Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 37 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 37 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska on Thu, Jun 22, 2017, 4:02 AM AKDT (12:02 UTC), 80 km (50 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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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-06-22 12:02:12 UTC
Depth
80.3 km (49.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.610° N, 160.157° 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
32

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 46 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.959 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 1.526 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 15 km deep · 29 km away
  3. 2.030 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 53 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 1.930 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3383 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
  5. 3.029 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3382 days ago · 49 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 1.856 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3382 days ago · 28 km deep · 57 km away
  7. 1.98 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3381 days ago · 55 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 3.563 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3381 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 1.943 km NW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3381 days ago · 87 km deep · 56 km away
  10. 2.147 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3378 days ago · 36 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 2.423 km W of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3378 days ago · 185 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 2.09 km NNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3378 days ago · 108 km deep · 57 km away
  13. 1.948 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3377 days ago · 94 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 2.131 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3374 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  15. 2.922 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3372 days ago · 52 km deep · 59 km away
  16. 1.635 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 64 km deep · 72 km away
  17. 2.352 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 61 km deep · 51 km away
  18. 2.063 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3369 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 1.766 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3368 days ago · 27 km deep · 81 km away
  20. 2.070 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
  21. 2.341 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 70 km deep · 75 km away
  22. 1.538 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  23. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 3363 days ago · 52 km deep · 84 km away
  24. 2.75 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3363 days ago · 93 km deep · 49 km away
  25. 3.01 km WNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 100 km deep · 52 km away
  26. 2.464 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 51 km deep · 74 km away
  27. 1.764 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3358 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
  28. 3.129 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3358 days ago · 69 km deep · 33 km away
  29. 2.040 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3356 days ago · 63 km deep · 25 km away
  30. 1.834 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3356 days ago · 70 km deep · 67 km away
  31. 2.185 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  32. 2.131 km E of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 152 km deep · 54 km away
  33. 1.761 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 27 km deep · 94 km away
  34. 2.745 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 51 km deep · 82 km away
  35. 1.543 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
  36. 2.713 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 83 km deep · 32 km away
  37. 1.865 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  38. 2.178 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 42 km deep · 100 km away
  39. 1.861 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  40. 2.342 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  41. 1.840 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  42. 1.941 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  43. 2.214 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 120 km deep · 65 km away
  44. 2.051 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 37 km deep · 86 km away
  45. 1.831 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 15 km deep · 32 km away
  46. 1.926 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 75 km deep · 57 km away

Before

  1. 1.872 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3390 days ago · 21 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 1.958 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3392 days ago · 22 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 3.010 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3392 days ago · 71 km deep · 39 km away
  4. 2.449 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3392 days ago · 53 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 2.375 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3393 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 2.351 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3393 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 1.956 km WNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3398 days ago · 115 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 3.267 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 1.533 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3401 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 1.731 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3401 days ago · 14 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 2.361 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3401 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 1.928 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3401 days ago · 51 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 2.259 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3404 days ago · 65 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 2.061 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 2.056 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 1.762 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 79 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 1.731 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
  18. 1.522 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 59 km deep · 57 km away
  19. 2.253 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 2.574 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 19 km deep · 73 km away

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