Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 18 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 18 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska on Fri, Oct 15, 2021, 10:16 PM AKDT (06:16 UTC), 62 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
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-10-16 06:16:28 UTC
Depth
61.9 km (38.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.237° N, 160.734° 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
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 114 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.191 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 22 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 1.8south of Alaska · 1803 days ago · 18 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 2.396 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 3.069 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 27 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 2.889 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 29 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 1.565 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 2.865 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 2.590 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 24 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 1.962 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 19 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 2.678 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 1.515 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 3.859 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
  13. 2.291 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 2.175 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 2.058 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 36 km deep · 70 km away
  16. 2.420 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 119 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 1.883 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 45 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 2.1110 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 55 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 2.990 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 28 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 2.380 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 19 km deep · 81 km away
  21. 2.276 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  22. 1.755 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  23. 1.841 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 107 km deep · 57 km away
  24. 2.195 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
  25. 2.1100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
  26. 2.199 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
  27. 1.876 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  28. 2.051 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
  29. 1.739 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  30. 1.954 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 49 km deep · 36 km away
  31. 2.356 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 52 km deep · 73 km away
  32. 2.435 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 23 km deep · 72 km away
  33. 1.875 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
  34. 2.835 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 206 km deep · 85 km away
  35. 3.248 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 41 km deep · 50 km away
  36. 3.626 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 60 km deep · 26 km away
  37. 2.193 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  38. 1.797 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
  39. 2.930 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 71 km deep · 83 km away
  40. 2.723 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 92 km deep · 85 km away
  41. 1.566 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  42. 1.599 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
  43. 1.9100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
  44. 1.592 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
  45. 1.899 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 19 km deep · 99 km away
  46. 1.594 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
  47. 2.153 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
  48. 2.256 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 23 km deep · 59 km away
  49. 1.972 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 39 km deep · 74 km away
  50. 2.295 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  51. 1.897 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 38 km deep · 98 km away
  52. 2.176 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  53. 1.766 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 56 km deep · 48 km away
  54. 2.831 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 172 km deep · 99 km away
  55. 2.281 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 19 km deep · 76 km away
  56. 2.192 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  57. 1.675 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 45 km deep · 88 km away
  58. 2.856 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 23 km deep · 57 km away
  59. 4.386 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
  60. 1.992 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away

The first 60 of 114.

Before

  1. 2.3south of Alaska · 1806 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 2.273 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 1.734 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 93 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 2.869 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 2.875 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 1.958 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 18 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 1.844 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 2.472 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 1.989 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 1811 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 2.398 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 3.062 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 25 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 2.259 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 2.155 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 1.759 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 21 km deep · 59 km away
  16. 2.194 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 2.065 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 47 km deep · 81 km away
  18. 2.044 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1817 days ago · 37 km deep · 49 km away
  19. 2.469 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
  20. 2.2south of Alaska · 1820 days ago · 21 km deep · 92 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021da1ze07. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 2:42 AM UTC.