M2.7 earthquake 130 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 130 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Mon, Jan 11, 2021, 2:14 AM AKST (11:14 UTC), 22 km (14 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
- 2.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-11 11:14:21 UTC
- Depth
- 21.9 km (13.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.285° N, 159.585° 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, 11.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 277°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 16
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
- 2.481 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.3117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 15 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.483 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 14 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.473 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.477 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.376 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 32 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.4115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 21 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.499 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.480 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.475 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.4103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 16 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.496 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 19 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.6123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.5138 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 20 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.2104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 25 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.279 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.281 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.381 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.3118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.8138 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 23 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.3110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 29 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.4112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 30 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.1122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 23 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.4133 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.496 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 17 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.489 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 19 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.499 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 25 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.4117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 28 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.8145 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.6146 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 17 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.5138 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 19 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.066 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.092 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.186 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 25 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.2102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 22 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.379 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.1108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 25 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.679 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.9126 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 18 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.183 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.3102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 16 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.5103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.8106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.1105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 20 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.376 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.585 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 22 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.6116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 28 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.678 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.978 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.0108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.184 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.5113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.9116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 30 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.093 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 23 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.4114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.3121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 31 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.0102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 16 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.197 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 18 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.1110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 21 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.8122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 21 km deep · 9 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 3.0101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.497 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.0115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 25 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.4101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 25 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.5122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 21 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.4100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.476 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.781 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.8141 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 21 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.7122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 20 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.1102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 23 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.2131 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 29 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.486 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.1124 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 16 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.3109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 23 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.3109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.481 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.6125 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 22 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.4130 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 27 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.7136 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 28 km deep · 12 km away
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