · 34 km deep · 50 km away
  22. 2.2103 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
  23. 2.0104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 23 km deep · 28 km away
  24. 1.982 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  25. 4.0121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 21 km deep · 18 km away
  26. 3.0134 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  27. 3.0111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 20 km deep · 14 km away
  28. 2.193 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away
  29. 2.0106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 23 km deep · 23 km away
  30. 2.291 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 24 km deep · 40 km away
  31. 2.097 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 21 km deep · 33 km away
  32. 2.2138 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  33. 1.779 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away
  34. 2.094 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  35. 3.3108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 24 km deep · 23 km away
  36. 2.4100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 20 km deep · 23 km away
  37. 2.3104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 21 km deep · 16 km away
  38. 2.080 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 23 km deep · 45 km away
  39. 1.9110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
  40. 2.0101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 16 km deep · 28 km away
  41. 2.070 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 29 km deep · 81 km away
  42. 1.9118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 27 km deep · 10 km away
  43. 2.5112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 20 km deep · 11 km away
  44. 2.5113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 23 km deep · 6 km away
  45. 2.1107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
  46. 2.1114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 27 km deep · 21 km away
  47. 2.1111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 24 km deep · 23 km away
  48. 2.6100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 23 km deep · 35 km away
  49. 2.2113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 28 km deep · 23 km away
  50. 2.2107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 21 km deep · 24 km away
  51. 2.2108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 22 km deep · 23 km away
  52. 3.195 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 24 km deep · 34 km away
  53. 2.4121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
  54. 2.9103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 27 km deep · 25 km away
  55. 2.387 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 14 km deep · 57 km away
  56. 2.0100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
  57. 3.3130 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  58. 2.0117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 14 km deep · 3 km away
  59. 1.735 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  60. 1.552 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 50 km deep · 95 km away

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