M2.4 earthquake 245 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 245 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska on Sat, Feb 6, 2021, 4:13 AM AKST (13:13 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 164 km SE 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
- 2.4 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-02-06 13:13:17 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.730° N, 157.911° 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 6.5 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 304°, 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: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.3164 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.1160 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 21 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.8158 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.1246 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 20 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.9163 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 24 km deep · 83 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000dikj (also filed as ak0211pepayz). Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 9:33 AM UTC.