M1.6 earthquake 57 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 57 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska on Fri, Apr 16, 2021, 5:13 PM AKDT (01:13 UTC), 46 km (28 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 108 km SE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-04-17 01:13:19 UTC
- Depth
- 45.6 km (28.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.939° N, 161.068° 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
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 109 in the 60 days after this one and 160 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.044 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.774 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.6110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.2109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.566 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.9107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 22 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.9105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.2106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.9106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.7102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 24 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.5105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.062 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.489 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.7106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.7100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.546 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.791 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.077 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 18 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.886 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.144 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 59 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.799 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.8113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.161 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 92 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.626 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 82 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.290 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.1101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.196 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.7115 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.258 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 57 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.2100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.6106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.189 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.295 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.398 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.287 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.279 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.985 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.867 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.360 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 49 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.090 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 24 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.0103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.187 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.853 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 168 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.6100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.0104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.2103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.097 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.099 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 27 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.0113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.093 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.9101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 19 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.898 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 16 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.987 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.3119 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.6114 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.194 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.997 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.0south of Alaska · 1980 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.0100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.198 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
The first 60 of 109.
Before
- 1.767 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.198 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.928 km N of Sand Point, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 81 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.270 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 39 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.9105 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 29 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.915 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 66 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.271 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.1110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.190 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.878 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 16 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.837 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.793 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.992 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 30 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.773 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.9101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.198 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.0103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.859 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 19 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.197 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.3103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
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