Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 75 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 75 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska on Fri, Sep 24, 2021, 3:18 PM AKDT (23:18 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.8 76 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
2021-09-24 23:18:13 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.043° N, 159.433° 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: 175 in the 60 days after this one and 24 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.644 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 71 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 1.876 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 2.890 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 27 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 2.199 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 2.776 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 25 km deep · 24 km away
  6. 2.1111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 27 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 2.1125 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 2.765 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 3.195 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 22 km deep · 52 km away
  10. 1.948 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
  11. 2.321 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 67 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 2.9111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 2.2123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 17 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 2.460 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 3.3122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 29 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 2.294 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
  17. 2.5110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 21 km deep · 74 km away
  18. 2.2south of Alaska · 1817 days ago · 21 km deep · 61 km away
  19. 2.469 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
  20. 3.1135 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 50 km deep · 74 km away
  21. 2.155 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
  22. 2.1102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
  23. 2.044 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 37 km deep · 41 km away
  24. 2.667 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
  25. 2.262 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 22 km deep · 84 km away
  26. 2.2124 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
  27. 2.2108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  28. 2.065 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 47 km deep · 30 km away
  29. 2.194 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 25 km deep · 48 km away
  30. 1.759 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 21 km deep · 44 km away
  31. 2.155 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away
  32. 2.4121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 16 km deep · 81 km away
  33. 2.8127 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 28 km deep · 89 km away
  34. 2.259 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 23 km deep · 30 km away
  35. 2.658 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
  36. 3.062 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 25 km deep · 48 km away
  37. 2.398 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 27 km deep · 57 km away
  38. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 1808 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  39. 2.9111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
  40. 3.4110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 19 km deep · 72 km away
  41. 2.9109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 22 km deep · 71 km away
  42. 2.8106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
  43. 3.2103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 19 km deep · 63 km away
  44. 2.9120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away
  45. 3.0116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
  46. 2.472 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  47. 2.7116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 22 km deep · 86 km away
  48. 2.6108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 23 km deep · 69 km away
  49. 1.958 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 18 km deep · 42 km away
  50. 3.058 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
  51. 2.2118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 18 km deep · 84 km away
  52. 2.875 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
  53. 2.4106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 22 km deep · 65 km away
  54. 2.3south of Alaska · 1803 days ago · 12 km deep · 36 km away
  55. 2.018 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 62 km deep · 85 km away
  56. 2.5115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 21 km deep · 81 km away
  57. 2.2120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
  58. 2.682 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away
  59. 2.6106 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 34 km deep · 50 km away
  60. 2.191 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 22 km deep · 53 km away

The first 60 of 175.

Before

  1. 3.3106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 2.271 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 14 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 2.8115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 29 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 2.8111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 2.372 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  6. 2.994 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 25 km deep · 27 km away
  7. 2.495 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 18 km deep · 54 km away
  8. 2.293 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 18 km deep · 48 km away
  9. 2.9114 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 19 km deep · 54 km away
  10. 1.735 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  11. 1.976 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  12. 2.080 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
  13. 1.8109 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 1.7123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 1827 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 2.1113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
  17. 1.9105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 18 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 1.8102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  19. 1.6101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 27 km deep · 54 km away
  20. 1.820 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 60 km deep · 78 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021c9yaioi. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:27 PM UTC.