Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 69 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 69 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska on Mon, Aug 30, 2021, 3:38 PM AKDT (23:38 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 95 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2021-08-30 23:38:17 UTC
Depth
20.9 km (13.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.013° N, 159.567° 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
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

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

After

  1. 1.972 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 1.961 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 2.995 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 23 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 2.7112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 2.170 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  6. 2.489 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 2.084 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  8. 2.0116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1860 days ago · 20 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 1.814 km N of Sand Point, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 76 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 2.1129 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 41 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 1.9103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 1.894 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  13. 1.9110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 29 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 1.972 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 20 km deep · 10 km away
  15. 2.7south of Alaska · 1859 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 1.7128 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 28 km deep · 77 km away
  17. 1.9108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1859 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
  18. 2.4144 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 2.8112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 21 km deep · 66 km away
  20. 1.769 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 43 km deep · 92 km away
  21. 3.7109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 23 km deep · 58 km away
  22. 4.6106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
  23. 1.9113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
  24. 2.6122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
  25. 2.2112 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 23 km deep · 56 km away
  26. 2.077 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away
  27. 2.0101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  28. 2.0105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 28 km deep · 55 km away
  29. 2.096 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
  30. 2.1112 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
  31. 2.072 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  32. 2.7111 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
  33. 2.0112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
  34. 2.191 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1858 days ago · 21 km deep · 44 km away
  35. 1.999 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 27 km deep · 50 km away
  36. 1.8124 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
  37. 1.992 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 18 km deep · 45 km away
  38. 1.9110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 21 km deep · 57 km away
  39. 2.0100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
  40. 2.391 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
  41. 1.8100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 14 km deep · 55 km away
  42. 2.2108 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
  43. 2.094 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  44. 1.691 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 16 km deep · 48 km away
  45. 1.996 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1857 days ago · 22 km deep · 47 km away
  46. 1.645 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 59 km deep · 46 km away
  47. 2.379 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  48. 1.9south of Alaska · 1856 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  49. 2.7117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 21 km deep · 74 km away
  50. 1.971 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  51. 2.0116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away
  52. 2.167 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
  53. 2.199 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 17 km deep · 57 km away
  54. 2.854 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 29 km deep · 51 km away
  55. 2.0120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  56. 1.8123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 17 km deep · 79 km away
  57. 3.784 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
  58. 1.880 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  59. 1.592 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
  60. 2.071 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 2.6150 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 1.769 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 22 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 1.769 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 23 km deep · 4 km away
  4. 2.673 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  5. 2.492 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 22 km deep · 39 km away
  6. 2.753 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 77 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 2.064 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 1.697 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
  9. 1.985 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1861 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 1.663 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 1.659 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 28 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 2.656 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 17 km deep · 13 km away
  13. 2.173 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  14. 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 1862 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  15. 2.171 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
  16. 3.176 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  17. 2.0138 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 1.872 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  19. 1.7113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 1.551 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1862 days ago · 23 km deep · 50 km away

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