Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 71 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 71 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska on Sat, Jul 24, 2021, 1:20 PM AKDT (21:20 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 106 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

Sand Point forecastMore in Alaska

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-07-24 21:20:23 UTC
Depth
6.6 km (4.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.035° N, 159.514° 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
28

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 146 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.6105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 24 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 1.7101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 16 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 2.1104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 1.9123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 27 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 2.1118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 21 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 1.5112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 1.695 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 21 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 1.888 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 23 km deep · 42 km away
  9. 1.6102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 17 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 1.7124 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 23 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 2.193 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 21 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 2.0south of Alaska · 1890 days ago · 27 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 1.5126 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 16 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 1.9104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 17 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 1.876 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 1.815 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 55 km deep · 59 km away
  17. 2.1110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 16 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 1.9119 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 45 km deep · 75 km away
  19. 2.284 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 1.962 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away
  21. 2.1120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 24 km deep · 74 km away
  22. 1.516 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  23. 2.090 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  24. 5.5106 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 18 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 3
  25. 2.562 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
  26. 3.7113 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 40 km deep · 78 km away
  27. 3.094 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
  28. 3.9105 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 19 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  29. 3.294 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  30. 3.4116 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 16 km deep · 89 km away
  31. 3.2106 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  32. 2.668 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
  33. 3.0119 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
  34. 3.8122 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  35. 2.7104 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  36. 3.2Alaska Peninsula · 1886 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
  37. 3.0117 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 24 km deep · 88 km away
  38. 2.7133 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
  39. 2.366 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  40. 2.5100 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
  41. 3.3131 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
  42. 3.0102 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 24 km deep · 60 km away
  43. 2.5100 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 28 km deep · 90 km away
  44. 3.4133 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  45. 2.5122 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 20 km deep · 77 km away
  46. 2.690 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 24 km deep · 48 km away
  47. 2.269 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  48. 3.2124 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 18 km deep · 79 km away
  49. 2.4133 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
  50. 2.8125 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  51. 2.256 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 34 km deep · 84 km away
  52. 2.6106 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 19 km deep · 66 km away
  53. 2.8106 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away
  54. 2.873 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away
  55. 3.2131 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
  56. 3.0138 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 37 km deep · 94 km away
  57. 2.6125 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 14 km deep · 78 km away
  58. 2.066 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 18 km deep · 82 km away
  59. 2.261 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 24 km deep · 76 km away
  60. 2.057 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.7101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 1.641 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 12 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 2.179 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 17 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 2.0123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 57 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 2.2121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 23 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 2.4113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 17 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 2.3126 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 1.894 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 21 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 1.696 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 2.487 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 2.080 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 27 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 2.061 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 17 km deep · 29 km away
  13. 1.974 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 25 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 1.831 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 68 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 2.2127 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 1.8103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 15 km deep · 57 km away
  17. 2.0100 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 42 km deep · 44 km away
  18. 2.477 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
  19. 1.9108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 24 km deep · 61 km away
  20. 1.771 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away

Earthquakes todayAlaska earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0219fdsl3y. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 3:35 PM UTC.