Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 33 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 33 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Sun, Apr 2, 2017, 3:32 AM AKDT (11:32 UTC), 70 km (43 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 47 km ESE of King Cove, 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
2017-04-02 11:32:10 UTC
Depth
69.6 km (43.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.223° N, 160.985° 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
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 68 in the 60 days after this one and 27 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.825 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 75 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 2.574 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 2.536 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3468 days ago · 74 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 2.380 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3467 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 2.148 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3467 days ago · 23 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 2.265 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3467 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 2.262 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3466 days ago · 23 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 2.286 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3465 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 2.030 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3465 days ago · 55 km deep · 12 km away
  10. 1.941 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3465 days ago · 93 km deep · 47 km away
  11. 2.562 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3464 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 1.745 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3463 days ago · 16 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 2.581 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3462 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 2.177 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3461 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 2.760 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3460 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 1.516 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3460 days ago · 22 km deep · 35 km away
  17. 1.784 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3460 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 2.274 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3459 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 2.332 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3459 days ago · 75 km deep · 77 km away
  20. 2.233 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3455 days ago · 67 km deep · 4 km away
  21. 3.126 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3454 days ago · 60 km deep · 37 km away
  22. 2.429 km NE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3453 days ago · 145 km deep · 92 km away
  23. 2.997 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3452 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  24. 1.851 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3451 days ago · 68 km deep · 18 km away
  25. 2.063 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3450 days ago · 45 km deep · 36 km away
  26. 2.438 km S of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3450 days ago · 123 km deep · 52 km away
  27. 2.116 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 0 km deep · 70 km away
  28. 4.547 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 105 km deep · 50 km away
  29. 1.740 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 102 km deep · 47 km away
  30. 2.041 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 149 km deep · 77 km away
  31. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 3448 days ago · 50 km deep · 97 km away
  32. 1.833 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 11 km deep · 25 km away
  33. 2.090 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
  34. 2.044 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 97 km deep · 79 km away
  35. 1.992 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  36. 1.955 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3445 days ago · 63 km deep · 33 km away
  37. 2.242 km E of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3443 days ago · 156 km deep · 95 km away
  38. 1.653 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 39 km deep · 51 km away
  39. 1.955 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 30 km deep · 48 km away
  40. 2.533 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
  41. 2.066 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 46 km deep · 44 km away
  42. 2.433 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 101 km deep · 65 km away
  43. 1.824 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 72 km deep · 42 km away
  44. 1.836 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 83 km deep · 61 km away
  45. 1.860 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  46. 2.118 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 142 km deep · 87 km away
  47. 2.357 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 15 km deep · 48 km away
  48. 2.322 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 103 km deep · 86 km away
  49. 2.048 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 24 km deep · 55 km away
  50. 2.562 km NE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 177 km deep · 85 km away
  51. 1.960 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
  52. 2.255 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  53. 2.658 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  54. 1.862 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
  55. 2.249 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 45 km deep · 48 km away
  56. 2.241 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  57. 2.746 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away
  58. 2.674 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
  59. 1.864 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 21 km deep · 94 km away
  60. 1.958 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 41 km deep · 81 km away

The first 60 of 68.

Before

  1. 3.698 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3475 days ago · 31 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 3.761 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3475 days ago · 39 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 2.022 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3475 days ago · 92 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 2.569 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3475 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 1.932 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3476 days ago · 59 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 2.493 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3477 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 2.483 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3478 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 2.045 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3478 days ago · 84 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 2.712 km WSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3480 days ago · 185 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 3481 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
  11. 3.045 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3482 days ago · 54 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 2.464 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3484 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 2.078 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3486 days ago · 12 km deep · 100 km away
  14. 2.250 km NE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3487 days ago · 151 km deep · 82 km away
  15. 2.142 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3487 days ago · 77 km deep · 48 km away
  16. 2.147 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 121 km deep · 72 km away
  17. 3.860 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 29 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 2.391 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 2.887 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3490 days ago · 22 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 2.285 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3491 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away

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