Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 173 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 173 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, May 12, 2021, 7:21 PM AKDT (03:21 UTC), 23 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: 2.9 (ml), micro
Local time: Wed, May 12, 2021, 7:21 PM AKDT
UTC: 2021-05-13 03:21:51 UTC
Depth: 23.5 km (14.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 53.903° N, 159.445° 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 5.1 km horizontally, 14.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.10
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 225°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 21

Nearest places

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

Sand Point, AlaskaPopulation 1,064. Forecast173 kmSSE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 66 in the 60 days after this one and 98 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 66.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000e958 (also filed as ak021640e2y5). Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 9:12 PM UTC.