Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Thu, May 20, 2021, 12:53 PM AKDT (20:53 UTC), 24 km (15 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.8 (ml), micro
Local time: Thu, May 20, 2021, 12:53 PM AKDT
UTC: 2021-05-20 20:53:01 UTC
Depth: 24.0 km (14.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 54.513° 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 3.9 km horizontally, 10.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.13
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 229°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 24

Nearest places

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

Sand Point, AlaskaPopulation 1,064. Forecast104 kmSSE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 137 in the 60 days after this one and 62 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 137.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000e4xh (also filed as ak0216fvgj2k). Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 3:57 AM UTC.