Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 14 km N of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 14 km N of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Aug 31, 2021, 11:11 PM AKDT (07:11 UTC), 76 km (47 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.9 72 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-09-01 07:11:09 UTC
Depth
76.3 km (47.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.468° N, 160.545° 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
29

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 63 in the 60 days after this one and 83 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.753 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 120 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 1.972 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 2.072 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 1.645 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 59 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 2.379 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 1.9south of Alaska · 1846 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 1.971 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 2.854 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 29 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 3.784 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 1.880 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 1.576 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 2.069 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 1.929 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  14. 1.622 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 2.845 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 61 km deep · 59 km away
  16. 2.044 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  17. 2.863 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 24 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 2.258 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 2.084 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 2.130 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 49 km deep · 46 km away
  21. 3.142 km NE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 180 km deep · 85 km away
  22. 2.730 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 18 km deep · 42 km away
  23. 2.055 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 23 km deep · 70 km away
  24. 1.728 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 61 km deep · 37 km away
  25. 2.95 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 172 km deep · 70 km away
  26. 1.820 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 60 km deep · 82 km away
  27. 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 1828 days ago · 159 km deep · 53 km away
  28. 2.080 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  29. 1.976 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  30. 1.735 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  31. 2.372 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  32. 1.675 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  33. 1.644 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 71 km deep · 68 km away
  34. 1.876 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  35. 1.665 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
  36. 2.776 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
  37. 1.948 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
  38. 2.321 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 67 km deep · 29 km away
  39. 2.469 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
  40. 2.044 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 37 km deep · 58 km away
  41. 2.065 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 47 km deep · 70 km away
  42. 2.122 km N of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  43. 1.759 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 21 km deep · 73 km away
  44. 2.155 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
  45. 2.259 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 23 km deep · 72 km away
  46. 3.062 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
  47. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 1810 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  48. 2.472 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  49. 1.958 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 18 km deep · 73 km away
  50. 2.875 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  51. 1.734 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 93 km deep · 87 km away
  52. 2.3south of Alaska · 1804 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
  53. 2.018 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 62 km deep · 28 km away
  54. 3.069 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 27 km deep · 83 km away
  55. 2.865 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  56. 1.962 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 19 km deep · 76 km away
  57. 2.126 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 60 km deep · 82 km away
  58. 2.678 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
  59. 3.859 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  60. 2.175 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away

The first 60 of 63.

Before

  1. 2.084 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 2.170 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 1.972 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 1.769 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 21 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 1.769 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 22 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 1.769 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 23 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 2.673 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 2.753 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 77 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 2.656 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 17 km deep · 67 km away
  10. 2.173 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 1852 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 2.171 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 3.176 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 1.872 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  15. 1.551 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 23 km deep · 67 km away
  16. 1.972 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 1.762 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 41 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 2.069 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 1.716 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 15 km deep · 31 km away
  20. 1.755 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021b7nd3cj. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 9:39 AM UTC.