Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 46 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 46 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska on Sat, Apr 2, 2016, 5:55 AM AKDT (13:55 UTC), 56 km (35 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.7 75 km SE of Perryville, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2016-04-02 13:55:56 UTC
Depth
56.3 km (35.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.463° N, 159.792° 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: 31 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.924 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3832 days ago · 54 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 3.130 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 2.129 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 2.234 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3829 days ago · 81 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 2.053 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 3826 days ago · 56 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 3.364 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3820 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 3.5Alaska Peninsula · 3816 days ago · 15 km deep · 46 km away
  8. 3.754 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 19 km deep · 56 km away
  9. 2.315 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 92 km deep · 42 km away
  10. 2.474 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3800 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 2.536 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3799 days ago · 55 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 2.348 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3796 days ago · 58 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 2.522 km E of Perryville, Alaska · 3796 days ago · 86 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 2.772 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
  15. 1.824 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3792 days ago · 76 km deep · 70 km away
  16. 2.152 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3787 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 2.225 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3785 days ago · 59 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 1.736 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3785 days ago · 64 km deep · 15 km away
  19. 1.513 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3783 days ago · 78 km deep · 42 km away
  20. 2.267 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3782 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  21. 2.297 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3779 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  22. 5.775 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3777 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 6 · tsunami flag
  23. 2.470 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3777 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
  24. 2.370 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3777 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
  25. 2.573 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3777 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
  26. 3.176 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3777 days ago · 31 km deep · 89 km away
  27. 3.273 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3777 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
  28. 3.378 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3777 days ago · 21 km deep · 92 km away
  29. 2.771 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3777 days ago · 29 km deep · 89 km away
  30. 2.677 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3777 days ago · 27 km deep · 91 km away
  31. 3.574 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3777 days ago · 32 km deep · 86 km away

Before

  1. 3.664 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 27 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 2.552 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3848 days ago · 64 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 3.859 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3851 days ago · 29 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 3.247 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  5. 3.557 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 2.326 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3854 days ago · 63 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 3.321 km SSW of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 3858 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 1.938 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3861 days ago · 82 km deep · 40 km away
  9. 2.023 km NNE of Perryville, Alaska · 3862 days ago · 85 km deep · 86 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0164a11ti3 (also filed as ak13425411). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:29 AM UTC.