M2.7 earthquake 94 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 94 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Sun, Feb 21, 2021, 7:37 PM AKST (04:37 UTC), 22 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 99 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
- 2.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-02-22 04:37:33 UTC
- Depth
- 22.4 km (13.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.613° N, 159.723° 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 4.2 km horizontally, 7.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 251°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
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
- 1.781 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.5south of Alaska · 2006 days ago · 20 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.3113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.591 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 24 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.093 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 26 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.866 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 59 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.367 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 37 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.294 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.377 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.4108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 22 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.059 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.885 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.172 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.599 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 30 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.7109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 20 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.072 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.974 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 68 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.8south of Alaska · 2003 days ago · 22 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.2102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 25 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.478 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 27 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.0102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 21 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.061 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 18 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.4114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.2108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 23 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.2100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 25 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.6121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 21 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.7114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 23 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.093 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.796 km S of Sand Point, AK · 2001 days ago · 34 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.2103 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.0104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 23 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.982 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.0121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 21 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.0134 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.0111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 20 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.193 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.0106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 23 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.291 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 24 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.097 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 21 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.779 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.094 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.3108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 24 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.4100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 20 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.3104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 21 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.080 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 23 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.9110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.0101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 16 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.070 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 29 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.9118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 27 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.5112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 20 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.5113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 23 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.1107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.1114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 27 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.1111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 24 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.6100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 23 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.8108 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.2113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 28 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.2107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 21 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.2108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 22 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.195 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 24 km deep · 2 km away
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