Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Jan 19, 2021, 7:17 PM AKST (04:17 UTC), 18 km (11 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
2.4 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-01-20 04:17:17 UTC
Depth
18.2 km (11.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.334° N, 159.787° 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
11

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. 3.2106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 28 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 2.998 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 11 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 2.8107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 19 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 2.286 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 24 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 2.499 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 21 km deep · 27 km away
  6. 3.2112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 22 km deep · 9 km away
  7. 2.780 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 2.580 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 3.093 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 22 km deep · 28 km away
  10. 2.480 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 3.682 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  12. 3.178 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 24 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 1.956 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 2.3104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
  15. 2.4113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 32 km deep · 13 km away
  16. 2.5120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 20 km deep · 0 km away
  17. 2.274 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 2.8133 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 24 km deep · 12 km away
  19. 2.3104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 37 km deep · 23 km away
  20. 2.377 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  21. 3.0112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 31 km deep · 15 km away
  22. 2.594 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 22 km deep · 29 km away
  23. 2.776 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
  24. 2.494 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 18 km deep · 44 km away
  25. 2.9181 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  26. 3.382 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  27. 2.782 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
  28. 3.0146 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  29. 2.052 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 21 km deep · 68 km away
  30. 1.939 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  31. 2.1103 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
  32. 2.3104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
  33. 3.0113 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
  34. 2.7117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 20 km deep · 3 km away
  35. 2.9117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 20 km deep · 5 km away
  36. 2.790 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 24 km deep · 32 km away
  37. 2.7112 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away
  38. 2.2112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 14 km deep · 9 km away
  39. 3.2123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 20 km deep · 4 km away
  40. 2.1100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 24 km deep · 25 km away
  41. 2.058 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
  42. 2.896 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  43. 2.7south of Alaska · 2071 days ago · 20 km deep · 9 km away
  44. 2.056 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 27 km deep · 65 km away
  45. 3.2112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 24 km deep · 14 km away
  46. 2.692 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 25 km deep · 31 km away
  47. 2.191 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  48. 2.9102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 30 km deep · 18 km away
  49. 3.093 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 23 km deep · 30 km away
  50. 2.299 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 23 km deep · 26 km away
  51. 2.3108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 29 km deep · 21 km away
  52. 2.285 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
  53. 2.3108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 27 km deep · 16 km away
  54. 2.388 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 24 km deep · 39 km away
  55. 2.2106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 16 km deep · 16 km away
  56. 2.698 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 21 km deep · 23 km away
  57. 2.3114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 16 km deep · 8 km away
  58. 1.995 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 22 km deep · 30 km away
  59. 2.0102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 19 km deep · 20 km away
  60. 2.371 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 15 km deep · 50 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 4.251 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 43 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 2.481 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 3.090 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 27 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 2.2111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 18 km deep · 10 km away
  5. 2.0114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 18 km deep · 8 km away
  6. 2.092 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 16 km deep · 29 km away
  7. 2.5118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 19 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 2.3122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 21 km deep · 5 km away
  9. 2.497 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 24 km deep · 29 km away
  10. 2.796 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  11. 2.3103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
  12. 2.392 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 30 km deep · 34 km away
  13. 2.398 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 25 km deep · 25 km away
  14. 2.290 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 15 km deep · 31 km away
  15. 2.297 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 14 km deep · 24 km away
  16. 3.684 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  17. 3.585 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 24 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 3.384 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 24 km deep · 39 km away
  19. 3.7110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 29 km deep · 10 km away
  20. 2.486 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 12 km deep · 36 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021x58cuk. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 5:58 AM UTC.