Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 87 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 87 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Sun, Mar 6, 2016, 11:50 AM AKST (20:50 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 59 km S 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
2016-03-06 20:50:50 UTC
Depth
25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.603° N, 161.001° 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
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 46 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.297 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3863 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
  2. 2.235 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 3862 days ago · 114 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 2.388 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  4. 3.473 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 21 km deep · 17 km away
  5. 2.367 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 21 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 2.171 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 20 km deep · 27 km away
  7. 2.984 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
  8. 3.351 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3856 days ago · 28 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 3.3115 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3856 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 2.326 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3854 days ago · 63 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 3.557 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 2.355 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  13. 2.655 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 3851 days ago · 82 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 3.859 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3851 days ago · 29 km deep · 35 km away
  15. 3.096 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3850 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
  16. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 3850 days ago · 56 km deep · 43 km away
  17. 2.9170 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3849 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 3.2148 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3849 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
  19. 2.552 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3848 days ago · 64 km deep · 65 km away
  20. 3.664 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 27 km deep · 30 km away
  21. 2.468 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3841 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  22. 2.487 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3841 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
  23. 2.283 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3838 days ago · 15 km deep · 42 km away
  24. 2.542 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3837 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
  25. 3.1105 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3837 days ago · 24 km deep · 36 km away
  26. 1.978 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3834 days ago · 21 km deep · 21 km away
  27. 3.590 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3833 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
  28. 3.892 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3833 days ago · 22 km deep · 33 km away
  29. 2.036 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 3833 days ago · 1 km deep · 79 km away
  30. 1.869 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 21 km deep · 20 km away
  31. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 3825 days ago · 49 km deep · 80 km away
  32. 2.080 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 26 km deep · 18 km away
  33. 2.990 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3823 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
  34. 3.364 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3820 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  35. 3.5Alaska Peninsula · 3816 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
  36. 2.395 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3815 days ago · 25 km deep · 42 km away
  37. 3.261 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3815 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  38. 3.754 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 19 km deep · 80 km away
  39. 3.760 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3813 days ago · 79 km deep · 38 km away
  40. 2.086 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3813 days ago · 20 km deep · 14 km away
  41. 2.840 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3811 days ago · 89 km deep · 79 km away
  42. 2.985 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 24 km deep · 33 km away
  43. 2.876 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 15 km deep · 22 km away
  44. 2.255 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  45. 1.993 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 41 km deep · 29 km away
  46. 2.482 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3804 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away

Before

  1. 2.031 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 3864 days ago · 100 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 2.395 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3864 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 2.994 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3867 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 1.946 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3867 days ago · 78 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 2.7115 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3867 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 3.386 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3868 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 3.494 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
  8. 2.5108 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 25 km deep · 46 km away
  9. 3.766 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 88 km deep · 41 km away
  10. 2.488 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
  11. 3.056 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3872 days ago · 74 km deep · 42 km away
  12. 2.156 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3873 days ago · 23 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 2.155 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3873 days ago · 21 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 2.497 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3874 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 2.776 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3875 days ago · 15 km deep · 27 km away
  16. 3.178 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3876 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
  17. 2.959 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3877 days ago · 34 km deep · 68 km away
  18. 3.781 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3877 days ago · 19 km deep · 100 km away
  19. 2.173 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3877 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  20. 2.486 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3882 days ago · 16 km deep · 45 km away

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