M2.0 earthquake 63 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 63 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska on Mon, Apr 24, 2017, 5:55 AM AKDT (13:55 UTC), 45 km (28 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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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-04-24 13:55:51 UTC
- Depth
- 45.4 km (28.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.910° N, 161.157° 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
- 14
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 33 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.438 km S of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 123 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.116 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 0 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.547 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 105 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.740 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 102 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.041 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 149 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 3446 days ago · 50 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.833 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 11 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.090 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 25 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.299 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 32 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.2126 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3445 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.992 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.955 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3443 days ago · 63 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.653 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 39 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.955 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 30 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.533 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.066 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 46 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.433 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 101 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.824 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3436 days ago · 72 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.836 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 83 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.860 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.118 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 142 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.357 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 15 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.322 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 103 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.048 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 24 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.960 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.658 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.862 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.249 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 45 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.241 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.746 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 25 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.674 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.958 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 41 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.73 km W of King Cove, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 118 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.972 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.852 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 54 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.093 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 20 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.290 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.3109 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.667 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 18 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.253 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 23 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.522 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 59 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.195 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.731 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 11 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.762 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 79 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.167 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 43 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.056 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 23 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.061 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 20 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.675 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3407 days ago · 14 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.5112 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3407 days ago · 22 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.680 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3406 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.4Alaska Peninsula · 3404 days ago · 24 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.259 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3404 days ago · 65 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.938 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 92 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.193 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.9105 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3401 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.361 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.731 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 14 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.533 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.899 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.874 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 15 km deep · 40 km away
The first 60 of 68.
Before
- 1.851 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 68 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.997 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3450 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.429 km NE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3452 days ago · 145 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.126 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3452 days ago · 60 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.258 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3452 days ago · 81 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.958 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3452 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.233 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3453 days ago · 67 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.332 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3457 days ago · 75 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.274 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3457 days ago · 17 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.784 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3458 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.516 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3458 days ago · 22 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.760 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3459 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.177 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3459 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.581 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3460 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.566 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3461 days ago · 21 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.941 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3463 days ago · 93 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.030 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3463 days ago · 55 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.286 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3464 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.262 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3464 days ago · 23 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.895 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3465 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away
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