Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 46 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 46 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Thu, Mar 18, 2021, 6:17 PM AKDT (02:17 UTC), 75 km (47 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 108 km SE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2021-03-19 02:17:28 UTC
Depth
74.9 km (46.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
54.972° N, 160.841° 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
25

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. 2.1105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 2.1south of Alaska · 2025 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 2.088 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 19 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 2.179 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 17 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 2.299 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 3.194 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 2.399 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 24 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 2.4100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 22 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 2.392 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 18 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 2.4105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 2.4113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 21 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 2.392 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 29 km deep · 82 km away
  13. 2.6115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 2.290 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 2.689 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 1.830 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 88 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 2.186 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  18. 2.248 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 50 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 1.872 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 2.856 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 29 km deep · 52 km away
  21. 2.062 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 27 km deep · 54 km away
  22. 1.8south of Alaska · 2022 days ago · 24 km deep · 94 km away
  23. 1.7102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
  24. 1.663 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 31 km deep · 66 km away
  25. 1.7114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 23 km deep · 94 km away
  26. 1.9117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  27. 2.3109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
  28. 1.838 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 119 km deep · 86 km away
  29. 1.9112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 27 km deep · 94 km away
  30. 1.960 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
  31. 2.1103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 30 km deep · 90 km away
  32. 2.2118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 23 km deep · 97 km away
  33. 3.0109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 28 km deep · 93 km away
  34. 2.4108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 29 km deep · 89 km away
  35. 2.3110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 24 km deep · 93 km away
  36. 1.839 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
  37. 2.3107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
  38. 2.3101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
  39. 3.994 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 27 km deep · 70 km away
  40. 2.2111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 31 km deep · 92 km away
  41. 2.489 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
  42. 2.731 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 89 km deep · 74 km away
  43. 2.294 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
  44. 2.4110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
  45. 2.795 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 32 km deep · 83 km away
  46. 2.098 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away
  47. 2.091 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 16 km deep · 79 km away
  48. 2.2104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away
  49. 1.997 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 27 km deep · 80 km away
  50. 2.299 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
  51. 2.8107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  52. 2.2106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  53. 2.4101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  54. 2.374 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  55. 2.299 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 19 km deep · 84 km away
  56. 1.980 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  57. 2.1102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
  58. 2.0102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
  59. 1.9106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 22 km deep · 91 km away
  60. 2.2100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 23 km deep · 87 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.7119 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 24 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 1.9101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 4.632 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 50 km deep · 25 km away
  4. 2.0111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 18 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 1.8125 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 1.999 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 16 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 1.589 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 1.9120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 23 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 1.673 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 1.898 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 1.8109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 41 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 1.9114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 45 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 1.785 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 1.694 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 28 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 2.063 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 154 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 1.888 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 2.695 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 1.8105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
  19. 1.8102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 16 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 1.792 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 11 km deep · 60 km away

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