M1.8 earthquake 46 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 46 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Sat, Aug 28, 2021, 10:20 AM AKDT (18:20 UTC), 74 km (46 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 59 km SSE 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
- 1.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-28 18:20:13 UTC
- Depth
- 74.4 km (46.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 55.131° N, 161.140° 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
- 28
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 86 in the 60 days after this one and 62 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.716 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.551 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 23 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.899 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.656 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.753 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 77 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.769 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.769 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 22 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.9108 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.979 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.637 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 88 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.814 km N of Sand Point, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 76 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.725 km ENE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 124 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.753 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 120 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.972 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 20 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.1107 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.072 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.877 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.981 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 17 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.793 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.017 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 89 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.5101 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.889 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.582 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.094 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.891 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.679 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 17 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.645 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 59 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.076 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.854 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 29 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.570 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 34 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.585 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.069 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.697 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.044 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.863 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 24 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.258 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.084 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.130 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 49 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.730 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 18 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.055 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 23 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.728 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 61 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.95 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 172 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.989 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 1828 days ago · 159 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.735 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.975 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 17 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.286 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.665 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.891 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.948 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 12 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.321 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 67 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.990 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.511 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.7107 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 60 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.044 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 37 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.284 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.786 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.968 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 19 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.978 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 23 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.759 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away
The first 60 of 86.
Before
- 1.516 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 14 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.617 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.057 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 115 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.795 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.880 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 28 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.614 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 79 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.692 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.214 km W of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 207 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.880 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 25 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.869 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 19 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.542 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 93 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.554 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 44 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.998 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.868 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.813 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.046 km N of Sand Point, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 99 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.086 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.857 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 42 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.618 km S of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 160 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.679 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
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