Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 21 km W of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 21 km W of Sand Point, Alaska on Sat, Jan 9, 2016, 2:27 AM AKST (11:27 UTC), 67 km (42 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 81 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2016-01-09 11:27:05 UTC
Depth
67.4 km (41.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.303° N, 160.824° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
12

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 33 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.171 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3920 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 2.176 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3919 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 2.114 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3911 days ago · 75 km deep · 32 km away
  4. 3.264 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3908 days ago · 31 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 2.822 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3907 days ago · 61 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 2.686 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3906 days ago · 42 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 2.852 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3906 days ago · 53 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 2.041 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3905 days ago · 71 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 3.049 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3904 days ago · 47 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 2.383 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3903 days ago · 17 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 3.274 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3901 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 3.321 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3899 days ago · 49 km deep · 35 km away
  13. 2.649 km WSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3895 days ago · 175 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 2.277 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3892 days ago · 38 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 1.986 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3891 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 2.473 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3889 days ago · 16 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 1.819 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3880 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 2.173 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3878 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  19. 3.781 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3877 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 2.959 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3877 days ago · 34 km deep · 69 km away
  21. 3.178 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3877 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
  22. 3.527 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 3877 days ago · 149 km deep · 80 km away
  23. 2.776 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3876 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
  24. 2.9Alaska Peninsula · 3874 days ago · 71 km deep · 83 km away
  25. 2.447 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3874 days ago · 81 km deep · 62 km away
  26. 2.156 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3873 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
  27. 3.056 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3872 days ago · 74 km deep · 77 km away
  28. 3.766 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 88 km deep · 52 km away
  29. 1.946 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3867 days ago · 78 km deep · 54 km away
  30. 2.031 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 3864 days ago · 100 km deep · 67 km away
  31. 2.487 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3864 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  32. 3.297 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3864 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  33. 2.235 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 3863 days ago · 114 km deep · 63 km away

Before

  1. 2.551 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3922 days ago · 81 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 2.443 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3924 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 2.056 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3925 days ago · 24 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 2.264 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3925 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 2.661 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3926 days ago · 74 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 2.756 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3927 days ago · 75 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 2.449 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3928 days ago · 54 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 3.198 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3929 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 2.146 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3930 days ago · 64 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 2.569 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3939 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 2.4Alaska Peninsula · 3942 days ago · 41 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 2.281 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3943 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 2.256 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3944 days ago · 19 km deep · 70 km away
  14. 2.246 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3946 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  15. 2.541 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3946 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
  16. 3.82 km S of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3951 days ago · 186 km deep · 79 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak016f2jow1 (also filed as ak12454368). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:03 PM UTC.