Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 65 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 65 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Sun, Sep 26, 2021, 9:39 AM AKDT (17:39 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.1 99 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-09-26 17:39:55 UTC
Depth
13.1 km (8.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.828° N, 161.000° 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
15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 165 in the 60 days after this one and 34 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.199 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 2.1125 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 3.195 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 22 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 1.891 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 1.948 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 12 km deep · 41 km away
  6. 2.321 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 67 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 2.9111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 1.990 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
  9. 1.511 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 2.294 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 2.5110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 2.2south of Alaska · 1818 days ago · 21 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 2.469 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 2.7107 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 60 km deep · 67 km away
  15. 2.1102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 2.044 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 37 km deep · 63 km away
  17. 2.284 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 16 km deep · 57 km away
  18. 1.786 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
  19. 2.2124 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 1.968 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 19 km deep · 60 km away
  21. 2.2108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  22. 2.194 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
  23. 1.978 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 23 km deep · 57 km away
  24. 1.759 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 21 km deep · 61 km away
  25. 2.155 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
  26. 2.4121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
  27. 2.8127 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 28 km deep · 100 km away
  28. 2.959 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 27 km deep · 60 km away
  29. 2.259 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 23 km deep · 74 km away
  30. 3.062 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away
  31. 2.398 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 27 km deep · 86 km away
  32. 1.989 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
  33. 2.2118 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
  34. 2.9111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
  35. 3.4110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 19 km deep · 89 km away
  36. 2.9109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 22 km deep · 88 km away
  37. 2.8106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 15 km deep · 84 km away
  38. 3.2103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 19 km deep · 87 km away
  39. 2.9120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
  40. 3.0116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
  41. 2.7116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 22 km deep · 86 km away
  42. 2.6108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 23 km deep · 88 km away
  43. 1.844 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  44. 1.958 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
  45. 2.2118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 18 km deep · 90 km away
  46. 2.869 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
  47. 2.9103 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 18 km deep · 59 km away
  48. 2.161 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 25 km deep · 69 km away
  49. 2.153 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 52 km deep · 93 km away
  50. 1.734 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 93 km deep · 64 km away
  51. 2.4106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 22 km deep · 89 km away
  52. 3.792 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  53. 2.273 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 25 km deep · 52 km away
  54. 2.3south of Alaska · 1804 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
  55. 2.018 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 62 km deep · 49 km away
  56. 2.5115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
  57. 2.191 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 22 km deep · 80 km away
  58. 1.8south of Alaska · 1800 days ago · 18 km deep · 85 km away
  59. 2.7109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 21 km deep · 80 km away
  60. 2.396 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 17 km deep · 85 km away

The first 60 of 165.

Before

  1. 3.3106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 2.8115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 29 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 2.8111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 2.286 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 2.372 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 2.495 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 18 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 2.293 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 1.975 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 17 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 1.735 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 1.7123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 2.989 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 2.1113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 1.9105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 1.8102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 1.6101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 27 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 2.0103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 2.698 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 27 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 1.728 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1828 days ago · 61 km deep · 41 km away
  19. 2.3104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 22 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 2.4109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 24 km deep · 93 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021cd5x7cf. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 1:06 PM UTC.