M4.4 earthquake 83 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 83 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Thu, Jan 7, 2021, 4:59 PM AKST (01:59 UTC), 32 km (20 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 75 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-08 01:59:22 UTC
- Depth
- 31.9 km (19.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.710° N, 159.780° 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 3.1 km horizontally, 3.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 80°
- Stations used
- 78
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 200 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.777 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.2103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 22 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.4114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 28 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.248 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 21 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.8117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 21 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.493 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.6111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 20 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.6110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 21 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.7110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.7125 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 23 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.7119 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 16 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.286 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 17 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.9115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 20 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.3114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 19 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.0150 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 21 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.0127 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.089 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 18 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.091 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 25 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.0130 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 22 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.080 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.7125 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 30 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.1100 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.964 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.0141 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.7137 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.1144 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.0121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 14 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.8144 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 23 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.8143 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.1108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 21 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.8110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.083 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 22 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.778 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.880 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 15 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.884 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.278 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.388 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 12 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.586 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 17 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.7136 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 28 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.4130 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 27 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.6125 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 22 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.481 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.3109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.3109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 23 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.1124 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 16 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.486 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 11 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.2131 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 29 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.1102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 23 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.7122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.8141 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 21 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.781 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.476 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.4100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.5122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 21 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.4101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 25 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.0115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 25 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.497 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.0101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 26 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.7130 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 22 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.481 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 2.157 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 23 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.594 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 24 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.782 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.884 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 25 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.0128 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.0124 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 23 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.6109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 20 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.7105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 17 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.099 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 22 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.393 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 25 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.0137 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 21 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.5105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 23 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.9149 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.8122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 28 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.797 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.390 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 24 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.898 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 23 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.692 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.372 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.4101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 26 km deep · 18 km away
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