M2.2 earthquake 78 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 78 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska on Mon, Dec 27, 2021, 1:54 PM AKST (22:54 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-27 22:54:16 UTC
- Depth
- 25.3 km (15.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.781° N, 159.756° 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
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 132 in the 60 days after this one and 90 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.080 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 23 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.2103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 27 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.390 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 27 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.845 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.546 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 27 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.394 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 21 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.1119 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.055 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 26 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.980 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.9109 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 24 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.896 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 27 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.9106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 20 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.7113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 17 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.6south of Alaska · 1721 days ago · 17 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.174 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.059 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 19 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.093 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.6105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 16 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.6113 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 37 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.5103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 20 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.9127 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.269 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.0108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 20 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.975 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.1101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1719 days ago · 22 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.828 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 50 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.8south of Alaska · 1718 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.9106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 19 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.799 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 22 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.0145 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 20 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.987 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.855 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 18 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.960 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.1111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 16 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.8149 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.9107 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 30 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.6109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 24 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.992 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 23 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.7119 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 25 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.995 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.545 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.185 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 21 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.7115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1712 days ago · 22 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.2117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.282 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1711 days ago · 20 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.998 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 15 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.795 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 23 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.167 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 23 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.076 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.169 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 20 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.9118 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 19 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.859 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 16 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.8106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 21 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.176 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 27 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.0108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.3123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 11 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.2121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 24 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.878 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.689 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 25 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.5south of Alaska · 1701 days ago · 20 km deep · 37 km away
The first 60 of 132.
Before
- 2.053 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 37 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.933 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 16 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.4104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 25 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.3122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.833 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 19 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.09 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 68 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.1102 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.053 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 16 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.188 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 14 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.76 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.2116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 23 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.9104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 23 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.882 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 16 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.290 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 14 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.166 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.813 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.480 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 56 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.6122 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.5115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 22 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.3138 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
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