Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 91 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 91 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Oct 27, 2021, 8:15 AM AKDT (16:15 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.6 115 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-10-27 16:15:55 UTC
Depth
25.0 km (15.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.673° N, 159.651° 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
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 176 in the 60 days after this one and 69 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.9128 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 19 km deep · 44 km away
  2. 2.175 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 2.058 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 36 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 3.1137 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 5.195 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 28 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 3
  6. 2.1110 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 55 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 2.1109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 23 km deep · 21 km away
  8. 2.9113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 23 km deep · 30 km away
  9. 2.3107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 23 km deep · 23 km away
  10. 3.0103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 20 km deep · 24 km away
  11. 2.3110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 19 km deep · 26 km away
  12. 2.0113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 30 km deep · 27 km away
  13. 2.990 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 28 km deep · 11 km away
  14. 2.9134 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 28 km deep · 48 km away
  15. 3.198 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1791 days ago · 23 km deep · 67 km away
  16. 2.380 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 19 km deep · 13 km away
  17. 2.276 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  18. 2.3107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 25 km deep · 18 km away
  19. 3.1south of Alaska · 1789 days ago · 23 km deep · 21 km away
  20. 5.6115 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 5 · tsunami flag
  21. 3.0130 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  22. 2.6106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 18 km deep · 26 km away
  23. 2.4113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 15 km deep · 28 km away
  24. 1.755 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
  25. 3.3111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 19 km deep · 24 km away
  26. 2.195 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
  27. 2.1100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 14 km deep · 21 km away
  28. 1.8101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 32 km deep · 12 km away
  29. 2.199 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 16 km deep · 22 km away
  30. 1.876 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  31. 2.1126 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 23 km deep · 46 km away
  32. 2.051 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  33. 1.954 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 49 km deep · 100 km away
  34. 3.2112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 23 km deep · 26 km away
  35. 2.356 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 52 km deep · 78 km away
  36. 1.875 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 25 km deep · 17 km away
  37. 2.4117 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
  38. 3.248 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 41 km deep · 44 km away
  39. 3.626 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 60 km deep · 68 km away
  40. 2.193 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  41. 1.797 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 25 km deep · 10 km away
  42. 2.9114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 28 km deep · 28 km away
  43. 2.1130 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 14 km deep · 52 km away
  44. 1.9121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 25 km deep · 32 km away
  45. 1.990 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  46. 1.566 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
  47. 1.599 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 19 km deep · 17 km away
  48. 3.0129 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 21 km deep · 46 km away
  49. 2.2109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 19 km deep · 26 km away
  50. 2.0113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 28 km deep · 28 km away
  51. 1.9100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 17 km deep · 22 km away
  52. 1.592 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 17 km deep · 10 km away
  53. 1.899 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 19 km deep · 11 km away
  54. 1.594 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 17 km deep · 13 km away
  55. 2.394 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 17 km deep · 90 km away
  56. 2.153 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 25 km deep · 40 km away
  57. 2.256 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 23 km deep · 35 km away
  58. 2.1105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 16 km deep · 24 km away
  59. 3.0106 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  60. 1.972 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 39 km deep · 20 km away

The first 60 of 176.

Before

  1. 3.859 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 2.4110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 21 km deep · 24 km away
  3. 2.4105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  4. 2.678 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 2.4120 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 40 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 1.962 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 19 km deep · 29 km away
  7. 2.1118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 22 km deep · 41 km away
  8. 2.1108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1795 days ago · 21 km deep · 19 km away
  9. 2.9121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away
  10. 3.3114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away
  11. 2.590 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 24 km deep · 9 km away
  12. 3.0110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 16 km deep · 28 km away
  13. 2.865 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  14. 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 1799 days ago · 38 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 2.889 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 29 km deep · 7 km away
  16. 2.0108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 50 km deep · 23 km away
  17. 3.069 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 27 km deep · 64 km away
  18. 2.396 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 17 km deep · 12 km away
  19. 2.9126 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
  20. 2.7109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1801 days ago · 21 km deep · 38 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021dseudvo. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 10:42 AM UTC.