M3.1 earthquake 78 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 78 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska on Thu, Jan 21, 2021, 11:41 AM AKST (20:41 UTC), 24 km (15 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
- 3.1 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-21 20:41:32 UTC
- Depth
- 24.4 km (15.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.787° N, 159.732° 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 4.0 km horizontally, 10.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 200°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 42
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
- 1.956 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.3104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.4113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 32 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.5120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.274 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.8133 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 24 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.3104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 37 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.377 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.0112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 31 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.594 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 22 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.776 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 14 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.494 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 18 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.382 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.782 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.0146 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.052 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 21 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.939 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.3104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.7117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.9117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.790 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 24 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.7112 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.2112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.2123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 20 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.1100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 24 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.058 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 20 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.896 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.7south of Alaska · 2069 days ago · 20 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.056 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 27 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.2112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 24 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.692 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 25 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.191 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.9102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 30 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.093 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 23 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.299 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 23 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.3108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 29 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.285 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 12 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.3108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 27 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.388 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 24 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.2106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 16 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.698 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 21 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.3114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 16 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.995 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 22 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.0102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 19 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.371 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.7114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.053 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.389 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 20 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.2101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 27 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.299 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.197 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 25 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.992 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.174 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.9123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.381 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 24 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.9119 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.0101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.7133 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 21 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.094 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.714 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 60 km deep · 69 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 3.682 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.480 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 11 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.093 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 22 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.680 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.580 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.780 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.2112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 22 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.499 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 21 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.286 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 24 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.8107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 19 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.998 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 11 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.2106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 28 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.569 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.4120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.251 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 43 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.481 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.090 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 27 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.2111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 18 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.0114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 18 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.092 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 16 km deep · 24 km away
Earthquakes todayAlaska earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000de8w (also filed as ak021z2ftb7). Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 3:57 PM UTC.