Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 26 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 26 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Mar 15, 2016, 2:04 PM AKDT (22:04 UTC), 63 km (39 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
2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2016-03-15 22:04:00 UTC
Depth
63.4 km (39.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.200° N, 160.159° 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: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.557 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3854 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
  2. 3.247 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  3. 2.655 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 3851 days ago · 82 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 3.859 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3851 days ago · 29 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 3851 days ago · 56 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 2.552 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3848 days ago · 64 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 3.664 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 27 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 2.487 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3841 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 2.246 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3837 days ago · 56 km deep · 37 km away
  10. 1.978 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3834 days ago · 21 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 3.892 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3833 days ago · 22 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 1.924 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3832 days ago · 54 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 3.130 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3831 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 2.129 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3831 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 1.869 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 21 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 2.234 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3829 days ago · 81 km deep · 62 km away
  17. 2.080 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  18. 3.364 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3820 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  19. 3.5Alaska Peninsula · 3816 days ago · 15 km deep · 24 km away
  20. 3.754 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 19 km deep · 30 km away
  21. 3.760 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3813 days ago · 79 km deep · 69 km away
  22. 2.086 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3813 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
  23. 2.876 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3808 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
  24. 2.315 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 92 km deep · 79 km away
  25. 2.474 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3800 days ago · 1 km deep · 56 km away
  26. 2.348 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 58 km deep · 62 km away
  27. 2.772 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3795 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away

Before

  1. 2.171 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 3.473 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 21 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 1.938 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3861 days ago · 82 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 3.297 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3864 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 2.487 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3864 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 1.946 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3867 days ago · 78 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 3.766 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 88 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 2.156 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3873 days ago · 23 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 2.447 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3874 days ago · 81 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 2.9Alaska Peninsula · 3874 days ago · 71 km deep · 61 km away
  11. 3.178 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3876 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 2.959 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3877 days ago · 34 km deep · 37 km away
  13. 3.781 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3877 days ago · 19 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 2.173 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3877 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  15. 1.819 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3880 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 2.433 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3881 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0163geff8k (also filed as ak13062580). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:44 PM UTC.