M1.5 earthquake 42 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska

Magnitude

1.5 (ml), micro

Local time

Tue, Aug 24, 2021, 10:15 PM AKDT

UTC

2021-08-25 06:15:40 UTC

Depth

92.6 km (57.5 mi), intermediate-depth

Epicenter

55.518° N, 161.091° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Stations used

12

• Sand Point, AlaskaPopulation 1,064. Forecast42 kmWNW

After

1. 1.869 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaWed, Aug 25, 11:56 AM AKDT · 1854 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
2. 1.880 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaThu, Aug 26, 3:46 PM AKDT · 1853 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away
3. 2.214 km W of Nelson Lagoon, AlaskaThu, Aug 26, 6:43 PM AKDT · 1853 days ago · 207 km deep · 57 km away
4. 1.614 km NNW of Sand Point, AlaskaThu, Aug 26, 11:56 PM AKDT · 1853 days ago · 79 km deep · 32 km away
5. 2.057 km NNE of King Cove, AlaskaFri, Aug 27, 11:59 PM AKDT · 1852 days ago · 115 km deep · 47 km away
6. 2.617 km SSE of Sand Point, AlaskaSat, Aug 28, 2:27 AM AKDT · 1852 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
7. 1.516 km SE of Sand Point, AlaskaSat, Aug 28, 4:49 AM AKDT · 1852 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
8. 1.846 km WSW of Sand Point, AlaskaSat, Aug 28, 10:20 AM AKDT · 1851 days ago · 74 km deep · 43 km away
9. 1.716 km SSE of Sand Point, AlaskaSat, Aug 28, 5:16 PM AKDT · 1851 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
10. 1.551 km SSE of Sand Point, AlaskaSun, Aug 29, 5:56 AM AKDT · 1850 days ago · 23 km deep · 86 km away
11. 2.656 km ESE of Sand Point, AlaskaSun, Aug 29, 12:26 PM AKDT · 1850 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
12. 2.753 km SW of Sand Point, AlaskaMon, Aug 30, 6:30 AM AKDT · 1849 days ago · 77 km deep · 65 km away
13. 2.637 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaTue, Aug 31, 9:20 PM AKDT · 1848 days ago · 88 km deep · 99 km away
14. 1.814 km N of Sand Point, AlaskaTue, Aug 31, 11:11 PM AKDT · 1848 days ago · 76 km deep · 35 km away
15. 2.725 km ENE of Cold Bay, AlaskaWed, Sep 1, 1:45 AM AKDT · 1848 days ago · 124 km deep · 85 km away
16. 1.753 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, AlaskaWed, Sep 1, 9:27 AM AKDT · 1847 days ago · 120 km deep · 42 km away
17. 2.072 km SSW of Sand Point, AlaskaThu, Sep 2, 8:02 AM AKDT · 1846 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
18. 2.017 km ENE of King Cove, AlaskaThu, Sep 2, 1:59 PM AKDT · 1846 days ago · 89 km deep · 76 km away
19. 1.645 km E of Sand Point, AlaskaSat, Sep 4, 2:23 AM AKDT · 1845 days ago · 59 km deep · 83 km away
20. 3.076 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaSat, Sep 4, 1:22 PM AKDT · 1844 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
21. 2.854 km SSE of Sand Point, AlaskaMon, Sep 6, 12:16 AM AKDT · 1843 days ago · 29 km deep · 89 km away
22. 1.929 km SW of Ivanof Bay, AlaskaTue, Sep 7, 5:34 PM AKDT · 1841 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
23. 1.622 km W of Ivanof Bay, AlaskaWed, Sep 8, 3:38 AM AKDT · 1841 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
24. 2.845 km S of Ivanof Bay, AlaskaWed, Sep 8, 10:31 AM AKDT · 1840 days ago · 61 km deep · 93 km away
25. 2.044 km SE of Sand Point, AlaskaFri, Sep 10, 4:07 AM AKDT · 1839 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
26. 2.863 km SSE of Sand Point, AlaskaFri, Sep 10, 4:40 AM AKDT · 1839 days ago · 24 km deep · 98 km away
27. 2.258 km SSE of Sand Point, AlaskaMon, Sep 13, 3:22 PM AKDT · 1835 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
28. 2.130 km S of Sand Point, AlaskaThu, Sep 16, 11:49 AM AKDT · 1832 days ago · 49 km deep · 63 km away
29. 3.142 km NE of Nelson Lagoon, AlaskaFri, Sep 17, 2:04 PM AKDT · 1831 days ago · 180 km deep · 84 km away
30. 2.730 km ESE of Sand Point, AlaskaSun, Sep 19, 12:36 AM AKDT · 1830 days ago · 18 km deep · 73 km away
31. 2.055 km S of Sand Point, AlaskaSun, Sep 19, 7:40 PM AKDT · 1829 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away
32. 1.728 km SW of Sand Point, AlaskaTue, Sep 21, 12:45 AM AKDT · 1828 days ago · 61 km deep · 40 km away
33. 2.95 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, AlaskaTue, Sep 21, 4:06 AM AKDT · 1828 days ago · 172 km deep · 50 km away
34. 2.6Alaska PeninsulaTue, Sep 21, 11:35 PM AKDT · 1827 days ago · 159 km deep · 39 km away
35. 1.735 km SE of Sand Point, AlaskaWed, Sep 22, 12:29 PM AKDT · 1826 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
36. 1.665 km SSW of Sand Point, AlaskaSun, Sep 26, 9:39 AM AKDT · 1822 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
37. 1.948 km S of Sand Point, AlaskaMon, Sep 27, 11:20 AM AKDT · 1821 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
38. 2.321 km E of Sand Point, AlaskaMon, Sep 27, 3:56 PM AKDT · 1821 days ago · 67 km deep · 63 km away
39. 1.511 km NE of King Cove, AlaskaWed, Sep 29, 5:02 PM AKDT · 1819 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
40. 2.044 km SE of Sand Point, AlaskaMon, Oct 4, 6:17 PM AKDT · 1814 days ago · 37 km deep · 85 km away
41. 1.759 km SSE of Sand Point, AlaskaThu, Oct 7, 5:21 AM AKDT · 1812 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
42. 2.155 km ESE of Sand Point, AlaskaFri, Oct 8, 6:31 AM AKDT · 1810 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
43. 3.062 km SSE of Sand Point, AlaskaSat, Oct 9, 9:56 PM AKDT · 1809 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away
44. 1.844 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaWed, Oct 13, 9:58 AM AKDT · 1805 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
45. 1.958 km SSE of Sand Point, AlaskaWed, Oct 13, 11:53 AM AKDT · 1805 days ago · 18 km deep · 97 km away
46. 2.869 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaThu, Oct 14, 5:54 AM AKDT · 1804 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
47. 1.734 km ENE of King Cove, AlaskaThu, Oct 14, 12:29 PM AKDT · 1804 days ago · 93 km deep · 60 km away
48. 2.018 km SW of Sand Point, AlaskaFri, Oct 15, 10:16 PM AKDT · 1803 days ago · 62 km deep · 39 km away
49. 3.069 km S of Sand Point, AlaskaWed, Oct 20, 6:07 PM AKDT · 1798 days ago · 27 km deep · 93 km away
50. 1.565 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaThu, Oct 21, 4:32 AM AKDT · 1798 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away

Before

1. 1.868 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaMon, Aug 23, 10:02 AM AKDT · 1856 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
2. 1.813 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaMon, Aug 23, 7:37 AM AKDT · 1856 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
3. 2.046 km N of Sand Point, AlaskaSun, Aug 22, 6:42 AM AKDT · 1857 days ago · 99 km deep · 42 km away
4. 1.857 km ESE of Sand Point, AlaskaSat, Aug 21, 2:05 AM AKDT · 1859 days ago · 42 km deep · 99 km away
5. 1.618 km S of Nelson Lagoon, AlaskaFri, Aug 20, 12:18 PM AKDT · 1859 days ago · 160 km deep · 37 km away
6. 1.679 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaThu, Aug 19, 12:46 AM AKDT · 1861 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
7. 1.730 km SSE of Sand Point, AlaskaWed, Aug 18, 6:10 PM AKDT · 1861 days ago · 57 km deep · 69 km away
8. 2.915 km NW of Nelson Lagoon, AlaskaWed, Aug 18, 5:35 PM AKDT · 1861 days ago · 203 km deep · 68 km away
9. 3.052 km SSE of Sand Point, AlaskaTue, Aug 17, 9:30 AM AKDT · 1862 days ago · 29 km deep · 86 km away
10. 2.649 km ESE of Sand Point, AlaskaSun, Aug 15, 11:54 PM AKDT · 1864 days ago · 50 km deep · 91 km away
11. 1.840 km ESE of King Cove, AlaskaFri, Aug 13, 10:21 PM AKDT · 1866 days ago · 96 km deep · 73 km away
12. 1.838 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, AlaskaFri, Aug 13, 12:38 PM AKDT · 1866 days ago · 136 km deep · 39 km away
13. 2.137 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaFri, Aug 13, 4:10 AM AKDT · 1867 days ago · 82 km deep · 100 km away
14. 3.056 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaMon, Aug 9, 3:29 AM AKDT · 1871 days ago · 81 km deep · 95 km away
15. 3.020 km N of King Cove, AlaskaSun, Aug 8, 5:59 PM AKDT · 1871 days ago · 161 km deep · 82 km away
16. 2.964 km SW of Sand Point, AlaskaSat, Aug 7, 9:07 PM AKDT · 1872 days ago · 76 km deep · 73 km away
17. 2.159 km E of Sand Point, AlaskaSat, Aug 7, 3:07 PM AKDT · 1872 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
18. 1.727 km SSE of Sand Point, AlaskaFri, Aug 6, 6:04 AM AKDT · 1873 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
19. 3.330 km S of Sand Point, AlaskaFri, Aug 6, 5:50 AM AKDT · 1873 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
20. 2.760 km NNE of King Cove, AlaskaWed, Aug 4, 10:30 PM AKDT · 1875 days ago · 150 km deep · 56 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021aw215iu. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 12:58 AM UTC.