M2.7 earthquake 227 km S of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 227 km S of Sand Point, Alaska on Mon, Jul 19, 2021, 10:00 PM AKDT (06:00 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 south of Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-07-20 06:00:28 UTC
- Depth
- 25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.295° N, 160.515° 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
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.3220 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 30 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.3215 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.8south of Alaska · 1871 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.6193 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.3218 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 18 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.7207 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.7229 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 32 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.6244 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.2238 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
Before
- 2.1196 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.1219 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 29 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.5236 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 29 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.8237 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02198ilf36. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 3:00 PM UTC.