Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 56 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 56 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Nov 17, 2021, 5:19 PM AKST (02:19 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 86 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.8 (ml), micro
Local time: Wed, Nov 17, 2021, 5:19 PM AKST
UTC: 2021-11-18 02:19:55 UTC
Depth: 22.7 km (14.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 54.879° N, 160.102° 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, 12.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.12
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 168°
Stations used: 23

Nearest places

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

Sand Point, AlaskaPopulation 1,064. Forecast57 kmSSE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 161 in the 60 days after this one and 38 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 161.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000gdwa (also filed as ak021eskct0s). Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 5:25 PM UTC.