Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 18 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 18 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska on Sun, Jul 11, 2021, 11:48 AM AKDT (19:48 UTC), 82 km (51 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 84 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-07-11 19:48:13 UTC
Depth
82.3 km (51.1 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.495° N, 160.442° 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
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 140 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.180 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 1.935 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 125 km deep · 39 km away
  3. 2.986 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 3.088 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 2.254 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 22 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 2.657 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 23 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 2.360 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 16 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 1.817 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 92 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 2.242 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 55 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 1.986 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 1.7south of Alaska · 1897 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 1897 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 2.579 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 1.613 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 61 km deep · 10 km away
  15. 1.852 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 123 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 1.771 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 2.477 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 1.831 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 68 km deep · 22 km away
  19. 2.061 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 17 km deep · 74 km away
  20. 2.080 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 27 km deep · 95 km away
  21. 2.179 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
  22. 1.641 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 12 km deep · 45 km away
  23. 2.371 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  24. 1.815 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 55 km deep · 31 km away
  25. 1.962 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
  26. 1.651 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 109 km deep · 79 km away
  27. 1.516 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  28. 2.668 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  29. 1.983 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
  30. 2.176 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
  31. 1.937 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 52 km deep · 68 km away
  32. 1.817 km NNE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  33. 1.523 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  34. 1.986 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 34 km deep · 91 km away
  35. 1.865 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 36 km deep · 93 km away
  36. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 1884 days ago · 80 km deep · 63 km away
  37. 2.934 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 61 km deep · 56 km away
  38. 1.969 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 34 km deep · 98 km away
  39. 1.930 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 55 km deep · 89 km away
  40. 1.961 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 21 km deep · 91 km away
  41. 2.174 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away
  42. 1.969 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
  43. 1.850 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
  44. 1.961 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 17 km deep · 74 km away
  45. 2.760 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 150 km deep · 97 km away
  46. 3.330 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  47. 1.727 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  48. 2.159 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  49. 2.475 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  50. 2.374 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  51. 2.964 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 76 km deep · 81 km away
  52. 2.641 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 49 km deep · 92 km away
  53. 2.260 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
  54. 1.972 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  55. 1.966 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 21 km deep · 80 km away
  56. 2.087 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  57. 1.960 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  58. 2.075 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  59. 1.838 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 136 km deep · 38 km away
  60. 1.61 km SSW of Perryville, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 75 km deep · 92 km away

The first 60 of 140.

Before

  1. 2.59 km WNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 115 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 1.758 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 2.054 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 21 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 1.978 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 2.158 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 48 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 1.875 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 1.568 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 2.637 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 71 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 1.856 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 2.846 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 38 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 2.839 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 70 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 4.057 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 44 km deep · 73 km away
  13. 1.587 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 3.119 km S of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 159 km deep · 58 km away
  15. 3.072 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 34 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 3.253 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0218tus6r7. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 3:28 AM UTC.