Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 58 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 58 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Thu, Jul 8, 2021, 4:29 PM AKDT (00:29 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.8 40 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-07-09 00:29:54 UTC
Depth
25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.824° N, 160.297° 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: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.791 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 15 km deep · 37 km away
  2. 1.595 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 1.840 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 96 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 3.091 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 1.576 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 1.945 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 2.693 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 22 km deep · 44 km away
  8. 1.7109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 18 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 2.0105 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 28 km deep · 55 km away
  10. 1.890 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away
  11. 3.0100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 12 km deep · 43 km away
  12. 1.8118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 2.187 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 24 km deep · 41 km away
  14. 1.7107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 40 km deep · 53 km away
  15. 2.1118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 23 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 1.693 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 1.889 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
  18. 2.649 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 50 km deep · 57 km away
  19. 2.079 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  20. 2.084 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
  21. 1.887 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  22. 2.291 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
  23. 2.094 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 14 km deep · 40 km away
  24. 2.7136 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  25. 3.052 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 29 km deep · 6 km away
  26. 2.665 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
  27. 2.196 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  28. 1.962 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
  29. 2.8107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 14 km deep · 50 km away
  30. 2.7104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  31. 3.6129 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 27 km deep · 73 km away
  32. 2.093 km SSE of Sand Point, AK · 1862 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
  33. 2.2140 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 23 km deep · 83 km away
  34. 1.775 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  35. 1.730 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 57 km deep · 28 km away
  36. 1.8105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
  37. 1.679 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away
  38. 1.9117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 16 km deep · 64 km away
  39. 3.095 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 23 km deep · 43 km away
  40. 1.574 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
  41. 1.8130 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
  42. 2.0107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  43. 1.695 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  44. 1.6113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
  45. 1.876 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  46. 1.878 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
  47. 1.857 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 42 km deep · 61 km away
  48. 2.086 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 15 km deep · 30 km away
  49. 2.1124 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away
  50. 2.689 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
  51. 3.296 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 27 km deep · 43 km away
  52. 1.868 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  53. 2.9111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 31 km deep · 55 km away
  54. 1.998 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  55. 2.068 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  56. 1.972 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  57. 1.872 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  58. 2.073 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
  59. 1.872 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  60. 1.673 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away

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