Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 16 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 16 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Jul 28, 2021, 5:19 AM AKDT (13:19 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-07-28 13:19:33 UTC
Depth
6.4 km (4.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.256° N, 160.290° 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
14

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 202 in the 60 days after this one and 130 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.090 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 2.668 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 2.690 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 1.983 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 2.176 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 1.937 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 52 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 1.9106 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 37 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 1.523 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  9. 1.986 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 34 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 1.865 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 36 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 2.192 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 1.6100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 1.7109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 1.994 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 1881 days ago · 80 km deep · 68 km away
  16. 1.695 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 18 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 2.934 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 61 km deep · 59 km away
  18. 1.969 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 34 km deep · 86 km away
  19. 1.930 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 55 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 3.095 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 21 km deep · 81 km away
  21. 2.792 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  22. 2.6107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  23. 1.996 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away
  24. 2.2107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  25. 2.1100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
  26. 1.961 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 21 km deep · 81 km away
  27. 2.193 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 16 km deep · 79 km away
  28. 2.174 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 24 km deep · 78 km away
  29. 1.969 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
  30. 1.850 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
  31. 3.3107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
  32. 2.1100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 22 km deep · 87 km away
  33. 2.1106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  34. 1.894 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 38 km deep · 97 km away
  35. 2.892 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 24 km deep · 78 km away
  36. 2.358 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 47 km deep · 93 km away
  37. 1.961 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 17 km deep · 46 km away
  38. 2.395 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away
  39. 3.0110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 22 km deep · 97 km away
  40. 2.2102 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 24 km deep · 87 km away
  41. 2.7102 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 18 km deep · 97 km away
  42. 2.8113 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  43. 2.293 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
  44. 3.330 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  45. 1.727 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  46. 1.6101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  47. 1.6105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 21 km deep · 92 km away
  48. 1.798 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away
  49. 2.1101 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 27 km deep · 87 km away
  50. 2.3105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 28 km deep · 91 km away
  51. 2.159 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  52. 2.475 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  53. 2.374 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  54. 2.964 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 76 km deep · 66 km away
  55. 2.491 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  56. 2.641 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 49 km deep · 89 km away
  57. 2.260 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
  58. 1.972 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
  59. 2.0102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
  60. 2.090 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 2.881 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 27 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 1.651 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 109 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 1.962 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 2.284 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 2.1110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 1.815 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 55 km deep · 7 km away
  7. 1.9104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 2.193 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 21 km deep · 79 km away
  9. 1.6102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 17 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 1.888 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 1.695 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 21 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 1.5112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 2.1104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 1.7101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 16 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 1.6105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 2.371 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  17. 1.7101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 1.641 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 2.179 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 17 km deep · 67 km away
  20. 1.894 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 21 km deep · 80 km away

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