Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 124 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 124 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska on Sun, Aug 22, 2021, 9:28 AM AKDT (17:28 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 76 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-08-22 17:28:41 UTC
Depth
11.5 km (7.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.491° N, 159.234° 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
13

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. 1.7113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 20 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 1.872 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 2.0138 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 3.176 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 2.171 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 1850 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  7. 2.173 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 2.656 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 17 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 1.985 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 1.697 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 20 km deep · 32 km away
  11. 2.492 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 22 km deep · 32 km away
  12. 2.8117 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 2.673 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  14. 1.769 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 23 km deep · 59 km away
  15. 1.769 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 22 km deep · 60 km away
  16. 2.6150 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  17. 1.769 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 21 km deep · 62 km away
  18. 1.972 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 2.995 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 23 km deep · 30 km away
  20. 2.7112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 20 km deep · 30 km away
  21. 2.170 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  22. 2.489 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
  23. 2.084 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  24. 2.0116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 20 km deep · 42 km away
  25. 2.1129 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 41 km deep · 37 km away
  26. 1.9103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 16 km deep · 39 km away
  27. 1.894 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  28. 1.9110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 29 km deep · 33 km away
  29. 1.972 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
  30. 2.7south of Alaska · 1847 days ago · 17 km deep · 39 km away
  31. 1.7128 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 28 km deep · 28 km away
  32. 1.9108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 15 km deep · 31 km away
  33. 2.4144 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away
  34. 2.8112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 21 km deep · 34 km away
  35. 3.7109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 23 km deep · 24 km away
  36. 4.6106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
  37. 1.9113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away
  38. 2.6122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 20 km deep · 43 km away
  39. 2.2112 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 23 km deep · 17 km away
  40. 2.077 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
  41. 2.0101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  42. 2.0105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 28 km deep · 28 km away
  43. 2.096 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  44. 2.1112 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
  45. 2.7111 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
  46. 2.0112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away
  47. 2.191 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 21 km deep · 38 km away
  48. 1.999 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 27 km deep · 31 km away
  49. 1.8124 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
  50. 1.992 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 18 km deep · 36 km away
  51. 1.9110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 21 km deep · 22 km away
  52. 2.0100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
  53. 2.391 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 12 km deep · 41 km away
  54. 1.8100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 14 km deep · 35 km away
  55. 2.2108 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
  56. 2.094 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  57. 1.691 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 16 km deep · 41 km away
  58. 1.996 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 22 km deep · 34 km away
  59. 2.379 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  60. 1.9south of Alaska · 1844 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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