M2.3 earthquake 117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Mon, Aug 2, 2021, 11:46 AM AKDT (19:46 UTC), 32 km (20 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 106 km SSE of Sand Point, 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
- 2021-08-02 19:46:47 UTC
- Depth
- 31.8 km (19.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.358° N, 159.813° 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
- 18
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 161 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.193 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 16 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.850 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 25 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.3107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 20 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.1100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 22 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.1106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.892 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 24 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.3129 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 26 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.961 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 17 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.395 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 16 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.0110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 22 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.2102 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 24 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.5115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 17 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.7102 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.8113 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.7187 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.330 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.727 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.6101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.6105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 21 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.798 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 21 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.1101 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 27 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.3105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 28 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.475 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.374 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.964 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 76 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.0102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 16 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.090 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.4104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.3106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 23 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.996 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 20 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.6193 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.966 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 21 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.189 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.896 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.5105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 19 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.9101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 23 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.799 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 17 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.087 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.292 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 18 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.8105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 23 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.8106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 23 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.997 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 16 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.8101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 23 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.8118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 17 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.075 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.8south of Alaska · 1874 days ago · 18 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.2118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 19 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.791 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 15 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.595 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.693 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 22 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.7109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 18 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.0105 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 28 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.890 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 20 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.0100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 12 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.8118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 26 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.187 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 24 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.7107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 40 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.1118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 23 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.889 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.649 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 50 km deep · 97 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.9105 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 25 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.1100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 17 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.2107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.996 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 21 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.6107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.095 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 21 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.2123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 22 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.695 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 18 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.994 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.7109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 14 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.6100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 17 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.986 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 34 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.1126 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 20 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.9106 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 37 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.176 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.983 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.090 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.1120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 24 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.881 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 27 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.962 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 11 km deep · 55 km away
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