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 Tue, Mar 29, 2016, 6:36 AM AKDT (14:36 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 Alaska Peninsula. This one was a foreshock.

Sand Point forecastMore in Alaska

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2016-03-29 14:36:56 UTC
Depth
13.3 km (8.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.595° N, 160.971° 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
14

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 39 in the 60 days after this one and 31 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.283 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3838 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away
  2. 2.542 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3837 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 3.1105 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3837 days ago · 24 km deep · 37 km away
  4. 1.978 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3834 days ago · 21 km deep · 23 km away
  5. 3.590 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3833 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
  6. 3.892 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3833 days ago · 22 km deep · 31 km away
  7. 2.036 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 3832 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 1.869 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 21 km deep · 21 km away
  9. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 3825 days ago · 49 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 2.080 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
  11. 2.990 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3822 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
  12. 3.364 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3820 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  13. 3.5Alaska Peninsula · 3816 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 2.395 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3815 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
  15. 3.261 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3815 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  16. 3.754 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 19 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 3.760 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3813 days ago · 79 km deep · 39 km away
  18. 2.086 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3812 days ago · 20 km deep · 16 km away
  19. 2.840 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3811 days ago · 89 km deep · 81 km away
  20. 2.985 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 24 km deep · 34 km away
  21. 2.876 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 15 km deep · 25 km away
  22. 2.255 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  23. 1.993 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 41 km deep · 30 km away
  24. 2.482 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3804 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  25. 2.194 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3800 days ago · 15 km deep · 26 km away
  26. 2.474 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3800 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
  27. 2.376 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 55 km deep · 97 km away
  28. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 3797 days ago · 15 km deep · 38 km away
  29. 2.348 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3796 days ago · 58 km deep · 54 km away
  30. 1.982 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 42 km deep · 43 km away
  31. 2.989 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3792 days ago · 24 km deep · 44 km away
  32. 2.851 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3792 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away
  33. 3.066 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3788 days ago · 24 km deep · 42 km away
  34. 3.189 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3787 days ago · 23 km deep · 48 km away
  35. 2.152 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3787 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
  36. 3.2102 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3786 days ago · 30 km deep · 37 km away
  37. 2.225 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3785 days ago · 59 km deep · 65 km away
  38. 4.2Alaska Peninsula · 3785 days ago · 111 km deep · 81 km away
  39. 2.267 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3782 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away

Before

  1. 2.468 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3841 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 3.664 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 27 km deep · 29 km away
  3. 2.552 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3848 days ago · 64 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 3.2148 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3849 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 2.9170 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3849 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 3850 days ago · 56 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 3.096 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3850 days ago · 11 km deep · 46 km away
  8. 3.859 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3851 days ago · 29 km deep · 34 km away
  9. 2.655 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 3851 days ago · 82 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 2.355 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
  11. 3.557 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  12. 2.326 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3854 days ago · 63 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 3.3115 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3855 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  14. 3.351 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3856 days ago · 28 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 2.984 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3856 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 2.171 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 20 km deep · 30 km away
  17. 2.367 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 21 km deep · 58 km away
  18. 3.473 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 21 km deep · 16 km away
  19. 2.388 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  20. 2.235 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 3862 days ago · 114 km deep · 80 km away

Earthquakes todayAlaska earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak01643fdskh (also filed as ak13141860). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:42 AM UTC.