M3.7 earthquake 136 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 136 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Sat, Jan 9, 2021, 11:12 AM AKST (20:12 UTC), 28 km (18 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 93 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.7 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-09 20:12:46 UTC
- Depth
- 28.2 km (17.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.198° N, 159.699° 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, 12.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 214°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 35
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
- 3.4130 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 27 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.6125 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 22 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.481 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.3109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.3109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 23 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.1124 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 16 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.486 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.2131 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 29 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.1102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 23 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.7122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 20 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.8141 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 21 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.781 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.476 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.4100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.5122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 21 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.4101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.0115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 25 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.497 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.0101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.7130 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 22 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.481 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.3117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 15 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.483 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.473 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.477 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.376 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 32 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.4115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 21 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.499 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.480 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.475 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.4103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 16 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.496 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 19 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.6123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.5138 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 20 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.2104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 25 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.279 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.281 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.381 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.3118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.8138 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 23 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.3110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 29 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.4112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 30 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.1122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 23 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.4133 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.496 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 17 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.489 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 19 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.499 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.4117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 28 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.8145 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.6146 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 17 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.066 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.092 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.186 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 25 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.2102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 22 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.379 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.1108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 25 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.679 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.9126 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 18 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.183 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.3102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 16 km deep · 35 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 3.586 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 17 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.388 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.278 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.884 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.880 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.778 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.083 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.8110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.1108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 21 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.8143 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 23 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.8144 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.0121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 14 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.1144 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 25 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.7137 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 21 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.0141 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 22 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.7125 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 30 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.080 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.0130 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 22 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.091 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 25 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.089 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 18 km deep · 50 km away
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