Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 69 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 69 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska on Mon, Aug 2, 2021, 7:28 PM AKDT (03:28 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 92 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-08-03 03:28:19 UTC
Depth
25.0 km (15.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.858° N, 161.191° 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
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 184 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.850 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 25 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 2.892 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 24 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 2.195 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 23 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 2.678 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 2.080 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 24 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 1.961 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 17 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 2.395 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 2.760 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 150 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 2.7102 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 18 km deep · 55 km away
  10. 3.330 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 1.727 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  12. 1.6101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 2.073 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 2.964 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 76 km deep · 8 km away
  15. 3.020 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 161 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 3.056 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 81 km deep · 32 km away
  17. 2.0102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 2.090 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 2.4104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 3.093 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
  21. 2.093 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  22. 1.996 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
  23. 1.966 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 21 km deep · 79 km away
  24. 2.189 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  25. 1.896 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  26. 2.5105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 19 km deep · 95 km away
  27. 1.9101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 23 km deep · 97 km away
  28. 1.799 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
  29. 2.292 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
  30. 2.879 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
  31. 1.997 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
  32. 1.659 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 21 km deep · 63 km away
  33. 2.8101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 23 km deep · 98 km away
  34. 1.8118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
  35. 2.137 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 82 km deep · 52 km away
  36. 1.791 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
  37. 1.595 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  38. 1.840 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 96 km deep · 35 km away
  39. 3.091 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
  40. 1.576 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 19 km deep · 51 km away
  41. 2.693 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
  42. 1.7109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 18 km deep · 98 km away
  43. 1.890 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
  44. 3.0100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
  45. 1.651 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 15 km deep · 50 km away
  46. 2.187 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 24 km deep · 98 km away
  47. 1.693 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away
  48. 1.658 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
  49. 1.889 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  50. 1.887 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  51. 2.094 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
  52. 3.052 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 29 km deep · 56 km away
  53. 2.196 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
  54. 1.962 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
  55. 2.8107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
  56. 2.7104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  57. 2.093 km SSE of Sand Point, AK · 1861 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
  58. 1.730 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 57 km deep · 61 km away
  59. 1.8105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
  60. 1.679 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 20 km deep · 24 km away

The first 60 of 184.

Before

  1. 2.193 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 1.9105 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 25 km deep · 47 km away
  3. 2.1100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 2.229 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 96 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 2.2107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 1.996 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 21 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 2.6107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 3.095 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 1.695 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 18 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 1.991 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 1879 days ago · 80 km deep · 49 km away
  12. 1.994 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 1.7109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 2.855 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 34 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 1.6100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away

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