M3.3 earthquake 98 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 98 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Jun 16, 2021, 11:01 AM AKDT (19:01 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 84 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.3 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-06-16 19:01:18 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.503° N, 159.992° 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 10.6 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 290°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 24
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
- 1.599 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 17 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.7139 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 24 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.590 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.891 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.7133 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.5104 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.789 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.8107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 14 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.9110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.297 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.8145 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 40 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.889 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 27 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.8150 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 40 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.0139 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 18 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.6110 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 36 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.290 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.5112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 31 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.7100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.6111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 22 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.7101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 24 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.997 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.7111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 21 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.6109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 27 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.6114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 26 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.6113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 23 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.1122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 15 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.3100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 17 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.7102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 37 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.996 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 26 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.986 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.294 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.088 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.1south of Alaska · 1896 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.794 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.254 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 22 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.291 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.9100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 31 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.657 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 23 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.360 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 16 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.693 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.9102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.289 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 12 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.791 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 11 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.8100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 15 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.1112 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.8112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 18 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.784 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.8123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 23 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.6121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 45 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.6101 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 37 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.687 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 30 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.8103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 42 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.698 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.8104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 23 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.0110 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.7south of Alaska · 1893 days ago · 25 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.986 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.7south of Alaska · 1893 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.7101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.797 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 15 km deep · 7 km away
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