M2.3 earthquake 53 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 53 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Thu, Aug 11, 2016, 1:48 PM AKDT (21:48 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 69 km SE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-08-11 21:48:02 UTC
- Depth
- 6.6 km (4.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.880° N, 160.237° 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
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 40 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.587 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3704 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.333 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3704 days ago · 52 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.253 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 47 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.294 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.381 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3700 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.238 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3699 days ago · 64 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.772 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3698 days ago · 29 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.943 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 64 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.919 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 72 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.241 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 87 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.044 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 15 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.361 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 24 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.663 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 21 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.970 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 30 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.154 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 50 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.659 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3684 days ago · 28 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.1101 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.7104 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3681 days ago · 19 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.445 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 98 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.082 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3676 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.268 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3676 days ago · 18 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.698 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3675 days ago · 29 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.262 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 30 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.938 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.4101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 21 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.584 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3668 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.874 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.6110 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.320 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 58 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.053 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.060 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.965 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 25 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.149 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.085 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.390 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.363 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3655 days ago · 45 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.869 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 38 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.184 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3649 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.491 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3646 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.562 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3645 days ago · 29 km deep · 19 km away
Before
- 2.270 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3705 days ago · 14 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.1112 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3707 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.163 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3707 days ago · 61 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.841 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3711 days ago · 71 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.047 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3712 days ago · 76 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.056 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3713 days ago · 54 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.282 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3715 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.195 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3715 days ago · 23 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.962 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 32 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.847 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 74 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.7123 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 19 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.681 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.144 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 48 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.864 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 17 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.673 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 28 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.486 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.669 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.945 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3721 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.478 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3721 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.875 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 16 km deep · 25 km away
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