Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 84 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 84 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska on Mon, Aug 16, 2021, 12:48 AM AKDT (08:48 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.6 150 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-08-16 08:48:14 UTC
Depth
14.1 km (8.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.991° N, 159.310° 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
27

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.769 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 23 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 1.769 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 22 km deep · 18 km away
  3. 2.6150 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 1.769 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 21 km deep · 17 km away
  5. 1.972 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  6. 1.961 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 22 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 2.995 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 23 km deep · 44 km away
  8. 2.7112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 2.170 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  10. 2.489 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
  11. 2.084 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  12. 2.0116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 1.814 km N of Sand Point, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 76 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 2.1129 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 41 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 1.9103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 16 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 1.894 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 1.9110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 29 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 1.972 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 20 km deep · 21 km away
  19. 2.7south of Alaska · 1847 days ago · 17 km deep · 69 km away
  20. 1.7128 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 28 km deep · 76 km away
  21. 1.9108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
  22. 2.4144 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 25 km deep · 79 km away
  23. 2.8112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 21 km deep · 69 km away
  24. 1.769 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 43 km deep · 80 km away
  25. 3.7109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 23 km deep · 58 km away
  26. 4.6106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  27. 1.9113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 11 km deep · 60 km away
  28. 2.6122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
  29. 2.2112 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 23 km deep · 55 km away
  30. 2.077 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 20 km deep · 38 km away
  31. 2.0101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  32. 2.0105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 28 km deep · 57 km away
  33. 2.096 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  34. 2.1112 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
  35. 2.7111 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
  36. 2.0112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
  37. 2.191 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 21 km deep · 50 km away
  38. 1.999 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 27 km deep · 53 km away
  39. 1.8124 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away
  40. 1.992 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 18 km deep · 50 km away
  41. 1.9110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 21 km deep · 57 km away
  42. 2.0100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
  43. 2.391 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
  44. 1.8100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
  45. 2.2108 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
  46. 2.094 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  47. 1.691 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 16 km deep · 54 km away
  48. 1.996 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 22 km deep · 51 km away
  49. 3.9135 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 45 km deep · 98 km away
  50. 1.645 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 59 km deep · 56 km away
  51. 2.379 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  52. 1.9south of Alaska · 1844 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  53. 2.7117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 21 km deep · 77 km away
  54. 1.971 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  55. 2.5116 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
  56. 2.0116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 16 km deep · 71 km away
  57. 2.167 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
  58. 2.199 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 17 km deep · 62 km away
  59. 2.854 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 29 km deep · 66 km away
  60. 2.0120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021ah7kwxc. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:10 PM UTC.