Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 81 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 81 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Apr 28, 2021, 11:08 AM AKDT (19:08 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 62 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-04-28 19:08:41 UTC
Depth
6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.921° N, 159.440° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Stations used
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 50 in the 60 days after this one and 149 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.694 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 20 km deep · 38 km away
  2. 1.7103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 25 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 2.862 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
  4. 2.1135 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 1.9104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 24 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 1.8105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 15 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 2.072 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  8. 1.9112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 18 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 2.639 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 67 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 2.860 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 28 km deep · 38 km away
  11. 2.8108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  12. 3.174 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away
  13. 2.1128 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 3.1103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
  15. 2.090 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 24 km deep · 36 km away
  16. 2.0105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
  17. 2.869 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 50 km deep · 15 km away
  18. 2.1110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 27 km deep · 52 km away
  19. 2.9114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
  20. 2.3105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 31 km deep · 53 km away
  21. 3.264 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
  22. 2.3south of Alaska · 1958 days ago · 38 km deep · 54 km away
  23. 2.773 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 29 km deep · 27 km away
  24. 3.662 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 37 km deep · 82 km away
  25. 1.6131 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 16 km deep · 87 km away
  26. 1.681 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 19 km deep · 58 km away
  27. 2.2112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 17 km deep · 61 km away
  28. 1.8113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 22 km deep · 61 km away
  29. 1.9103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
  30. 2.766 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 32 km deep · 74 km away
  31. 2.7108 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
  32. 2.8104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 24 km deep · 49 km away
  33. 4.1115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 19 km deep · 57 km away
  34. 4.192 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 34 km deep · 65 km away
  35. 3.5106 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 42 km deep · 63 km away
  36. 2.9117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 22 km deep · 65 km away
  37. 2.2126 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 12 km deep · 59 km away
  38. 1.987 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 18 km deep · 43 km away
  39. 1.835 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away
  40. 3.2155 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1939 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  41. 3.8123 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 28 km deep · 92 km away
  42. 2.7121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 29 km deep · 62 km away
  43. 3.7111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  44. 3.398 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  45. 3.253 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
  46. 3.072 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 34 km deep · 50 km away
  47. 1.899 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 25 km deep · 47 km away
  48. 2.8127 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 28 km deep · 71 km away
  49. 2.2112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 43 km deep · 56 km away
  50. 3.4105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away

Before

  1. 2.4100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 2.4103 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 28 km deep · 39 km away
  3. 2.198 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 2.9138 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 2.1105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 23 km deep · 43 km away
  6. 2.0100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 2.0south of Alaska · 1975 days ago · 27 km deep · 34 km away
  8. 3.997 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 2.194 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 15 km deep · 46 km away
  10. 1.987 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  11. 2.1107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 28 km deep · 47 km away
  12. 1.9119 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 46 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 1.9101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 19 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 2.093 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 2.0113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  16. 2.070 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  17. 2.5117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 34 km deep · 57 km away
  18. 3.099 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 27 km deep · 49 km away
  19. 2.097 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  20. 2.2103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0215fgrzpn. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 10:08 PM UTC.