Alaska earthquakes

M3.9 earthquake 96 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 96 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Mon, Jan 4, 2021, 2:49 AM AKST (11:49 UTC), 38 km (24 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 71 km S of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

Sand Point forecastMore in Alaska

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
3.9 (mb), minor
Local time
UTC
2021-01-04 11:49:48 UTC
Depth
38.0 km (23.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.492° N, 160.812° 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.

Location uncertainty
About 4.1 km horizontally, 7.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
161°
Stations used
86

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. 1.819 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 94 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 2.1113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 2.1109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 2.3107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 2.6134 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 2.7139 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 24 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 2.1102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 2.081 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 2.2102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
  10. 1.678 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 16 km deep · 37 km away
  11. 2.780 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
  12. 2.1103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 2.187 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 2.2114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 2.3south of Alaska · 2089 days ago · 21 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 2.073 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
  17. 2.198 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 2.6south of Alaska · 2089 days ago · 24 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 2.7117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 28 km deep · 74 km away
  20. 2.3146 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 28 km deep · 53 km away
  21. 2.9133 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  22. 2.6118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  23. 2.191 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
  24. 2.196 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
  25. 2.2124 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 48 km deep · 75 km away
  26. 2.2105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 16 km deep · 65 km away
  27. 2.1101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 16 km deep · 67 km away
  28. 2.068 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
  29. 2.080 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
  30. 2.9116 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  31. 2.890 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 22 km deep · 67 km away
  32. 2.4107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 21 km deep · 68 km away
  33. 2.4104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
  34. 2.6109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
  35. 2.4101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  36. 2.692 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
  37. 1.898 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 23 km deep · 76 km away
  38. 2.390 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 24 km deep · 72 km away
  39. 2.797 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  40. 3.8122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 28 km deep · 76 km away
  41. 3.9149 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
  42. 2.5105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 23 km deep · 67 km away
  43. 3.0137 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away
  44. 2.393 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
  45. 3.099 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 22 km deep · 69 km away
  46. 2.7105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 17 km deep · 59 km away
  47. 2.6109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 20 km deep · 75 km away
  48. 4.0124 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 23 km deep · 78 km away
  49. 3.0128 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  50. 2.884 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
  51. 2.782 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 23 km deep · 34 km away
  52. 2.594 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 24 km deep · 71 km away
  53. 2.157 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 23 km deep · 51 km away
  54. 4.483 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 32 km deep · 71 km away
  55. 2.777 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  56. 2.2103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 22 km deep · 70 km away
  57. 2.4114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 28 km deep · 74 km away
  58. 2.248 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
  59. 2.8117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 21 km deep · 72 km away
  60. 2.493 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 2.6115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 2.1108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 24 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 2.3121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 2.1101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 22 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 2.6100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 2.1120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 25 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 2.8131 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 2.2120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 29 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 2.2129 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 41 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 1.967 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 18 km deep · 28 km away
  11. 2.097 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 15 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 2.1110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 23 km deep · 57 km away
  13. 1.938 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 78 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 2.1106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 23 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 2.0110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 2.1121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
  17. 2.8south of Alaska · 2090 days ago · 22 km deep · 68 km away
  18. 2.1129 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 23 km deep · 69 km away
  19. 2.098 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 21 km deep · 66 km away
  20. 2.1120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away

Earthquakes todayAlaska earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000d5el (also filed as ak0216szr77). Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 3:36 PM UTC.