Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 53 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 53 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Mon, Dec 20, 2021, 12:46 AM AKST (09:46 UTC), 22 km (13 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.2 106 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
2021-12-20 09:46:54 UTC
Depth
21.7 km (13.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.868° N, 160.330° 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
26

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 138 in the 60 days after this one and 61 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.2106 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 1.760 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 16 km deep · 28 km away
  3. 1.959 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 19 km deep · 7 km away
  4. 2.3113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 23 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 1.839 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 73 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 3.7south of Alaska · 1736 days ago · 22 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 3.078 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 1.886 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 3.3138 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 2.5115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 22 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 3.480 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 56 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 1.813 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  13. 2.166 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  14. 2.290 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 14 km deep · 42 km away
  15. 2.882 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 16 km deep · 34 km away
  16. 1.9104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 23 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 2.2116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 23 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 1.76 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
  19. 2.188 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 14 km deep · 42 km away
  20. 2.053 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 16 km deep · 44 km away
  21. 2.1102 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  22. 2.09 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 68 km deep · 51 km away
  23. 2.833 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 19 km deep · 32 km away
  24. 2.3122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  25. 2.4104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 25 km deep · 56 km away
  26. 2.933 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 16 km deep · 33 km away
  27. 2.053 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 37 km deep · 32 km away
  28. 2.278 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 25 km deep · 38 km away
  29. 3.080 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 23 km deep · 37 km away
  30. 2.2103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 27 km deep · 57 km away
  31. 1.866 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  32. 2.390 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 27 km deep · 46 km away
  33. 2.845 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
  34. 2.394 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 21 km deep · 48 km away
  35. 2.1119 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 15 km deep · 67 km away
  36. 2.055 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
  37. 1.980 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
  38. 2.9109 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 24 km deep · 64 km away
  39. 2.896 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 27 km deep · 63 km away
  40. 2.9106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away
  41. 2.7113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 17 km deep · 62 km away
  42. 2.6south of Alaska · 1719 days ago · 17 km deep · 49 km away
  43. 2.174 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  44. 2.059 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 19 km deep · 20 km away
  45. 2.093 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
  46. 2.6105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 16 km deep · 55 km away
  47. 2.5103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 20 km deep · 55 km away
  48. 2.9127 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  49. 2.269 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
  50. 2.0108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 20 km deep · 57 km away
  51. 1.975 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  52. 2.1101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 22 km deep · 54 km away
  53. 1.828 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 50 km deep · 35 km away
  54. 2.8south of Alaska · 1717 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  55. 2.9106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 19 km deep · 57 km away
  56. 2.799 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 22 km deep · 54 km away
  57. 3.0145 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
  58. 1.987 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  59. 1.855 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 18 km deep · 4 km away
  60. 1.886 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away

The first 60 of 138.

Before

  1. 3.096 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 2.942 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 92 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 2.5114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 2.7122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 22 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 2.196 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 18 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 2.0102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 19 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 1.534 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 45 km deep · 19 km away
  8. 1.7101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 16 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 1.7105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 19 km deep · 55 km away
  10. 3.123 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 98 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 1.865 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 66 km deep · 66 km away
  12. 2.058 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 21 km deep · 20 km away
  13. 1.862 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 21 km deep · 16 km away
  14. 2.2108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 2.2100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
  16. 2.1112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 21 km deep · 62 km away
  17. 2.093 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 23 km deep · 46 km away
  18. 3.756 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 58 km deep · 76 km away
  19. 2.625 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 71 km deep · 61 km away
  20. 2.4107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 22 km deep · 56 km away

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