Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 95 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 95 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Fri, Aug 13, 2021, 7:09 PM AKDT (03:09 UTC), 13 km (8 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
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-08-14 03:09:16 UTC
Depth
13.2 km (8.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.579° N, 159.788° 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
16

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 192 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.693 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 22 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 1.7109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 18 km deep · 18 km away
  3. 2.0105 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 28 km deep · 14 km away
  4. 1.890 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 20 km deep · 7 km away
  5. 3.0100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away
  6. 1.8118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
  7. 2.187 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 24 km deep · 15 km away
  8. 1.7107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 40 km deep · 11 km away
  9. 2.1118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 23 km deep · 24 km away
  10. 1.889 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
  11. 2.649 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 50 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 2.079 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  13. 2.084 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 14 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 2.291 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 2.094 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 14 km deep · 5 km away
  16. 2.7136 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  17. 3.052 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 29 km deep · 48 km away
  18. 2.665 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 1.962 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
  20. 2.8107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 14 km deep · 19 km away
  21. 2.7104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  22. 3.6129 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 27 km deep · 35 km away
  23. 2.093 km SSE of Sand Point, AK · 1865 days ago · 26 km deep · 18 km away
  24. 2.2140 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 23 km deep · 46 km away
  25. 1.775 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  26. 1.730 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 57 km deep · 65 km away
  27. 1.8105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 11 km deep · 13 km away
  28. 1.679 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
  29. 1.9117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 16 km deep · 21 km away
  30. 3.095 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 23 km deep · 3 km away
  31. 1.574 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
  32. 1.8130 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 25 km deep · 39 km away
  33. 2.0107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  34. 1.695 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
  35. 1.6113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
  36. 1.876 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  37. 1.878 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
  38. 1.857 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 42 km deep · 71 km away
  39. 2.086 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1863 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
  40. 2.1124 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 12 km deep · 37 km away
  41. 2.689 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away
  42. 3.296 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 27 km deep · 2 km away
  43. 2.9111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 31 km deep · 17 km away
  44. 1.998 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  45. 2.068 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  46. 1.972 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  47. 1.872 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  48. 2.073 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
  49. 1.872 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  50. 1.673 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  51. 3.1141 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away
  52. 1.7110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 32 km deep · 15 km away
  53. 1.773 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  54. 1.872 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  55. 1.698 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 19 km deep · 3 km away
  56. 1.9105 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 19 km deep · 17 km away
  57. 1.871 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  58. 2.274 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  59. 1.9south of Alaska · 1859 days ago · 17 km deep · 8 km away
  60. 2.196 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.791 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 15 km deep · 7 km away
  2. 2.2118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 19 km deep · 24 km away
  3. 2.296 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 2.8south of Alaska · 1871 days ago · 18 km deep · 19 km away
  5. 2.075 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 1.8118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 17 km deep · 32 km away
  7. 2.8101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 23 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 1.997 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 16 km deep · 3 km away
  9. 1.8106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 23 km deep · 11 km away
  10. 1.8105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 23 km deep · 10 km away
  11. 2.0105 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 19 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 2.879 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 1.960 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 2.292 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 18 km deep · 4 km away
  15. 2.087 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
  16. 1.799 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 17 km deep · 8 km away
  17. 1.9101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 23 km deep · 7 km away
  18. 2.5105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 19 km deep · 15 km away
  19. 1.896 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  20. 2.189 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away

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