Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 99 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 99 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Aug 11, 2021, 3:26 AM AKDT (11:26 UTC), 17 km (11 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
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-08-11 11:26:56 UTC
Depth
17.3 km (10.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.525° N, 159.862° 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
15

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 181 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.087 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 2.292 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 18 km deep · 11 km away
  3. 2.879 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 2.0105 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 19 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 1.8105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 23 km deep · 11 km away
  6. 1.8106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 23 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 1.997 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 16 km deep · 5 km away
  8. 2.8101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 23 km deep · 5 km away
  9. 1.8118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 17 km deep · 25 km away
  10. 2.075 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 2.8south of Alaska · 1871 days ago · 18 km deep · 14 km away
  12. 2.296 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 2.2118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 19 km deep · 25 km away
  14. 1.791 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 15 km deep · 8 km away
  15. 1.595 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
  16. 3.091 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 2.693 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 22 km deep · 15 km away
  18. 1.7109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 18 km deep · 11 km away
  19. 2.0105 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 28 km deep · 19 km away
  20. 1.890 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 20 km deep · 14 km away
  21. 3.0100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 12 km deep · 7 km away
  22. 1.8118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
  23. 2.187 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 24 km deep · 23 km away
  24. 1.7107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 40 km deep · 11 km away
  25. 2.1118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 23 km deep · 19 km away
  26. 1.889 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
  27. 2.649 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 50 km deep · 79 km away
  28. 2.079 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  29. 2.084 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
  30. 2.291 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
  31. 2.094 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 14 km deep · 5 km away
  32. 2.7136 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  33. 3.052 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 29 km deep · 49 km away
  34. 2.665 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
  35. 1.962 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
  36. 2.8107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 14 km deep · 11 km away
  37. 2.7104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  38. 3.6129 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 27 km deep · 30 km away
  39. 2.093 km SSE of Sand Point, AK · 1865 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
  40. 2.2140 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 23 km deep · 41 km away
  41. 1.775 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  42. 1.730 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 57 km deep · 68 km away
  43. 1.8105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away
  44. 1.679 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
  45. 1.9117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 16 km deep · 21 km away
  46. 3.095 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 23 km deep · 10 km away
  47. 1.574 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
  48. 1.8130 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 25 km deep · 33 km away
  49. 2.0107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
  50. 1.695 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  51. 1.6113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
  52. 1.876 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  53. 1.878 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
  54. 1.857 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 42 km deep · 78 km away
  55. 2.086 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
  56. 2.1124 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 12 km deep · 41 km away
  57. 2.689 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
  58. 3.296 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 27 km deep · 6 km away
  59. 2.9111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 31 km deep · 12 km away
  60. 1.998 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.9101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 23 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 2.5105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 19 km deep · 8 km away
  3. 1.896 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 2.189 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  5. 1.966 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 21 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 1.996 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 20 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 2.3106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 23 km deep · 13 km away
  8. 2.4104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
  9. 2.090 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 14 km deep · 13 km away
  10. 2.0102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 16 km deep · 4 km away
  11. 1.972 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1874 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 2.260 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1875 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 2.491 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 2.964 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 76 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 2.374 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  16. 2.475 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  17. 2.159 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 2.3105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 28 km deep · 17 km away
  19. 2.1101 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 27 km deep · 21 km away
  20. 1.798 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 21 km deep · 16 km away

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