M2.8 earthquake 113 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 113 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska on Mon, Jan 18, 2021, 5:24 AM AKST (14:24 UTC), 30 km (19 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 32 km S 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
- 2.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-18 14:24:24 UTC
- Depth
- 30.3 km (18.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.506° N, 159.466° 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 8.3 km horizontally, 9.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 304°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 13
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
- 2.495 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 18 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.4110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 19 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.798 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 24 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.486 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 12 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.7110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 29 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.384 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 24 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.585 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 24 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.684 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.297 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 14 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.290 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 15 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.398 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 25 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.392 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 30 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.3103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.796 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.497 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 24 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.3122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 21 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.5118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 19 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.092 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 16 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.0114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 18 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.2111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 18 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.481 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.251 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 43 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.4120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 18 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.569 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.2106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 28 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.998 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 11 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.8107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 19 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.286 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 24 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.499 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 21 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.2112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 22 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.780 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.580 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.093 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 22 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.480 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.682 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.178 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 24 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.956 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.3104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.4113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 32 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.5120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 20 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.274 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.8133 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 24 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.3104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 37 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.377 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.0112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 31 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.594 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 22 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.776 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.494 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 18 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.9181 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.382 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.782 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 11 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.0146 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.052 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 21 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.939 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.3104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.7117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 20 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.9117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 20 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.790 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 24 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.7112 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.2112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 14 km deep · 27 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 2.4103 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 27 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.5103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 21 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.7120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 20 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.487 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 11 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.3south of Alaska · 2077 days ago · 17 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.5110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 19 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.349 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.895 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 21 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.180 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.276 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 23 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.9101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 19 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.499 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 30 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.4107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 18 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.288 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 14 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.893 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 21 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.3south of Alaska · 2079 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.3107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 20 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.3110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.6129 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.169 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
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