Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Sat, Jan 7, 2023, 10:40 PM AKST (07:40 UTC), 13 km (8 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
2023-01-08 07:40:29 UTC
Depth
13.1 km (8.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.498° N, 159.813° 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
27

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 125 in the 60 days after this one and 78 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.833 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 24 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 1.991 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 16 km deep · 15 km away
  3. 2.0110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 18 km deep · 8 km away
  4. 2.3122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 20 km deep · 19 km away
  5. 2.2104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 17 km deep · 12 km away
  6. 2.699 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 21 km deep · 4 km away
  7. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 1356 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 2.9south of Alaska · 1356 days ago · 24 km deep · 21 km away
  9. 2.1101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 14 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 2.3187 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 30 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 2.0100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 14 km deep · 7 km away
  12. 2.0104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 18 km deep · 4 km away
  13. 1.928 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 1.991 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 15 km deep · 11 km away
  15. 2.1108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 16 km deep · 7 km away
  16. 2.1112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
  17. 2.7119 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 28 km deep · 16 km away
  18. 2.0120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 20 km deep · 18 km away
  19. 2.1117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 21 km deep · 14 km away
  20. 1.8110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 14 km deep · 10 km away
  21. 2.0110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  22. 2.1118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 15 km deep · 16 km away
  23. 1.860 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 24 km deep · 44 km away
  24. 2.089 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1354 days ago · 14 km deep · 16 km away
  25. 3.381 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1354 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
  26. 2.5south of Alaska · 1354 days ago · 20 km deep · 8 km away
  27. 2.195 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1354 days ago · 22 km deep · 15 km away
  28. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 1354 days ago · 44 km deep · 59 km away
  29. 2.884 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1354 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  30. 2.1104 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away
  31. 1.866 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 22 km deep · 63 km away
  32. 1.866 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 40 km deep · 82 km away
  33. 2.395 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  34. 1.8110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 23 km deep · 8 km away
  35. 2.887 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  36. 2.790 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  37. 1.9104 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
  38. 1.873 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
  39. 2.2168 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 34 km deep · 77 km away
  40. 1.886 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 17 km deep · 16 km away
  41. 2.7109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 29 km deep · 10 km away
  42. 1.998 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1350 days ago · 22 km deep · 11 km away
  43. 2.9111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 17 km deep · 10 km away
  44. 2.5118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 20 km deep · 16 km away
  45. 2.383 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  46. 2.3south of Alaska · 1346 days ago · 24 km deep · 14 km away
  47. 2.256 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1346 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  48. 2.256 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1346 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
  49. 2.086 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1345 days ago · 24 km deep · 95 km away
  50. 3.047 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1343 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
  51. 2.454 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1343 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  52. 3.0105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1342 days ago · 35 km deep · 6 km away
  53. 3.458 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1342 days ago · 82 km deep · 91 km away
  54. 3.0south of Alaska · 1342 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away
  55. 2.024 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1342 days ago · 19 km deep · 78 km away
  56. 2.4south of Alaska · 1341 days ago · 14 km deep · 3 km away
  57. 2.4127 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1340 days ago · 21 km deep · 30 km away
  58. 2.3south of Alaska · 1340 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away
  59. 2.6121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
  60. 1.946 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 36 km deep · 59 km away

The first 60 of 125.

Before

  1. 2.0south of Alaska · 1359 days ago · 14 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.1113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  3. 3.0114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away
  4. 1.9south of Alaska · 1360 days ago · 24 km deep · 23 km away
  5. 1.860 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away
  6. 2.0105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 2.7south of Alaska · 1360 days ago · 25 km deep · 11 km away
  8. 1.995 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 23 km deep · 13 km away
  9. 1.760 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 1.760 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
  11. 1.995 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 1.9102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 15 km deep · 3 km away
  13. 1.957 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  14. 2.0114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 20 km deep · 15 km away
  15. 1.7102 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 1.992 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 16 km deep · 13 km away
  17. 2.0101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
  18. 2.795 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 26 km deep · 12 km away
  19. 1.785 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 23 km deep · 21 km away
  20. 1.9106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 16 km deep · 4 km away

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