Alaska earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 226 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 226 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Feb 23, 2021, 3:03 PM AKST (00:03 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 136 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.0 (ml), minor
Local time: Tue, Feb 23, 2021, 3:03 PM AKST
UTC: 2021-02-24 00:03:50 UTC
Depth: 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 53.415° N, 159.343° 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 9.1 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.09
Depth from: Operator assigned
Station coverage gap: 319°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 16

Nearest places

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

Sand Point, AlaskaPopulation 1,064. Forecast226 kmSSE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 34 in the 60 days after this one and 31 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000di9a (also filed as ak0212iykubj). Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 12:52 PM UTC.