Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 82 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 82 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska on Sat, Dec 5, 2015, 2:05 PM AKST (23:05 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 103 km S of Perryville, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2015-12-05 23:05:11 UTC
Depth
16.1 km (10.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.863° N, 159.509° 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
10

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.591 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3950 days ago · 25 km deep · 38 km away
  2. 2.541 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3947 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 2.246 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3946 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 2.256 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3944 days ago · 19 km deep · 27 km away
  5. 2.4Alaska Peninsula · 3942 days ago · 41 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 2.141 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3941 days ago · 40 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 3.3102 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3940 days ago · 17 km deep · 24 km away
  8. 1.934 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3940 days ago · 52 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 2.642 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3935 days ago · 56 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 3.198 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3929 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 2.264 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3926 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 2.056 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3925 days ago · 24 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 2.521 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 3922 days ago · 67 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 2.171 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3921 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 2.4111 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3919 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  16. 2.176 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3919 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 2.114 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3911 days ago · 75 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 2.822 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3908 days ago · 61 km deep · 81 km away
  19. 3.9103 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3907 days ago · 71 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.852 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3906 days ago · 53 km deep · 64 km away
  21. 3.321 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3899 days ago · 49 km deep · 62 km away

Before

  1. 3.5102 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3959 days ago · 24 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 3.063 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3959 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 2.673 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3960 days ago · 19 km deep · 13 km away
  4. 2.666 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3962 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 2.456 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3967 days ago · 17 km deep · 34 km away
  6. 2.248 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3973 days ago · 19 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 2.371 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3985 days ago · 19 km deep · 28 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak015fl0wpsz (also filed as ak12134935). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:08 AM UTC.