Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Sun, Aug 15, 2021, 7:15 PM AKDT (03:15 UTC), 23 km (14 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
2021-08-16 03:15:58 UTC
Depth
23.2 km (14.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.363° N, 159.747° 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
22

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 199 in the 60 days after this one and 143 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.889 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 2.649 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 50 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 2.079 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 2.084 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 2.094 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 14 km deep · 24 km away
  6. 2.7136 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1868 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  7. 3.052 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 29 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 1.962 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1867 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 2.8107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 14 km deep · 13 km away
  10. 2.7104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  11. 3.6129 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 27 km deep · 11 km away
  12. 2.093 km SSE of Sand Point, AK · 1866 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
  13. 2.2140 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 23 km deep · 22 km away
  14. 1.775 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 1.730 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 57 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 1.8105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1866 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away
  17. 1.9117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 16 km deep · 12 km away
  18. 3.095 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 23 km deep · 25 km away
  19. 1.8130 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 25 km deep · 16 km away
  20. 2.0107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  21. 1.695 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  22. 1.6113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1865 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
  23. 1.876 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  24. 1.878 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
  25. 1.857 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 42 km deep · 95 km away
  26. 2.086 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1864 days ago · 15 km deep · 33 km away
  27. 2.1124 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 12 km deep · 36 km away
  28. 2.689 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
  29. 3.296 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 27 km deep · 23 km away
  30. 2.9111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 31 km deep · 7 km away
  31. 1.998 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  32. 2.068 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  33. 1.972 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  34. 1.872 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  35. 2.073 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
  36. 1.872 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  37. 1.673 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  38. 3.1141 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 20 km deep · 23 km away
  39. 1.7110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 32 km deep · 11 km away
  40. 1.773 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  41. 1.872 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  42. 1.698 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 19 km deep · 21 km away
  43. 1.9105 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 19 km deep · 27 km away
  44. 1.871 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  45. 2.274 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  46. 1.9south of Alaska · 1860 days ago · 17 km deep · 16 km away
  47. 2.196 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
  48. 1.690 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 21 km deep · 31 km away
  49. 1.574 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  50. 1.9south of Alaska · 1859 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
  51. 2.275 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  52. 1.8114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 27 km deep · 6 km away
  53. 1.9106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
  54. 2.0111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  55. 2.2122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  56. 1.576 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  57. 2.5103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 22 km deep · 16 km away
  58. 2.9105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
  59. 1.672 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  60. 2.8104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 1.7107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 40 km deep · 14 km away
  2. 2.187 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1869 days ago · 24 km deep · 38 km away
  3. 1.8118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 26 km deep · 4 km away
  4. 3.0100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 12 km deep · 19 km away
  5. 1.890 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 20 km deep · 31 km away
  6. 2.0105 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 28 km deep · 24 km away
  7. 1.7109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 18 km deep · 10 km away
  8. 2.693 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1870 days ago · 22 km deep · 30 km away
  9. 1.595 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
  10. 1.791 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 15 km deep · 27 km away
  11. 2.2118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1871 days ago · 19 km deep · 18 km away
  12. 2.8south of Alaska · 1872 days ago · 18 km deep · 5 km away
  13. 2.075 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 1.8118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1872 days ago · 17 km deep · 16 km away
  15. 2.8101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 23 km deep · 19 km away
  16. 1.997 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 16 km deep · 22 km away
  17. 1.8106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 23 km deep · 16 km away
  18. 1.8105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 23 km deep · 17 km away
  19. 2.292 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 18 km deep · 28 km away
  20. 2.087 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1873 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away

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