Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 102 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 102 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska on Thu, Aug 5, 2021, 1:38 AM AKDT (09:38 UTC), 24 km (15 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
2.2 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-08-05 09:38:33 UTC
Depth
24.4 km (15.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.618° N, 159.508° 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 202 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.5115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 17 km deep · 31 km away
  2. 2.7102 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 18 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 2.3117 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 2.196 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 2.8113 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away
  6. 2.293 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 2.7187 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 3.330 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  9. 1.727 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 1.6101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  11. 1.6105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 21 km deep · 22 km away
  12. 1.798 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 21 km deep · 9 km away
  13. 2.1101 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 27 km deep · 4 km away
  14. 2.3105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 28 km deep · 10 km away
  15. 2.159 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 2.475 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  17. 2.374 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  18. 2.491 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
  19. 2.260 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 1.972 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
  21. 2.0102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 16 km deep · 22 km away
  22. 2.090 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 14 km deep · 18 km away
  23. 2.4104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
  24. 2.3106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 23 km deep · 15 km away
  25. 1.996 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 20 km deep · 24 km away
  26. 1.966 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 21 km deep · 37 km away
  27. 2.189 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  28. 1.896 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  29. 2.5105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 19 km deep · 30 km away
  30. 1.9101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 23 km deep · 22 km away
  31. 1.799 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 17 km deep · 25 km away
  32. 2.9114 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
  33. 2.087 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
  34. 2.292 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 18 km deep · 17 km away
  35. 3.1138 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 22 km deep · 85 km away
  36. 2.692 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  37. 1.960 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  38. 2.0105 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 19 km deep · 70 km away
  39. 1.8105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 23 km deep · 17 km away
  40. 1.8106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 23 km deep · 17 km away
  41. 2.4107 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
  42. 1.997 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 16 km deep · 21 km away
  43. 3.1126 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  44. 2.8101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 23 km deep · 20 km away
  45. 3.0133 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  46. 2.898 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  47. 1.8118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 17 km deep · 46 km away
  48. 2.075 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  49. 2.8south of Alaska · 1874 days ago · 18 km deep · 30 km away
  50. 2.296 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
  51. 2.2118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 19 km deep · 20 km away
  52. 1.791 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 15 km deep · 25 km away
  53. 1.595 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
  54. 1.945 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  55. 2.693 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 22 km deep · 13 km away
  56. 1.7109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 18 km deep · 31 km away
  57. 2.0105 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 28 km deep · 8 km away
  58. 1.890 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 20 km deep · 17 km away
  59. 3.0100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 12 km deep · 32 km away
  60. 1.8118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 3.0110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 22 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 2.395 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 16 km deep · 17 km away
  3. 1.961 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 17 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 2.3129 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 2.358 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 47 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 2.892 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 24 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 2.0100 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 2.4125 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 24 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 1.894 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 38 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 2.1106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
  11. 2.1100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 22 km deep · 15 km away
  12. 3.3107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 20 km deep · 18 km away
  13. 2.5129 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 17 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 1.850 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 2.174 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 24 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 2.193 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 16 km deep · 20 km away
  17. 2.3117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 32 km deep · 35 km away
  18. 2.296 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
  19. 1.9105 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away
  20. 1.961 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 21 km deep · 89 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0219z17ffp. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 2:51 PM UTC.