M1.9 earthquake 60 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 60 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, May 10, 2017, 3:48 PM AKDT (23:48 UTC), 15 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 63 km SSE of Sand Point, 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
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-05-10 23:48:27 UTC
- Depth
- 15.3 km (9.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.874° N, 160.001° 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
- 8
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 52 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.255 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3431 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 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 · 36 km away
- 2.249 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 45 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.1121 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 29 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.746 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 25 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.674 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.864 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 21 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.958 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 41 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.972 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.886 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.093 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.073 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 16 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.574 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 19 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.667 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 18 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.253 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 23 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.522 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 59 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.195 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.731 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.167 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 43 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.056 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 23 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.061 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 20 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.675 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3407 days ago · 14 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.5112 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3407 days ago · 22 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.680 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3406 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.259 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3404 days ago · 65 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.361 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.731 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 14 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.533 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.267 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 14 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.899 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.874 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.351 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3393 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.375 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3393 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.449 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3392 days ago · 53 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.010 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3392 days ago · 71 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.958 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3392 days ago · 22 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.872 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3390 days ago · 21 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.637 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 80 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.5124 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 56 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.959 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 21 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.526 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.930 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3383 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.856 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3381 days ago · 28 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.98 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3381 days ago · 55 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.563 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3381 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.650 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3378 days ago · 59 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.948 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3377 days ago · 94 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.975 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3374 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.131 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3374 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.791 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3372 days ago · 16 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.922 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3372 days ago · 52 km deep · 47 km away
Before
- 2.048 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 24 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.357 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.860 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.824 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3436 days ago · 72 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.6108 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.066 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 46 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.697 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 17 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.533 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.955 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 30 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.653 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 39 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.955 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3443 days ago · 63 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.3113 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.044 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 97 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.833 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.586 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 14 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.063 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 45 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.851 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 68 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.997 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3450 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.126 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3452 days ago · 60 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.174 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3453 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
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