Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 75 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 75 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska on Sat, Jan 2, 2021, 2:53 AM AKST (11:53 UTC), 70 km (43 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 71 km S of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-01-02 11:53:36 UTC
Depth
69.5 km (43.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.786° N, 161.190° 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. 1.886 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 1.962 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 18 km deep · 29 km away
  3. 2.296 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 22 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 1.984 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 2.1104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 2.681 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  7. 1.992 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 2.1104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 2.065 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 27 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 2.296 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 18 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 2.2117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 2.199 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 19 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 2.8107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 2.091 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
  15. 2.7122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 2.5116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 2.098 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 21 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 2.8south of Alaska · 2093 days ago · 22 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 1.938 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 78 km deep · 54 km away
  20. 2.1110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away
  21. 2.097 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
  22. 1.967 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 18 km deep · 28 km away
  23. 1.87 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 104 km deep · 78 km away
  24. 2.6100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  25. 2.1108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away
  26. 2.6115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  27. 3.996 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 38 km deep · 41 km away
  28. 1.819 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 94 km deep · 59 km away
  29. 2.1113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  30. 2.3107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  31. 2.1102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  32. 2.081 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  33. 2.2102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
  34. 1.678 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 16 km deep · 11 km away
  35. 2.780 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
  36. 2.1103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
  37. 2.2114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
  38. 2.073 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
  39. 2.198 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  40. 2.6south of Alaska · 2092 days ago · 24 km deep · 98 km away
  41. 2.3146 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 28 km deep · 92 km away
  42. 1.848 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  43. 2.191 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
  44. 2.196 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
  45. 2.2105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
  46. 2.1101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
  47. 2.068 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 14 km deep · 52 km away
  48. 2.655 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 22 km deep · 87 km away
  49. 2.080 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  50. 2.9116 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  51. 2.890 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 22 km deep · 91 km away
  52. 2.4107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
  53. 2.4104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  54. 2.6109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  55. 2.692 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
  56. 2.390 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 24 km deep · 95 km away
  57. 2.797 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  58. 2.5105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 23 km deep · 97 km away
  59. 3.099 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 22 km deep · 96 km away
  60. 2.7105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 2.289 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
  2. 2.3101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 2.5107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 23 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 2.6106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 2.8111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 2.036 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 78 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 2.066 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 20 km deep · 25 km away
  8. 2.3106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 2.987 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 22 km deep · 34 km away
  10. 2.490 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 23 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 2.3104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 2.395 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 21 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 3.086 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 24 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 2.6118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 23 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 2.4111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 2.499 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 18 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 2.4100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 19 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 2.3113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 18 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 2.5101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 2.7100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away

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