Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 21 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 21 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska on Mon, Feb 22, 2021, 6:27 AM AKST (15:27 UTC), 91 km (56 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 34 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.6 (ml), micro
Local time: Mon, Feb 22, 2021, 6:27 AM AKST
UTC: 2021-02-22 15:27:49 UTC
Depth: 90.9 km (56.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 55.518° N, 160.612° 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 4.7 km horizontally, 4.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.10
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 88°
Stations used: 21

Nearest places

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

Sand Point, AlaskaPopulation 1,064. Forecast21 kmNNW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 103 in the 60 days after this one and 72 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 103.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000dhcw (also filed as ak0212fwksgz). Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 5:47 AM UTC.