Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 39 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 39 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Jun 30, 2021, 4:35 PM AKDT (00:35 UTC), 70 km (44 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 110 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.8 (ml), micro
Local time: Wed, Jun 30, 2021, 4:35 PM AKDT
UTC: 2021-07-01 00:35:52 UTC
Depth: 70.4 km (43.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 55.245° N, 161.096° 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 2.8 km horizontally, 4.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.10
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 133°
Stations used: 24

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Sand Point, AlaskaPopulation 1,064. Forecast39 kmWSW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 124 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 124.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000f74f (also filed as ak0218d00rw9). Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 1:26 PM UTC.