Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 200 km S of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 200 km S of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Jan 20, 2021, 4:08 AM AKST (13:08 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 130 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-01-20 13:08:11 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.532° N, 160.536° 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 5.0 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
281°, 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: 87 in the 60 days after this one and 89 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.9231 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 3.0220 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 2.8133 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 24 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 2.9181 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 2.8119 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 3.0113 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 2.7112 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 1.9123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 1.9119 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 2.7133 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 21 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 2.5120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 2.8132 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 28 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 2.6147 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 19 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 3.7138 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  15. 3.0133 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 27 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 2.3122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 19 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 3.0230 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  18. 2.0120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 2.3131 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 19 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 2.2125 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
  21. 2.3123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 19 km deep · 95 km away
  22. 2.5153 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 22 km deep · 77 km away
  23. 3.0139 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  24. 2.4194 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 17 km deep · 60 km away
  25. 2.2136 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
  26. 2.3129 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
  27. 2.0121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
  28. 2.6246 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  29. 2.0124 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  30. 3.0117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
  31. 3.0135 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  32. 2.2132 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 29 km deep · 89 km away
  33. 2.6136 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 24 km deep · 94 km away
  34. 2.9139 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  35. 4.0130 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
  36. 2.7118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  37. 3.1119 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
  38. 2.5133 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  39. 3.1111 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  40. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 2043 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  41. 2.2129 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  42. 2.5216 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 22 km deep · 30 km away
  43. 2.8143 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
  44. 2.2115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
  45. 2.3138 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 17 km deep · 84 km away
  46. 2.9138 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  47. 3.0148 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
  48. 2.9146 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
  49. 2.5133 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
  50. 2.7146 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  51. 2.8130 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  52. 2.9127 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 21 km deep · 94 km away
  53. 2.3131 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  54. 2.1123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  55. 2.7115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  56. 3.0226 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  57. 2.7120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  58. 2.3116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
  59. 2.7121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 19 km deep · 93 km away
  60. 2.7154 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2037 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away

The first 60 of 87.

Before

  1. 2.5118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 19 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 2.3122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 21 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 2.7120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 20 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 2.6129 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 2.5268 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 2.5113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 2.9126 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 18 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 2.6146 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 17 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 2.8145 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  10. 2.4133 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 2.8138 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
  12. 2.5138 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 2.6123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 2.8141 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 21 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 2.7122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 3.2131 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 29 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 2.1124 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 3.4130 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 27 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 3.7136 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 28 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 2.8143 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 23 km deep · 58 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000ddpw (also filed as ak021xajbb8). Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 1:38 PM UTC.