Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 9 km E of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 9 km E of Sand Point, Alaska on Sat, Dec 25, 2021, 12:18 PM AKST (21:18 UTC), 68 km (42 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 33 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
2021-12-25 21:18:55 UTC
Depth
67.6 km (42.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.324° N, 160.345° 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
29

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 97 in the 60 days after this one and 65 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.833 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 19 km deep · 26 km away
  2. 2.4104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 2.933 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 16 km deep · 26 km away
  4. 2.053 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 37 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 2.278 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 3.080 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 23 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 2.2103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 27 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 1.866 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 2.390 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 27 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 2.845 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 2.546 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 27 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 2.394 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 21 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 2.055 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 1.980 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 2.6south of Alaska · 1720 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 2.174 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  17. 2.059 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 19 km deep · 54 km away
  18. 2.093 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  19. 2.5103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 2.420 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 76 km deep · 64 km away
  21. 2.269 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
  22. 1.975 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  23. 2.1101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
  24. 1.828 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 50 km deep · 21 km away
  25. 2.799 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
  26. 1.987 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  27. 1.855 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 18 km deep · 54 km away
  28. 1.960 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
  29. 2.652 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 81 km deep · 76 km away
  30. 2.992 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 23 km deep · 87 km away
  31. 2.995 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  32. 1.545 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  33. 3.185 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 21 km deep · 77 km away
  34. 1.915 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  35. 3.282 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
  36. 1.998 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
  37. 2.927 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 182 km deep · 87 km away
  38. 2.795 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
  39. 3.167 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
  40. 2.076 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
  41. 2.169 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
  42. 1.859 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 16 km deep · 54 km away
  43. 3.176 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 27 km deep · 76 km away
  44. 1.878 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  45. 3.689 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away
  46. 2.398 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 24 km deep · 93 km away
  47. 2.9100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 19 km deep · 95 km away
  48. 3.2101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
  49. 2.072 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1699 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  50. 1.889 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 16 km deep · 84 km away
  51. 2.591 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  52. 2.3south of Alaska · 1698 days ago · 19 km deep · 89 km away
  53. 1.9106 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1698 days ago · 23 km deep · 98 km away
  54. 2.6104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1697 days ago · 19 km deep · 100 km away
  55. 2.644 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1697 days ago · 57 km deep · 47 km away
  56. 1.9103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1695 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
  57. 2.193 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1694 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  58. 2.395 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1694 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
  59. 2.9Alaska Peninsula · 1694 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away
  60. 2.392 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1693 days ago · 28 km deep · 86 km away

The first 60 of 97.

Before

  1. 2.1102 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 2.053 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 16 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 2.188 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 2.237 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 138 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 1.76 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
  6. 1.9104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 2.882 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 16 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 2.290 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 2.166 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  10. 1.813 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  11. 3.480 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 56 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 3.078 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 3.7south of Alaska · 1737 days ago · 22 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 1.959 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 19 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 1.760 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 16 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 2.2106 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
  17. 2.053 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 22 km deep · 51 km away
  18. 3.096 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 1.835 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 2.196 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 18 km deep · 91 km away

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