Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 56 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 56 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Nov 24, 2015, 4:05 PM AKST (01:05 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 102 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2015-11-25 01:05:09 UTC
Depth
17.4 km (10.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.156° N, 159.662° 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
11

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.666 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3962 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 2.673 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3960 days ago · 19 km deep · 34 km away
  3. 3.063 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3959 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 2.382 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3956 days ago · 16 km deep · 34 km away
  5. 2.591 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3950 days ago · 25 km deep · 40 km away
  6. 2.541 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3947 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 2.246 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3946 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 2.256 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3944 days ago · 19 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 2.4Alaska Peninsula · 3942 days ago · 41 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 2.141 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3941 days ago · 40 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 3.3102 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3940 days ago · 17 km deep · 47 km away
  12. 1.934 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3939 days ago · 52 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 2.642 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3935 days ago · 56 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 2.264 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3926 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 2.056 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3925 days ago · 24 km deep · 50 km away
  16. 2.551 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3922 days ago · 81 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 2.521 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 3922 days ago · 67 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 2.171 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3920 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
  19. 2.4111 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3919 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  20. 2.176 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3919 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
  21. 2.114 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3911 days ago · 75 km deep · 56 km away
  22. 2.822 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3907 days ago · 61 km deep · 64 km away

Before

  1. 2.248 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3973 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 1.844 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3977 days ago · 80 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 2.371 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3985 days ago · 19 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 2.476 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3988 days ago · 14 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 2.194 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3995 days ago · 1 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 1.910 km NNE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3995 days ago · 114 km deep · 94 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak015f44fpf5 (also filed as ak12062279). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:01 AM UTC.