Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 50 km S of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 50 km S of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Feb 28, 2023, 9:14 AM AKST (18:14 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 93 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2023-02-28 18:14:35 UTC
Depth
25.2 km (15.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.889° N, 160.368° 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.

Stations used
23

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 154 in the 60 days after this one and 59 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.155 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
  2. 2.040 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 2.8119 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1304 days ago · 18 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 2.4100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 2.5134 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1302 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 2.7104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1302 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 3.160 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1302 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 3.3119 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1302 days ago · 45 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 2.354 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 50 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 4.593 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  11. 3.5107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 2.598 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 29 km deep · 54 km away
  13. 2.596 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 2.592 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
  15. 3.0106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  16. 3.0104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1301 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 2.5110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1300 days ago · 22 km deep · 64 km away
  18. 2.647 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1300 days ago · 84 km deep · 86 km away
  19. 2.073 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 16 km deep · 77 km away
  20. 2.498 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 32 km deep · 55 km away
  21. 1.675 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1299 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
  22. 2.067 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1298 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  23. 2.096 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1298 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  24. 2.899 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1298 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  25. 1.885 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1298 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away
  26. 2.292 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1298 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
  27. 2.390 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1297 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
  28. 2.195 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1297 days ago · 14 km deep · 51 km away
  29. 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 1297 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
  30. 2.089 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  31. 1.573 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 23 km deep · 68 km away
  32. 2.084 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
  33. 3.176 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  34. 3.1south of Alaska · 1294 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
  35. 2.9116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  36. 3.037 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 91 km deep · 42 km away
  37. 2.493 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 39 km deep · 47 km away
  38. 2.169 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 49 km deep · 51 km away
  39. 3.2south of Alaska · 1291 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  40. 2.3119 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
  41. 1.961 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1289 days ago · 52 km deep · 66 km away
  42. 2.8101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1289 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  43. 1.654 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1288 days ago · 20 km deep · 100 km away
  44. 2.8south of Alaska · 1288 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  45. 2.497 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1287 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away
  46. 2.07 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1287 days ago · 59 km deep · 57 km away
  47. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 1287 days ago · 63 km deep · 83 km away
  48. 2.431 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1286 days ago · 51 km deep · 34 km away
  49. 2.5south of Alaska · 1286 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
  50. 2.079 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  51. 2.4103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  52. 2.9107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  53. 2.799 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  54. 2.021 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 18 km deep · 29 km away
  55. 2.875 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  56. 2.3126 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 23 km deep · 76 km away
  57. 3.0118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1283 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  58. 1.611 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1283 days ago · 53 km deep · 40 km away
  59. 3.3110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1282 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  60. 2.2south of Alaska · 1282 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away

The first 60 of 154.

Before

  1. 2.266 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 24 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 2.962 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 66 km deep · 61 km away
  3. 2.3105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 41 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 1.842 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 20 km deep · 26 km away
  5. 2.480 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  6. 2.089 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 3.0117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 4.3south of Alaska · 1311 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
  9. 4.4119 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 27 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 3.099 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 3.1Alaska Peninsula · 1311 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 1.985 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 3.190 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 2.158 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 169 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 4.894 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 44 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.2124 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 3.1117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1313 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 2.234 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1315 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 2.297 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1315 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  20. 2.3107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1315 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0232pvicss. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 6:39 AM UTC.