Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 31 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 31 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Jul 21, 2021, 5:12 AM AKDT (13:12 UTC), 68 km (42 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.0 61 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-07-21 13:12:29 UTC
Depth
68.1 km (42.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.511° N, 160.098° 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
11

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 170 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.061 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 17 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 2.080 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 27 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 2.179 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 1.641 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 2.371 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 1.888 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 1.815 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 55 km deep · 37 km away
  8. 1.962 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 1.651 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 109 km deep · 100 km away
  10. 1.516 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 2.668 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 2.690 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 24 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 2.256 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 34 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 2.261 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 2.057 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 1.983 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 1.959 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 1.858 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 2.176 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
  20. 1.937 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 52 km deep · 46 km away
  21. 1.817 km NNE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  22. 1.523 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  23. 1.986 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 34 km deep · 73 km away
  24. 1.865 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 36 km deep · 72 km away
  25. 2.192 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
  26. 1.756 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
  27. 1.960 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away
  28. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 1880 days ago · 80 km deep · 84 km away
  29. 1.664 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 36 km deep · 100 km away
  30. 2.934 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 61 km deep · 34 km away
  31. 1.969 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 34 km deep · 77 km away
  32. 2.687 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  33. 2.359 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
  34. 1.930 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 55 km deep · 67 km away
  35. 2.792 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  36. 2.279 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  37. 1.961 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 21 km deep · 70 km away
  38. 2.174 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 24 km deep · 72 km away
  39. 1.850 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away
  40. 2.463 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
  41. 1.894 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 38 km deep · 96 km away
  42. 2.358 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 47 km deep · 79 km away
  43. 1.961 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 17 km deep · 69 km away
  44. 2.293 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
  45. 3.330 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  46. 1.727 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  47. 2.159 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  48. 2.475 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  49. 2.374 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  50. 2.964 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 76 km deep · 95 km away
  51. 2.491 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  52. 2.266 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 22 km deep · 100 km away
  53. 2.641 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 49 km deep · 70 km away
  54. 2.260 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
  55. 1.972 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
  56. 2.090 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
  57. 2.261 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away
  58. 1.966 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 21 km deep · 76 km away
  59. 2.189 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  60. 1.859 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away

The first 60 of 170.

Before

  1. 2.477 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 1.771 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 1.990 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 1.613 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 61 km deep · 18 km away
  5. 1.7south of Alaska · 1893 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 1.986 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 2.242 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 55 km deep · 38 km away
  8. 1.817 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 92 km deep · 43 km away
  9. 2.289 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 2.693 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 2.360 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 16 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 2.657 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 23 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 2.254 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 22 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 3.088 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 2.986 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 1.889 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 27 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 1.935 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 125 km deep · 54 km away
  18. 1.718 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 82 km deep · 22 km away
  19. 2.59 km WNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 115 km deep · 57 km away
  20. 1.758 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0219aaddgu. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 9:57 PM UTC.