M2.1 earthquake 80 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 80 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska on Sun, Jan 17, 2021, 1:50 AM AKST (10:50 UTC), 7 km (5 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
- 2.1 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-17 10:50:48 UTC
- Depth
- 7.4 km (4.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 55.060° N, 159.332° 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 2.1 km horizontally, 5.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 191°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 14
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
- 2.895 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 21 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.349 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.5110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 19 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.3south of Alaska · 2076 days ago · 17 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.487 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.7120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.5103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 21 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.4103 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 27 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.8113 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 30 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.495 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 18 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.4110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 19 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.798 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 24 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.486 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 12 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.7110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 29 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.384 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 24 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.585 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 24 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.684 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.297 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.290 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.398 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 25 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.392 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 30 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.3103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.796 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.497 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 24 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.3122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 21 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.5118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 19 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.092 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 16 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.0114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 18 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.2111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 18 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.372 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.481 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.251 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 43 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.4120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.569 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.2106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 28 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.998 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.8107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 19 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.286 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 24 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.499 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 21 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.2112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 22 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.780 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.580 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 11 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.680 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.093 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 22 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.480 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 11 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.682 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.178 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 24 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.956 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.3104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.4113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 32 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.561 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.5120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.274 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.8133 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.3104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 37 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.377 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.0112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 31 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.594 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 22 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.776 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 14 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.494 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 18 km deep · 42 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 3.276 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 23 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.9101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 19 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.499 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 30 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.4107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.288 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.893 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 21 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.3south of Alaska · 2078 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.3107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.3110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.6129 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.169 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.2109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.1south of Alaska · 2079 days ago · 28 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.184 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.291 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 14 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.1109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.294 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.7106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.297 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.579 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
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