M2.4 earthquake 45 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 45 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Sep 6, 2016, 11:43 AM AKDT (19:43 UTC), 98 km (61 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
- 2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-09-06 19:43:05 UTC
- Depth
- 97.8 km (60.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 55.485° N, 161.168° 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: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.341 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 21 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.262 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 30 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.039 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 58 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.320 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 58 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.053 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.634 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 157 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.060 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.965 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.149 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.085 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.363 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 45 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.869 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 38 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.943 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3650 days ago · 121 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.184 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3649 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.562 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3646 days ago · 29 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.733 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.523 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 106 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.331 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.425 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.533 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3632 days ago · 44 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.144 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3631 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.416 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.113 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.113 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.528 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 176 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.112 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.112 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 3626 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.032 km NNE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3622 days ago · 83 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.063 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3620 days ago · 60 km deep · 99 km away
Before
- 4.740 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 152 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.811 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3681 days ago · 156 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.661 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 121 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.154 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 50 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.555 km NE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 179 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.663 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 21 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.361 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.044 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.241 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 87 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.515 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 147 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.919 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 72 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.943 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3694 days ago · 64 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.346 km ESE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3695 days ago · 144 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.244 km E of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3699 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.238 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3700 days ago · 64 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.381 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.848 km E of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.253 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 47 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.333 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3704 days ago · 52 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.353 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3705 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
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