Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 122 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 122 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Nov 29, 2016, 9:44 PM AKST (06:44 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 81 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2016-11-30 06:44:35 UTC
Depth
22.5 km (14.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.634° N, 159.024° 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
10

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.7132 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 22 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 2.369 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 4.181 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 2.677 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 34 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 2.443 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 2.878 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 40 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 3.2100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 2.4117 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
  9. 3.4127 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 18 km deep · 36 km away
  10. 2.171 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 16 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 3.093 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 41 km deep · 40 km away
  12. 2.375 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 2.045 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 3.431 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 2.085 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 15 km deep · 37 km away
  16. 1.623 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 53 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 2.568 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 20 km deep · 63 km away
  18. 2.155 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3545 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
  19. 2.567 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 30 km deep · 74 km away
  20. 3.379 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 14 km deep · 54 km away

Before

  1. 3.2131 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 15 km deep · 10 km away
  2. 2.163 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 44 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 4.4113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 31 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 4.9140 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 2.459 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 40 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 3.085 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 3.7133 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 42 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 5.2132 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 17 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 3614 days ago · 24 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 2.653 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3617 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 2.678 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3620 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 3.179 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
  13. 2.964 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away
  14. 2.170 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3622 days ago · 47 km deep · 73 km away

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