Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 54 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 54 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Nov 2, 2021, 11:48 PM AKDT (07:48 UTC), 49 km (31 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
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-11-03 07:48:30 UTC
Depth
49.4 km (30.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.990° N, 161.113° 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: 106 in the 60 days after this one and 63 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.435 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1790 days ago · 23 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 1.875 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 2.835 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1789 days ago · 206 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 3.248 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 41 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 3.626 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 60 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 2.193 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 1.566 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 1.784 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 1.599 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 1.9100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 1.592 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 1.594 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 2.981 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1785 days ago · 24 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 2.153 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 2.256 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1784 days ago · 23 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 1.972 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 39 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 2.295 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1782 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 1.766 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 56 km deep · 12 km away
  19. 1.997 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 14 km deep · 78 km away
  20. 2.831 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 172 km deep · 85 km away
  21. 2.281 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 19 km deep · 73 km away
  22. 2.192 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
  23. 2.155 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
  24. 1.675 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 45 km deep · 52 km away
  25. 2.783 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
  26. 2.792 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 22 km deep · 67 km away
  27. 2.856 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 23 km deep · 66 km away
  28. 4.386 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
  29. 1.992 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  30. 2.888 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
  31. 3.191 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
  32. 2.989 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
  33. 2.0101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 18 km deep · 98 km away
  34. 3.050 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 85 km deep · 47 km away
  35. 2.792 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
  36. 2.867 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 24 km deep · 22 km away
  37. 1.956 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 22 km deep · 61 km away
  38. 2.7Alaska Peninsula · 1773 days ago · 27 km deep · 57 km away
  39. 1.9105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
  40. 2.9100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  41. 2.893 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1768 days ago · 22 km deep · 66 km away
  42. 2.095 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1768 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
  43. 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 1768 days ago · 14 km deep · 55 km away
  44. 2.645 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 92 km deep · 36 km away
  45. 1.957 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 47 km deep · 95 km away
  46. 2.057 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
  47. 1.651 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  48. 2.568 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 28 km deep · 83 km away
  49. 3.194 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away
  50. 3.229 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 86 km deep · 83 km away
  51. 1.995 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
  52. 3.046 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 60 km deep · 93 km away
  53. 2.890 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 21 km deep · 91 km away
  54. 1.727 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 19 km deep · 29 km away
  55. 2.024 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 65 km deep · 78 km away
  56. 3.082 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  57. 3.1103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  58. 2.785 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
  59. 2.455 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
  60. 1.556 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away

The first 60 of 106.

Before

  1. 1.739 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 2.051 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 2.199 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 2.1100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 1.953 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 46 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 2.195 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 1.841 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 107 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 3.092 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 2.092 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 1.755 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 2.380 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 19 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 2.990 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 28 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 3.0103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 2.1110 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 55 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 1.883 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 45 km deep · 46 km away
  16. 2.654 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1798 days ago · 32 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 2.058 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 36 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 2.291 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away
  19. 2.891 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 18 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 3.859 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1799 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away

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