M2.3 earthquake 220 km S of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 220 km S of Sand Point, Alaska on Sat, Jul 24, 2021, 10:53 AM AKDT (18:53 UTC), 30 km (19 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
- 2.3 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-07-24 18:53:17 UTC
- Depth
- 30.0 km (18.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.358° N, 160.351° 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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.3215 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.8south of Alaska · 1872 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.6193 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.3218 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 18 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.0138 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.7229 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 32 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.6244 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.3134 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.6126 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.2238 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
Before
- 2.7227 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.0139 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.1219 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 29 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.5152 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.6141 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.5236 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 29 km deep · 19 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0219fc7cgf. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 4:33 AM UTC.