Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 94 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 94 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Sep 7, 2021, 7:25 PM AKDT (03:25 UTC), 27 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.2 118 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-09-08 03:25:04 UTC
Depth
26.5 km (16.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.638° N, 159.658° 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: 181 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.2118 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 28 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 2.845 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 61 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 3.5105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 20 km deep · 17 km away
  4. 2.098 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 21 km deep · 17 km away
  5. 2.7101 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 2.5114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 21 km deep · 21 km away
  7. 2.044 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
  8. 2.863 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 24 km deep · 41 km away
  9. 2.2105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1837 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 3.0105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 23 km deep · 16 km away
  11. 2.2122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 12 km deep · 35 km away
  12. 3.299 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  13. 2.9103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 23 km deep · 15 km away
  14. 2.258 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 1.888 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 18 km deep · 10 km away
  16. 2.084 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 20 km deep · 11 km away
  17. 2.3120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 32 km deep · 30 km away
  18. 2.3134 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 2.130 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 49 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 2.6126 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
  21. 3.3118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  22. 2.7103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 20 km deep · 17 km away
  23. 2.6103 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 30 km deep · 48 km away
  24. 2.1102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 17 km deep · 16 km away
  25. 2.730 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 18 km deep · 68 km away
  26. 2.2109 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 29 km deep · 15 km away
  27. 3.2south of Alaska · 1829 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  28. 4.3131 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 17 km deep · 70 km away
  29. 2.5109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 17 km deep · 23 km away
  30. 2.5120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 19 km deep · 32 km away
  31. 2.8108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 15 km deep · 25 km away
  32. 3.1117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 24 km deep · 23 km away
  33. 2.698 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  34. 3.1104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 18 km deep · 24 km away
  35. 2.7112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  36. 2.1101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 16 km deep · 19 km away
  37. 3.0133 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 19 km deep · 67 km away
  38. 2.6107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 19 km deep · 24 km away
  39. 2.055 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 23 km deep · 50 km away
  40. 2.8111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  41. 2.5107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 22 km deep · 21 km away
  42. 2.4109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 24 km deep · 20 km away
  43. 2.574 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  44. 2.3104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 22 km deep · 16 km away
  45. 1.728 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 61 km deep · 98 km away
  46. 2.698 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 27 km deep · 12 km away
  47. 2.0103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  48. 1.6101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 27 km deep · 8 km away
  49. 1.8102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
  50. 1.9105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 18 km deep · 20 km away
  51. 2.1113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 14 km deep · 24 km away
  52. 1.7123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
  53. 1.8109 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
  54. 2.080 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
  55. 1.976 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  56. 1.735 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  57. 2.9114 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 19 km deep · 74 km away
  58. 2.293 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 18 km deep · 3 km away
  59. 2.495 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 18 km deep · 8 km away
  60. 2.994 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away

The first 60 of 181.

Before

  1. 2.069 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
  2. 3.393 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 26 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 1.699 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
  4. 1.576 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 1.8103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 22 km deep · 12 km away
  6. 1.7106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 20 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 1.592 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
  8. 1.880 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  9. 3.784 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 1.8123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 17 km deep · 36 km away
  11. 2.0120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  12. 2.854 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 29 km deep · 49 km away
  13. 2.199 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 17 km deep · 18 km away
  14. 2.0116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1843 days ago · 16 km deep · 27 km away
  15. 1.971 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  16. 2.7117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 21 km deep · 32 km away
  17. 1.9south of Alaska · 1844 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 2.379 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away

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