M2.3 earthquake 80 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 80 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska on Fri, Apr 7, 2017, 5:34 AM AKDT (13:34 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 26 km S of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-04-07 13:34:45 UTC
- Depth
- 16.9 km (10.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.787° N, 159.689° 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
- 13
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 14 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.265 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3465 days ago · 21 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.030 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3463 days ago · 55 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.562 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3462 days ago · 16 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.745 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3462 days ago · 16 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.581 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3460 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.760 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3459 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.516 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3459 days ago · 22 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.144 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3455 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.233 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3453 days ago · 67 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.174 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3453 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.126 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3452 days ago · 60 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.997 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3450 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.063 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 45 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.586 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 14 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.833 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.3113 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.955 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 63 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.7129 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 23 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.653 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 39 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.955 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 30 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.533 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.697 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 17 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.6108 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 18 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.860 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.357 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.048 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 24 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.960 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 15 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.255 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3431 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.937 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 49 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.658 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.249 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 45 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.1121 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 29 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.746 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 25 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.674 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.864 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 21 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.958 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 41 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.886 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.073 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3417 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.574 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 19 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.253 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 23 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.522 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 59 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.195 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.731 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.056 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 23 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.061 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 20 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.675 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.5112 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3407 days ago · 22 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.680 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3406 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
Before
- 2.825 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 75 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.333 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 70 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.2115 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.698 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3473 days ago · 31 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.761 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3473 days ago · 39 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.4126 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3474 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.932 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3474 days ago · 59 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 3479 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.464 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3482 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.078 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3484 days ago · 12 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.860 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3487 days ago · 29 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.887 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 22 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.179 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3489 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.294 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3491 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
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