M2.7 earthquake 88 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 88 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Mon, Jun 21, 2021, 9:21 AM AKDT (17:21 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-06-21 17:21:05 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.624° N, 161.122° 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 6.4 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 185°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 19
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
- 1.997 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.7111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 21 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.6109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 27 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.6114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.6113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 23 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.813 km WSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 88 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.1122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.3100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 17 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.7102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 37 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.996 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.294 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 11 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.1south of Alaska · 1895 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.794 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.254 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 22 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.291 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.9100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 31 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.657 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 23 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.360 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.9102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.289 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.791 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.8100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.970 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 55 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.8112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 18 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.784 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 20 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.8123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.6121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 45 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.075 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 38 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.687 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 30 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.8103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 42 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.646 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.698 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.8104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.0110 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.7101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.797 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.098 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.837 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 60 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.9103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 1892 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.579 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.220 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 79 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.5102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.6115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.0104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.889 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.0103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 21 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.990 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.0south of Alaska · 1891 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.9109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 19 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.390 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 13 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.771 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 12 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.9108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.477 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.8103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.066 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 17 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.061 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 17 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.080 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 27 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.584 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 30 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.071 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
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