M2.1 earthquake 219 km S of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 219 km S of Sand Point, Alaska on Mon, Jul 12, 2021, 5:34 AM AKDT (13:34 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 193 km S of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-07-12 13:34:55 UTC
- Depth
- 28.5 km (17.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.370° N, 160.339° 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
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.0139 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 18 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.7south of Alaska · 1899 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.7227 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.3220 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 30 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.3215 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.8south of Alaska · 1877 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.6193 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.3218 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 18 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.2140 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.0138 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.7229 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 32 km deep · 29 km away
Before
- 2.7139 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.5152 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.6141 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.5236 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 29 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.8237 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1926 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.1234 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 5.4219 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
- 5.0214 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0218veo0sv. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 12:22 PM UTC.