Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 27 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 27 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Dec 1, 2021, 8:44 PM AKST (05:44 UTC), 19 km (12 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.0 24 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-12-02 05:44:38 UTC
Depth
19.4 km (12.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.215° N, 160.869° 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: 92 in the 60 days after this one and 58 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.024 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 65 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 3.082 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 2.171 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 2.785 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 2.961 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 2.455 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 1.556 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 1.780 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 21 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 1752 days ago · 18 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 2.042 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 23 km deep · 48 km away
  11. 3.592 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 2.960 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 2.995 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
  14. 2.569 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 27 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 3.497 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 24 km deep · 100 km away
  16. 2.5111 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 27 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 2.981 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 29 km deep · 68 km away
  18. 2.979 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 2.658 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away
  20. 2.625 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 71 km deep · 10 km away
  21. 3.756 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 58 km deep · 85 km away
  22. 2.093 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 23 km deep · 97 km away
  23. 1.862 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 21 km deep · 66 km away
  24. 2.058 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 21 km deep · 65 km away
  25. 1.865 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 66 km deep · 51 km away
  26. 3.123 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 98 km deep · 4 km away
  27. 1.534 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 45 km deep · 38 km away
  28. 2.196 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 18 km deep · 100 km away
  29. 1.835 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
  30. 2.942 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 92 km deep · 67 km away
  31. 2.053 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 22 km deep · 52 km away
  32. 1.760 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away
  33. 1.959 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 19 km deep · 57 km away
  34. 1.839 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 73 km deep · 68 km away
  35. 3.078 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
  36. 1.886 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
  37. 1.813 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  38. 2.166 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  39. 2.290 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
  40. 2.882 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away
  41. 1.76 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
  42. 2.237 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 138 km deep · 76 km away
  43. 2.188 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
  44. 2.053 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 16 km deep · 71 km away
  45. 2.09 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 68 km deep · 35 km away
  46. 2.833 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 19 km deep · 49 km away
  47. 2.933 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 16 km deep · 50 km away
  48. 2.053 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 37 km deep · 36 km away
  49. 2.278 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
  50. 3.080 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 23 km deep · 87 km away
  51. 1.866 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  52. 2.390 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 27 km deep · 96 km away
  53. 2.394 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
  54. 2.055 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
  55. 1.980 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
  56. 2.9109 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 24 km deep · 95 km away
  57. 2.896 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 27 km deep · 77 km away
  58. 2.174 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  59. 2.059 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 19 km deep · 66 km away
  60. 2.093 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away

The first 60 of 92.

Before

  1. 2.890 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 21 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 3.046 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 60 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 1.995 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 19 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 3.229 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 86 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 3.194 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 27 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 2.568 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 28 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 1.651 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 2.057 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 20 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 2.645 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 92 km deep · 61 km away
  10. 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 1761 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 2.095 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 18 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 2.893 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 1.871 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 2.676 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 2.979 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 2.171 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1765 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 2.7Alaska Peninsula · 1766 days ago · 27 km deep · 83 km away
  18. 3.181 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 2.874 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 1.956 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away

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