M3.0 earthquake 114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Fri, Apr 23, 2021, 4:01 PM AKDT (00:01 UTC), 31 km (19 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 119 km SSW 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
- 3.0 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-04-24 00:01:14 UTC
- Depth
- 31.0 km (19.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.425° N, 159.688° 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 6.4 km horizontally, 7.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 207°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 29
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 84 in the 60 days after this one and 115 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.090 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 24 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.0103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 18 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.187 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 15 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.172 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.3125 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 42 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.6100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 17 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.2114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 40 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.0104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 14 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.2103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 11 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.097 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.099 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 27 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.5117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 34 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.070 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.0113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.093 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.9101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 19 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.9119 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 46 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.898 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 16 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.1107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 28 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.987 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.3119 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.6114 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.194 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 15 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.997 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.0south of Alaska · 1975 days ago · 27 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.0100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.1105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 23 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.9138 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 25 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.198 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 26 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.4103 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 28 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.4100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.981 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.694 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 20 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.7103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 25 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.862 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.1135 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 21 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.9104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 24 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.8105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 15 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.072 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.9112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 18 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.860 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 28 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.8108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.174 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.1128 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 21 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.1103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.090 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 24 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.0105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 14 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.9173 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 23 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.869 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 50 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.1110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 27 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.9114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 14 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.3105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 31 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.264 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.3south of Alaska · 1958 days ago · 38 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.773 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 29 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.662 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 37 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.6131 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 16 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.681 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 19 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.2112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 17 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.8113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 22 km deep · 6 km away
The first 60 of 84.
Before
- 2.075 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.287 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 12 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.398 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 17 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.295 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 16 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.189 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.6106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 20 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.6110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 19 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.2100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 25 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.7115 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.196 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 15 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.1101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.0155 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.290 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.0125 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 27 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.080 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.8113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.980 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.799 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.884 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.886 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 12 km deep · 27 km away
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