Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 125 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 125 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Sun, Sep 26, 2021, 10:17 PM AKDT (06:17 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 95 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-09-27 06:17:43 UTC
Depth
25.8 km (16.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.301° N, 159.744° 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
18

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 145 in the 60 days after this one and 54 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.195 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 22 km deep · 34 km away
  2. 1.891 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 1.948 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 2.9111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 2.2123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 17 km deep · 14 km away
  6. 3.3122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 29 km deep · 8 km away
  7. 2.294 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
  8. 2.5110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 21 km deep · 14 km away
  9. 2.2south of Alaska · 1817 days ago · 21 km deep · 31 km away
  10. 2.469 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 3.1135 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 50 km deep · 39 km away
  12. 2.1102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 20 km deep · 23 km away
  13. 2.044 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 37 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 2.2124 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 20 km deep · 7 km away
  15. 2.2108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  16. 2.194 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 25 km deep · 38 km away
  17. 1.759 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 21 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 2.4121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 16 km deep · 4 km away
  19. 2.8127 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 28 km deep · 4 km away
  20. 2.259 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 23 km deep · 72 km away
  21. 3.062 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 25 km deep · 62 km away
  22. 2.398 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 27 km deep · 29 km away
  23. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 1808 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  24. 1.989 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  25. 2.2118 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
  26. 2.9111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
  27. 3.4110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 19 km deep · 15 km away
  28. 2.9109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 22 km deep · 16 km away
  29. 2.8106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 15 km deep · 19 km away
  30. 3.2103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 19 km deep · 23 km away
  31. 2.9120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 21 km deep · 5 km away
  32. 3.0116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
  33. 2.472 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  34. 2.7116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 22 km deep · 16 km away
  35. 2.6108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 23 km deep · 17 km away
  36. 1.958 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 18 km deep · 67 km away
  37. 2.2118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 18 km deep · 10 km away
  38. 2.4106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 22 km deep · 21 km away
  39. 2.3south of Alaska · 1803 days ago · 12 km deep · 50 km away
  40. 2.5115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 21 km deep · 12 km away
  41. 2.2120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 25 km deep · 19 km away
  42. 2.191 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 22 km deep · 36 km away
  43. 1.8south of Alaska · 1800 days ago · 18 km deep · 25 km away
  44. 2.7146 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 26 km deep · 22 km away
  45. 2.7109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 21 km deep · 20 km away
  46. 2.9126 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away
  47. 2.396 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 17 km deep · 31 km away
  48. 3.069 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 27 km deep · 74 km away
  49. 2.0108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 50 km deep · 18 km away
  50. 2.889 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 29 km deep · 48 km away
  51. 3.0110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 16 km deep · 14 km away
  52. 2.590 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 24 km deep · 38 km away
  53. 3.3114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 11 km deep · 12 km away
  54. 2.9121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 20 km deep · 3 km away
  55. 2.1108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 21 km deep · 23 km away
  56. 2.1118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 22 km deep · 10 km away
  57. 1.962 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 19 km deep · 66 km away
  58. 2.678 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
  59. 2.4105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  60. 2.4110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 21 km deep · 18 km away

The first 60 of 145.

Before

  1. 2.1111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 27 km deep · 26 km away
  2. 2.199 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 15 km deep · 26 km away
  3. 1.665 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 1.876 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 1.675 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 3.3106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1824 days ago · 20 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 2.8115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 29 km deep · 17 km away
  8. 2.8111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
  9. 2.372 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 2.994 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 2.495 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 18 km deep · 33 km away
  12. 2.293 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 18 km deep · 37 km away
  13. 1.735 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 1.976 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  15. 2.080 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 1.8109 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
  17. 1.7123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
  18. 2.1113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 14 km deep · 14 km away
  19. 1.9105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 18 km deep · 20 km away
  20. 1.8102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021cems1gr. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:12 PM UTC.