Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 5 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 5 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska on Sat, Feb 13, 2021, 4:05 PM AKST (01:05 UTC), 83 km (51 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 94 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.4 (ml), micro
Local time: Sat, Feb 13, 2021, 4:05 PM AKST
UTC: 2021-02-14 01:05:40 UTC
Depth: 82.8 km (51.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 55.323° N, 160.417° 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 12.1 km horizontally, 7.5 km in depth
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 305°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 14

Nearest places

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

Sand Point, AlaskaPopulation 1,064. Forecast6 kmESE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 200.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000den3 (also filed as ak02122ft7g2). Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 10:09 AM UTC.