Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 49 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 49 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska on Sun, Jan 17, 2021, 4:10 PM AKST (01:10 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 32 km S of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-01-18 01:10:28 UTC
Depth
25.7 km (16.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.085° N, 159.848° 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
13

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 202 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.5110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 19 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 2.3south of Alaska · 2077 days ago · 17 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 2.487 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 2.7120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 2.5103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 21 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 2.4103 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 27 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 2.8113 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 30 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 2.495 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 18 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 2.4110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 19 km deep · 67 km away
  10. 2.798 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 24 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 2.486 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 12 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 3.7110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 29 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 3.384 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 24 km deep · 45 km away
  14. 3.585 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 24 km deep · 44 km away
  15. 3.684 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  16. 2.297 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 14 km deep · 60 km away
  17. 2.290 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 15 km deep · 54 km away
  18. 2.398 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away
  19. 2.392 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 30 km deep · 50 km away
  20. 2.3103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  21. 2.796 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  22. 2.497 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 24 km deep · 56 km away
  23. 2.3122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 21 km deep · 87 km away
  24. 2.5118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away
  25. 2.092 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 16 km deep · 55 km away
  26. 2.0114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 18 km deep · 79 km away
  27. 2.2111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 18 km deep · 76 km away
  28. 3.090 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 27 km deep · 99 km away
  29. 2.481 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  30. 4.251 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 43 km deep · 39 km away
  31. 2.4120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 18 km deep · 84 km away
  32. 2.569 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  33. 3.2106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 28 km deep · 66 km away
  34. 2.998 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
  35. 2.8107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 19 km deep · 68 km away
  36. 2.286 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 24 km deep · 43 km away
  37. 2.499 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 21 km deep · 58 km away
  38. 3.2112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 22 km deep · 75 km away
  39. 2.780 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
  40. 2.580 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 11 km deep · 33 km away
  41. 2.680 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
  42. 3.093 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 22 km deep · 56 km away
  43. 2.480 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 11 km deep · 32 km away
  44. 3.682 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
  45. 3.178 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 24 km deep · 34 km away
  46. 1.956 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  47. 2.3104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  48. 2.4113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 32 km deep · 73 km away
  49. 2.561 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
  50. 2.5120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
  51. 2.274 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
  52. 2.8133 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 24 km deep · 95 km away
  53. 2.3104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 37 km deep · 62 km away
  54. 2.377 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  55. 3.0112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 31 km deep · 72 km away
  56. 2.594 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 22 km deep · 55 km away
  57. 2.776 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 14 km deep · 27 km away
  58. 2.494 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 18 km deep · 47 km away
  59. 3.382 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  60. 2.782 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 11 km deep · 35 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 2.895 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 21 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 2.180 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 3.276 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 23 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 2.9101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 19 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 2.499 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 30 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 2.4107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 18 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 2.288 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 2.893 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 21 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 2.3south of Alaska · 2079 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
  10. 2.3107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 2.3110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 2.6129 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 2.169 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  14. 2.2109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 2.1south of Alaska · 2079 days ago · 28 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 2.184 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
  17. 2.291 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 14 km deep · 42 km away
  18. 2.1109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 2.294 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  20. 2.7106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away

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