Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 97 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 97 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Jan 13, 2021, 9:23 PM AKST (06:23 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 93 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-01-14 06:23:25 UTC
Depth
18.4 km (11.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.581° N, 159.731° 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
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 201 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.1110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 21 km deep · 14 km away
  2. 1.883 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 20 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 2.8122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 21 km deep · 26 km away
  4. 2.1102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 14 km deep · 13 km away
  5. 1.9105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 15 km deep · 16 km away
  6. 3.3113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 22 km deep · 16 km away
  7. 2.8110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  8. 2.2101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 14 km deep · 5 km away
  9. 2.078 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 2.299 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 28 km deep · 7 km away
  11. 3.182 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 2.092 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
  13. 2.5108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 15 km deep · 12 km away
  14. 2.296 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 17 km deep · 4 km away
  15. 2.7113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  16. 2.7Alaska Peninsula · 2081 days ago · 74 km deep · 70 km away
  17. 2.298 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away
  18. 2.170 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 2.495 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 28 km deep · 13 km away
  20. 2.388 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 19 km deep · 10 km away
  21. 2.395 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 22 km deep · 4 km away
  22. 1.880 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  23. 2.696 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 25 km deep · 4 km away
  24. 2.579 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  25. 2.297 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 14 km deep · 5 km away
  26. 2.7106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 25 km deep · 10 km away
  27. 2.294 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
  28. 2.1109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
  29. 2.291 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 14 km deep · 54 km away
  30. 2.184 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
  31. 2.1south of Alaska · 2081 days ago · 28 km deep · 35 km away
  32. 2.2109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 14 km deep · 18 km away
  33. 2.169 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  34. 2.6129 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away
  35. 2.3110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  36. 2.3107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 20 km deep · 19 km away
  37. 2.3south of Alaska · 2080 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  38. 2.893 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 21 km deep · 4 km away
  39. 2.288 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 14 km deep · 14 km away
  40. 2.4107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 18 km deep · 11 km away
  41. 2.499 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 30 km deep · 6 km away
  42. 2.9101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 19 km deep · 7 km away
  43. 3.276 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 23 km deep · 58 km away
  44. 2.180 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  45. 2.895 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 21 km deep · 2 km away
  46. 2.9Alaska Peninsula · 2079 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  47. 2.349 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  48. 2.5110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 19 km deep · 14 km away
  49. 2.3south of Alaska · 2079 days ago · 17 km deep · 6 km away
  50. 2.487 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 11 km deep · 11 km away
  51. 2.7120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 20 km deep · 29 km away
  52. 2.5103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 21 km deep · 7 km away
  53. 2.4103 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 27 km deep · 10 km away
  54. 2.8113 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 30 km deep · 19 km away
  55. 2.495 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 18 km deep · 10 km away
  56. 2.4110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 19 km deep · 14 km away
  57. 2.798 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 24 km deep · 3 km away
  58. 2.486 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 12 km deep · 11 km away
  59. 3.7110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 29 km deep · 19 km away
  60. 3.384 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 24 km deep · 13 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 2.0102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 16 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 2.3121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 31 km deep · 24 km away
  3. 3.4114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
  4. 2.093 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 23 km deep · 4 km away
  5. 1.9116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 30 km deep · 20 km away
  6. 2.5113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  7. 2.184 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 2.0108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
  9. 1.978 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 3.678 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 2.6116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 28 km deep · 21 km away
  12. 2.585 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 22 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 1.960 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 55 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 2.376 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  15. 2.1105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 20 km deep · 8 km away
  16. 2.8106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
  17. 2.5103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  18. 2.3102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 16 km deep · 11 km away
  19. 2.183 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 2.9126 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 18 km deep · 40 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021n98fz1. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 2:48 PM UTC.