Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 93 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 93 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Mon, Aug 2, 2021, 1:57 PM AKDT (21:57 UTC), 16 km (10 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
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-08-02 21:57:09 UTC
Depth
15.6 km (9.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.597° N, 159.816° 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 187 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.174 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 24 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 1.969 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 1.850 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 25 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 3.3107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 20 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 2.1100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 22 km deep · 9 km away
  6. 2.1106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away
  7. 1.894 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 38 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 2.892 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 24 km deep · 1 km away
  9. 2.3129 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
  10. 1.961 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 17 km deep · 34 km away
  11. 2.395 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 16 km deep · 4 km away
  12. 3.0110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 22 km deep · 18 km away
  13. 2.2102 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 24 km deep · 20 km away
  14. 2.5115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 17 km deep · 24 km away
  15. 2.7102 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 18 km deep · 64 km away
  16. 2.8113 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
  17. 2.293 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 3.330 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 1.727 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  20. 1.6101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  21. 1.6105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 21 km deep · 12 km away
  22. 1.798 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 21 km deep · 11 km away
  23. 2.1101 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 27 km deep · 17 km away
  24. 2.3105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 28 km deep · 15 km away
  25. 2.159 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  26. 2.475 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  27. 2.374 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  28. 2.964 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 76 km deep · 86 km away
  29. 2.491 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  30. 2.260 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
  31. 1.972 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  32. 2.0102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 16 km deep · 9 km away
  33. 2.090 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 14 km deep · 4 km away
  34. 2.4104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
  35. 2.3106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 23 km deep · 14 km away
  36. 1.996 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 20 km deep · 6 km away
  37. 1.966 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 21 km deep · 27 km away
  38. 2.189 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  39. 1.896 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  40. 2.5105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 19 km deep · 16 km away
  41. 1.9101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 23 km deep · 9 km away
  42. 1.799 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 17 km deep · 9 km away
  43. 2.087 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
  44. 2.292 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 18 km deep · 3 km away
  45. 1.960 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  46. 2.879 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  47. 2.0105 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 19 km deep · 88 km away
  48. 1.8105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 23 km deep · 13 km away
  49. 1.8106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 23 km deep · 13 km away
  50. 1.997 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 16 km deep · 5 km away
  51. 2.8101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 23 km deep · 8 km away
  52. 1.8118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 17 km deep · 33 km away
  53. 2.075 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
  54. 2.8south of Alaska · 1873 days ago · 18 km deep · 21 km away
  55. 2.296 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
  56. 2.2118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 19 km deep · 26 km away
  57. 1.791 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 15 km deep · 5 km away
  58. 1.595 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
  59. 2.693 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 22 km deep · 8 km away
  60. 1.7109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 18 km deep · 19 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 2.3117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 32 km deep · 27 km away
  2. 1.9105 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 1.961 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 2.1100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 17 km deep · 13 km away
  5. 2.2107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
  6. 1.996 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 21 km deep · 9 km away
  7. 2.6107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
  8. 2.2104 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 2.792 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 3.095 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 21 km deep · 3 km away
  11. 2.687 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 3.6111 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 1.969 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 34 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 2.2123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 22 km deep · 32 km away
  15. 1.695 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 18 km deep · 8 km away
  16. 2.3114 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 38 km deep · 100 km away
  17. 1.994 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
  18. 1.7109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 14 km deep · 22 km away
  19. 1.6100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 17 km deep · 11 km away
  20. 2.192 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away

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