Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 94 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 94 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Oct 6, 2021, 7:49 AM AKDT (15:49 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.4 121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

Sand Point forecastMore in Alaska

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-10-06 15:49:49 UTC
Depth
25.4 km (15.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.636° N, 159.664° 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: 169 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.759 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 21 km deep · 36 km away
  2. 2.155 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 2.4121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 16 km deep · 33 km away
  4. 2.8127 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 28 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 2.259 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 23 km deep · 37 km away
  6. 3.062 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 25 km deep · 34 km away
  7. 2.398 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 27 km deep · 10 km away
  8. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 1808 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
  9. 1.989 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 2.2118 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 2.9111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
  12. 3.4110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 19 km deep · 25 km away
  13. 2.9109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 22 km deep · 23 km away
  14. 2.8106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 15 km deep · 24 km away
  15. 3.2103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 19 km deep · 16 km away
  16. 2.9120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 21 km deep · 35 km away
  17. 3.0116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 2.472 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  19. 2.7116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 22 km deep · 39 km away
  20. 2.6108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 23 km deep · 22 km away
  21. 1.958 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 18 km deep · 36 km away
  22. 2.2118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 18 km deep · 36 km away
  23. 2.875 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  24. 2.4106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 22 km deep · 17 km away
  25. 2.3south of Alaska · 1803 days ago · 12 km deep · 12 km away
  26. 2.018 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 62 km deep · 96 km away
  27. 2.5115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 21 km deep · 34 km away
  28. 2.2120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 25 km deep · 26 km away
  29. 2.682 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
  30. 2.6106 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 34 km deep · 76 km away
  31. 2.191 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 22 km deep · 9 km away
  32. 1.8south of Alaska · 1800 days ago · 18 km deep · 15 km away
  33. 2.7146 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  34. 2.7109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 21 km deep · 34 km away
  35. 2.9126 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
  36. 2.396 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 17 km deep · 8 km away
  37. 3.069 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 27 km deep · 64 km away
  38. 2.0108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 50 km deep · 19 km away
  39. 2.889 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 29 km deep · 11 km away
  40. 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 1797 days ago · 38 km deep · 95 km away
  41. 2.865 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  42. 3.0110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 16 km deep · 24 km away
  43. 2.590 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 24 km deep · 7 km away
  44. 3.3114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 11 km deep · 25 km away
  45. 2.9121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 20 km deep · 35 km away
  46. 2.1108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 21 km deep · 15 km away
  47. 2.1118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 22 km deep · 36 km away
  48. 1.962 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 19 km deep · 32 km away
  49. 2.4120 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 40 km deep · 92 km away
  50. 2.678 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
  51. 2.4105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  52. 2.4110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 21 km deep · 19 km away
  53. 3.859 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  54. 2.291 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 25 km deep · 4 km away
  55. 2.9128 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 19 km deep · 40 km away
  56. 2.175 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 11 km deep · 55 km away
  57. 2.058 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 36 km deep · 56 km away
  58. 3.1137 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
  59. 5.195 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 28 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 3
  60. 2.1110 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 55 km deep · 95 km away

The first 60 of 169.

Before

  1. 2.065 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 47 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 2.2108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 2.2124 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 2.044 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 37 km deep · 50 km away
  5. 2.1102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 20 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 3.1135 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 50 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 2.469 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
  8. 2.2south of Alaska · 1817 days ago · 21 km deep · 17 km away
  9. 2.5110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 21 km deep · 26 km away
  10. 2.294 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 26 km deep · 0 km away
  11. 3.3122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 29 km deep · 32 km away
  12. 2.2123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 17 km deep · 30 km away
  13. 2.9111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
  14. 2.321 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 67 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 1.948 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 12 km deep · 54 km away
  16. 1.891 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 3.195 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 22 km deep · 5 km away
  18. 2.1125 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
  19. 2.1111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 27 km deep · 17 km away
  20. 2.776 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1822 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away

Earthquakes todayAlaska earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021cto5xsn. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:10 PM UTC.