M1.8 earthquake 35 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 35 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska on Mon, May 31, 2021, 5:02 AM AKDT (13:02 UTC), 20 km (12 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 104 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-05-31 13:02:06 UTC
- Depth
- 19.6 km (12.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 55.271° N, 159.944° 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
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 172 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.7111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.398 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.253 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.072 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 34 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.899 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.2112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 43 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.4105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.119 km S of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 159 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.697 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 15 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.6108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.587 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 11 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.9118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 39 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.698 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.692 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 37 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.8108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.699 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 27 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.8107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 29 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.057 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 44 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.839 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 70 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.846 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 38 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.856 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.637 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 71 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.9102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.568 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 25 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.6103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 17 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.0107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.875 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.8115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.9107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.1116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.0103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 29 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.090 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.9south of Alaska · 1910 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.158 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 48 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.4111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.0112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.396 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.3south of Alaska · 1909 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.978 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.054 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 21 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.758 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.9106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.898 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.5106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.095 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.9100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.59 km WNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 115 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.997 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 17 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.718 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 82 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.9110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.180 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.5105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 23 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.599 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 17 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.935 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 125 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.590 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.789 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.8107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.9110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.889 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 27 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.6110 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 36 km deep · 87 km away
The first 60 of 172.
Before
- 1.987 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.5106 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 42 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.192 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 34 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.1115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.8104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 24 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.766 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 32 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.9103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.8113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 22 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.2112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.681 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 19 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.662 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 37 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.773 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 29 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.3south of Alaska · 1964 days ago · 38 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.264 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.3105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 31 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.116 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 90 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.9114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.1110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 27 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.869 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 50 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.0105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
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