Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 93 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 93 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Mon, Apr 26, 2021, 9:39 AM AKDT (17:39 UTC), 12 km (7 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
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-04-26 17:39:28 UTC
Depth
11.9 km (7.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.572° N, 159.909° 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
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 78 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.9101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 19 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 1.9119 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 46 km deep · 26 km away
  3. 2.898 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 16 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 2.1107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 28 km deep · 20 km away
  5. 1.987 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  6. 3.3119 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 3.6114 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 2.194 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 15 km deep · 4 km away
  9. 3.997 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 26 km deep · 18 km away
  10. 2.0south of Alaska · 1978 days ago · 27 km deep · 19 km away
  11. 2.0100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
  12. 2.1105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 23 km deep · 20 km away
  13. 2.9138 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 25 km deep · 45 km away
  14. 2.198 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
  15. 2.4103 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 28 km deep · 22 km away
  16. 2.756 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 57 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 2.4100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
  18. 1.981 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  19. 1.694 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 20 km deep · 14 km away
  20. 1.7103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 25 km deep · 11 km away
  21. 2.862 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  22. 2.1135 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 21 km deep · 44 km away
  23. 1.9104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 24 km deep · 14 km away
  24. 1.8105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 15 km deep · 12 km away
  25. 2.072 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  26. 1.9112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 18 km deep · 21 km away
  27. 3.4117 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  28. 3.8106 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  29. 2.860 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 28 km deep · 34 km away
  30. 2.8108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  31. 4.2108 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 28 km deep · 96 km away
  32. 3.174 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1969 days ago · 16 km deep · 49 km away
  33. 2.1128 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 21 km deep · 36 km away
  34. 3.1103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
  35. 2.090 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 24 km deep · 14 km away
  36. 2.0105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 14 km deep · 15 km away
  37. 2.9173 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 23 km deep · 80 km away
  38. 2.869 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 50 km deep · 58 km away
  39. 2.1110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 27 km deep · 20 km away
  40. 1.569 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 47 km deep · 95 km away
  41. 2.9114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 14 km deep · 22 km away
  42. 2.3105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 31 km deep · 12 km away
  43. 3.264 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  44. 2.3south of Alaska · 1961 days ago · 38 km deep · 15 km away
  45. 2.773 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 29 km deep · 27 km away
  46. 3.662 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 37 km deep · 56 km away
  47. 1.6131 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 16 km deep · 42 km away
  48. 1.681 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 19 km deep · 19 km away
  49. 2.2112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 17 km deep · 19 km away
  50. 1.8113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 22 km deep · 21 km away
  51. 1.9103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
  52. 2.766 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 32 km deep · 45 km away
  53. 3.2115 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  54. 2.8104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 24 km deep · 14 km away
  55. 4.1115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 19 km deep · 23 km away
  56. 4.192 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 34 km deep · 18 km away
  57. 2.9117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 22 km deep · 24 km away
  58. 2.2126 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 12 km deep · 38 km away
  59. 1.987 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 18 km deep · 7 km away
  60. 2.0106 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away

The first 60 of 78.

Before

  1. 2.0113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 2.070 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 2.5117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 34 km deep · 27 km away
  4. 3.099 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 27 km deep · 7 km away
  5. 2.097 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
  6. 2.2103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 11 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 2.0104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 14 km deep · 11 km away
  8. 2.2114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 40 km deep · 23 km away
  9. 2.6100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 17 km deep · 10 km away
  10. 2.3125 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 42 km deep · 33 km away
  11. 2.172 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  12. 2.187 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 15 km deep · 11 km away
  13. 2.0103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 18 km deep · 12 km away
  14. 3.090 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 24 km deep · 18 km away
  15. 3.0114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 31 km deep · 22 km away
  16. 2.075 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 2.287 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 12 km deep · 7 km away
  18. 2.398 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 17 km deep · 6 km away
  19. 2.295 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 16 km deep · 10 km away
  20. 2.189 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away

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