Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 45 km E of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 45 km E of Sand Point, Alaska on Sat, Sep 4, 2021, 2:23 AM AKDT (10:23 UTC), 59 km (36 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.3 79 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-09-04 10:23:25 UTC
Depth
58.6 km (36.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.409° N, 159.791° 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
11

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 126 in the 60 days after this one and 73 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.379 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 1.9south of Alaska · 1846 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 1.971 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  4. 2.167 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 2.199 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 2.854 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 29 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 3.784 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 1.880 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 1.592 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 2.071 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 1.8103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 1.576 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  13. 1.699 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 3.393 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 1.759 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 54 km deep · 81 km away
  16. 1.973 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 2.069 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
  18. 1.757 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
  19. 1.929 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  20. 1.694 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 27 km deep · 86 km away
  21. 1.622 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
  22. 2.845 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 61 km deep · 16 km away
  23. 2.098 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 21 km deep · 97 km away
  24. 2.7101 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  25. 2.038 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 42 km deep · 63 km away
  26. 2.044 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
  27. 2.863 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 24 km deep · 75 km away
  28. 2.359 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away
  29. 2.9103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 23 km deep · 100 km away
  30. 2.258 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  31. 1.888 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 18 km deep · 85 km away
  32. 2.084 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
  33. 2.130 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 49 km deep · 61 km away
  34. 2.6103 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 30 km deep · 73 km away
  35. 2.1102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 17 km deep · 100 km away
  36. 2.730 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 18 km deep · 30 km away
  37. 2.2109 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 29 km deep · 99 km away
  38. 2.698 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  39. 2.055 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 23 km deep · 72 km away
  40. 2.574 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  41. 1.728 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 61 km deep · 72 km away
  42. 2.698 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 27 km deep · 95 km away
  43. 1.820 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 60 km deep · 46 km away
  44. 1.6101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 27 km deep · 94 km away
  45. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 1828 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
  46. 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 1828 days ago · 159 km deep · 91 km away
  47. 1.8109 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  48. 2.080 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
  49. 1.976 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  50. 1.735 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  51. 2.9114 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 19 km deep · 92 km away
  52. 2.293 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away
  53. 2.495 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 18 km deep · 90 km away
  54. 2.994 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
  55. 2.372 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  56. 2.271 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
  57. 1.675 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  58. 1.644 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 71 km deep · 22 km away
  59. 1.876 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  60. 2.199 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away

The first 60 of 126.

Before

  1. 1.996 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 1.691 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 16 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 2.094 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 2.2108 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 1.8100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 2.391 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 2.0100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 1.992 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 18 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 1.999 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 27 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 2.191 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 2.096 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 2.0105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 28 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 2.0101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 2.077 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 4.6106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
  16. 1.769 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 43 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 1.972 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 20 km deep · 55 km away
  18. 1.894 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 1.814 km N of Sand Point, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 76 km deep · 48 km away
  20. 2.084 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1849 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away

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