Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 96 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 96 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Oct 19, 2021, 11:14 PM AKDT (07:14 UTC), 17 km (10 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 69 km S of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-10-20 07:14:56 UTC
Depth
16.5 km (10.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.583° N, 159.755° 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
13

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. 3.069 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 27 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 2.0108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 50 km deep · 13 km away
  3. 2.889 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 29 km deep · 19 km away
  4. 2.865 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 3.0110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 16 km deep · 17 km away
  6. 2.590 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 24 km deep · 6 km away
  7. 3.3114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 11 km deep · 19 km away
  8. 2.9121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 20 km deep · 28 km away
  9. 2.1108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 21 km deep · 12 km away
  10. 2.1118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 22 km deep · 29 km away
  11. 1.962 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 19 km deep · 35 km away
  12. 2.4120 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 40 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 2.678 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 12 km deep · 59 km away
  14. 2.4105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  15. 2.4110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 21 km deep · 14 km away
  16. 3.859 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
  17. 2.291 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 25 km deep · 12 km away
  18. 2.9128 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 19 km deep · 34 km away
  19. 2.175 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 2.058 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 36 km deep · 62 km away
  21. 3.1137 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
  22. 1.883 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 45 km deep · 100 km away
  23. 5.195 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 28 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 3
  24. 2.1110 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 55 km deep · 88 km away
  25. 2.1109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 23 km deep · 13 km away
  26. 2.9113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 23 km deep · 19 km away
  27. 2.3107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 23 km deep · 12 km away
  28. 3.0103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 20 km deep · 12 km away
  29. 2.3110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 19 km deep · 15 km away
  30. 2.0113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 30 km deep · 18 km away
  31. 2.990 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 28 km deep · 6 km away
  32. 2.9134 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 28 km deep · 39 km away
  33. 3.198 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 23 km deep · 79 km away
  34. 2.380 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 19 km deep · 16 km away
  35. 2.276 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  36. 2.3107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 25 km deep · 12 km away
  37. 3.1south of Alaska · 1787 days ago · 23 km deep · 10 km away
  38. 5.6115 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 5 · tsunami flag
  39. 3.0130 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  40. 2.6106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 18 km deep · 14 km away
  41. 2.4113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 15 km deep · 18 km away
  42. 1.755 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
  43. 3.3111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 19 km deep · 15 km away
  44. 2.195 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 15 km deep · 3 km away
  45. 2.1100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 14 km deep · 9 km away
  46. 1.8101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 32 km deep · 7 km away
  47. 2.199 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 16 km deep · 10 km away
  48. 1.876 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  49. 2.1126 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 23 km deep · 35 km away
  50. 2.051 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  51. 1.954 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 49 km deep · 98 km away
  52. 3.2112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 23 km deep · 17 km away
  53. 2.356 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 52 km deep · 88 km away
  54. 1.875 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 25 km deep · 21 km away
  55. 2.4117 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away
  56. 3.248 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 41 km deep · 48 km away
  57. 3.626 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 60 km deep · 71 km away
  58. 2.193 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  59. 1.797 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 25 km deep · 3 km away
  60. 2.9114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 28 km deep · 19 km away

The first 60 of 169.

Before

  1. 2.9126 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
  2. 2.7109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 21 km deep · 26 km away
  3. 2.7146 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  4. 1.8south of Alaska · 1800 days ago · 18 km deep · 7 km away
  5. 2.191 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 22 km deep · 5 km away
  6. 2.6106 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 34 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 2.2120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 25 km deep · 24 km away
  8. 2.5115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1802 days ago · 21 km deep · 26 km away
  9. 2.018 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 62 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 2.3south of Alaska · 1803 days ago · 12 km deep · 19 km away
  11. 2.4106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 22 km deep · 11 km away
  12. 2.875 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 2.2118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 18 km deep · 29 km away
  14. 1.958 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 18 km deep · 38 km away
  15. 2.6108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 23 km deep · 14 km away
  16. 2.7116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 22 km deep · 31 km away
  17. 2.472 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  18. 3.0116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
  19. 2.9120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 21 km deep · 28 km away
  20. 3.2103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 19 km deep · 8 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021dgopuat. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:36 PM UTC.