Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 43 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 43 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Dec 7, 2016, 4:58 PM AKST (01:58 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 38 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2016-12-08 01:58:47 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.229° N, 159.834° 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: 38 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.738 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 83 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 2.219 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 2.143 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
  4. 2.161 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 62 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 2.878 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 40 km deep · 41 km away
  6. 2.555 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 32 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 2.524 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 70 km deep · 41 km away
  8. 2.529 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  9. 2.662 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 3.2100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 2.4117 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 3.4127 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 1.860 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 2.171 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 16 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 2.149 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3570 days ago · 56 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 3.093 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 41 km deep · 65 km away
  17. 2.375 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
  18. 2.045 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 21 km deep · 39 km away
  19. 1.915 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 67 km deep · 78 km away
  20. 3.431 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
  21. 2.085 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
  22. 3.470 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 46 km deep · 95 km away
  23. 3.711 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 71 km deep · 37 km away
  24. 2.449 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 49 km deep · 88 km away
  25. 2.791 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
  26. 1.623 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 53 km deep · 23 km away
  27. 1.657 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 21 km deep · 68 km away
  28. 2.58 km N of Sand Point, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 62 km deep · 46 km away
  29. 2.568 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
  30. 2.155 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3545 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
  31. 2.567 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 30 km deep · 56 km away
  32. 2.25 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3543 days ago · 67 km deep · 48 km away
  33. 3.379 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
  34. 2.7124 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
  35. 2.156 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away
  36. 2.140 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 61 km deep · 40 km away
  37. 2.362 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  38. 2.887 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 27 km deep · 49 km away

Before

  1. 2.329 km SSW of Perryville, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 60 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 2.677 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 34 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 4.181 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 2.369 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 14 km deep · 25 km away
  5. 2.7132 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 2.3122 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 23 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 3.2131 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 2.163 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 44 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 2.253 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 41 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 2.890 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 4.692 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 29 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 4.4113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 31 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 2.459 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 40 km deep · 23 km away
  14. 3.085 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3607 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 2.245 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 91 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 1.829 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
  17. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 3613 days ago · 24 km deep · 50 km away
  18. 2.653 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away

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