M2.2 earthquake 55 km E of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 55 km E of Sand Point, Alaska on Thu, May 11, 2017, 4:10 PM AKDT (00:10 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 63 km SSE 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
- 2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-05-12 00:10:55 UTC
- Depth
- 4.9 km (3.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 55.383° N, 159.625° 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
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 47 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.452 km E of Perryville, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 53 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.937 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 49 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.658 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.249 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 45 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.367 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 34 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.1121 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 29 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.746 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.674 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.864 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 21 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.822 km SSE of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.958 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 41 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.886 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.242 km E of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 153 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.073 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 16 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.574 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 19 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.253 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.522 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 59 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.731 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.056 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 23 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.061 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.928 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3401 days ago · 51 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.361 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.731 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.533 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.267 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 14 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.956 km WNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3398 days ago · 115 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.351 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3393 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.375 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3393 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.449 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3392 days ago · 53 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.010 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3392 days ago · 71 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.958 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3391 days ago · 22 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.872 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 21 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.637 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 80 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.959 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 21 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.526 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 15 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.030 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 53 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.930 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3383 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.029 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3381 days ago · 49 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.856 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3381 days ago · 28 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.98 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3381 days ago · 55 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.563 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3381 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.943 km NW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3381 days ago · 87 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.147 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3378 days ago · 36 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.09 km NNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3377 days ago · 108 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.131 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3374 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.922 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3372 days ago · 52 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.635 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 64 km deep · 86 km away
Before
- 1.960 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.048 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 24 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.063 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.357 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.860 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.824 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 72 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.6108 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 18 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.697 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 17 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.533 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.955 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 30 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.653 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 39 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.242 km E of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 156 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.867 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 30 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.7129 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 23 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.3113 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3445 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.044 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 97 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.833 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.586 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.126 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3452 days ago · 60 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.174 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3453 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
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