M2.4 earthquake 59 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 59 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska on Mon, Nov 21, 2016, 4:24 PM AKST (01:24 UTC), 40 km (25 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 92 km S of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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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
- 2016-11-22 01:24:12 UTC
- Depth
- 39.6 km (24.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 55.027° N, 159.746° 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
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 48 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 31 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.692 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 29 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.890 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 22 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.253 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 41 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.187 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.163 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 44 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.396 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.2131 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.3122 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.7132 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 22 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.369 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 14 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.181 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.677 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 34 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.329 km SSW of Perryville, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 60 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.443 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.738 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 83 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.219 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.143 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.161 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 62 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.878 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 40 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.524 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 70 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.529 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.662 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.2100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.689 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 29 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.4117 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.4127 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 18 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.860 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.171 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 16 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.149 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3570 days ago · 56 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.093 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 41 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.375 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.045 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 21 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.915 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 67 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.431 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.085 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 15 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.389 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.470 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 46 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.711 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 71 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.449 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 49 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.791 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 23 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.623 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 53 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.657 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 21 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.58 km N of Sand Point, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 62 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.568 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 20 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.155 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3545 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.567 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 30 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.25 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3543 days ago · 67 km deep · 61 km away
Before
- 3.085 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3607 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.829 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.7133 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 42 km deep · 98 km away
- 5.2132 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 3613 days ago · 24 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.653 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 12 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.678 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3619 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.179 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3620 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.964 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.170 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 47 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.147 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3625 days ago · 53 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.161 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3626 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.770 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 29 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.375 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.144 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3631 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.533 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3631 days ago · 44 km deep · 33 km away
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