M1.5 earthquake 16 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 16 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska on Sat, Aug 28, 2021, 4:49 AM AKDT (12:49 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.8 74 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-28 12:49:15 UTC
- Depth
- 13.7 km (8.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 55.218° N, 160.349° 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
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 199 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.874 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.980 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.846 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 74 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.9106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.0108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.5115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.7108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.8101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.755 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.716 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 15 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.9114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.069 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.762 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 41 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.972 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.551 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 23 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.899 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.7113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.872 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.176 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.171 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 1850 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.173 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.656 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 17 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.697 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.753 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 77 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.492 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 22 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.673 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.769 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 23 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.769 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 22 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.769 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 21 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.972 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.995 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 23 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.7112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.170 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.084 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.814 km N of Sand Point, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 76 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.9103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.894 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.9110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 29 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.753 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 120 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.972 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 20 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.7south of Alaska · 1847 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.9108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.1107 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.8112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.7109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 23 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.6106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.9113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.2112 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 23 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.077 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.0101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.0105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 28 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.096 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.1112 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.072 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.7111 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.0112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.191 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.999 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 27 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.992 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 18 km deep · 76 km away
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