Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 28 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 28 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Sep 21, 2021, 12:45 AM AKDT (08:45 UTC), 61 km (38 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 86 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-09-21 08:45:13 UTC
Depth
61.0 km (37.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.184° N, 160.860° 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
16

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 120 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.698 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 2.95 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 172 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 2.989 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 1833 days ago · 159 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 2.080 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 1.976 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 1.735 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 1.975 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 2.293 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 2.495 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 2.372 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 1.675 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 1.644 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 71 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 1.876 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1830 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 1.665 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  16. 2.199 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 3.195 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 22 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 1.891 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  19. 1.948 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away
  20. 2.321 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 67 km deep · 48 km away
  21. 1.990 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
  22. 1.511 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  23. 2.294 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  24. 2.2south of Alaska · 1823 days ago · 21 km deep · 92 km away
  25. 2.469 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
  26. 2.044 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 37 km deep · 54 km away
  27. 2.284 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
  28. 1.786 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  29. 1.968 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 19 km deep · 93 km away
  30. 2.065 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 47 km deep · 90 km away
  31. 2.194 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
  32. 1.978 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 23 km deep · 94 km away
  33. 1.759 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 21 km deep · 62 km away
  34. 2.155 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
  35. 2.959 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 27 km deep · 90 km away
  36. 2.259 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 23 km deep · 69 km away
  37. 3.062 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
  38. 2.398 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 27 km deep · 99 km away
  39. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 1814 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  40. 1.989 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  41. 2.472 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  42. 1.844 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  43. 1.958 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
  44. 2.875 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  45. 2.869 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  46. 2.9103 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
  47. 2.161 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away
  48. 1.734 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 93 km deep · 60 km away
  49. 3.792 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  50. 2.273 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
  51. 2.3south of Alaska · 1809 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
  52. 2.018 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 62 km deep · 10 km away
  53. 2.191 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 22 km deep · 92 km away
  54. 2.396 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
  55. 3.069 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 27 km deep · 53 km away
  56. 2.889 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 29 km deep · 96 km away
  57. 1.565 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  58. 2.865 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  59. 2.489 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
  60. 2.590 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 24 km deep · 92 km away

The first 60 of 126.

Before

  1. 2.055 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 23 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 2.1101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 2.698 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1835 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 2.730 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1836 days ago · 18 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 2.130 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 49 km deep · 26 km away
  6. 2.084 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 1.888 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 18 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 2.258 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 3.299 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 2.863 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 24 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 2.044 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 2.098 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 21 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 2.845 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 61 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 1.622 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
  15. 1.694 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 1.929 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 2.697 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 2.069 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 1.585 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 3.393 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away

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