Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 36 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 36 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska on Sun, Jan 3, 2021, 4:40 PM AKST (01:40 UTC), 33 km (20 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 77 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
2021-01-04 01:40:57 UTC
Depth
32.5 km (20.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.630° N, 160.230° 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
19

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 173 in the 60 days after this one and 80 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.065 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 39 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 2.132 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 2.073 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 2.175 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 2.28 km SE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 74 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 2.389 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 2.491 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 2.372 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 2.157 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 23 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 2.777 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 2.248 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 21 km deep · 66 km away
  12. 2.286 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 2.080 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 1.964 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 3.083 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 2.778 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 2.880 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 2.884 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 2.278 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 2.388 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
  21. 3.586 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
  22. 2.481 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  23. 2.532 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 71 km deep · 42 km away
  24. 2.486 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
  25. 2.415 km E of Perryville, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 56 km deep · 88 km away
  26. 2.411 km WNW of Perryville, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 83 km deep · 68 km away
  27. 2.781 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
  28. 2.476 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  29. 2.481 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  30. 2.483 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
  31. 2.473 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  32. 2.058 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 75 km deep · 87 km away
  33. 2.477 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  34. 2.376 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 32 km deep · 89 km away
  35. 2.480 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  36. 2.475 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  37. 3.279 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
  38. 2.281 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  39. 2.381 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  40. 2.41 km NNW of Perryville, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 39 km deep · 75 km away
  41. 2.066 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  42. 2.092 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
  43. 2.379 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  44. 2.679 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  45. 2.183 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  46. 2.376 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  47. 1.960 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 55 km deep · 78 km away
  48. 2.585 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
  49. 3.678 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  50. 1.978 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  51. 2.184 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
  52. 2.131 km WNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 99 km deep · 52 km away
  53. 3.182 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
  54. 2.7Alaska Peninsula · 2082 days ago · 74 km deep · 85 km away
  55. 2.170 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  56. 2.579 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  57. 2.291 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
  58. 2.184 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
  59. 2.169 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  60. 2.180 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away

The first 60 of 173.

Before

  1. 2.123 km SSE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 146 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 2.065 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 27 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 2.078 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 1.962 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 18 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 2.279 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 38 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 2.036 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 78 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 2.658 km NW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 119 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 3.189 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 18 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 3.655 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 3.181 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 1.856 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 22 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 1.864 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 21 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 2.355 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 27 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 1.954 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 1.943 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 2.475 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 2.577 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  18. 2.267 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 2.357 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 57 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 2.774 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away

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