Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 124 km S of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 124 km S of Sand Point, Alaska on Thu, Jun 22, 2017, 6:22 AM AKDT (14:22 UTC), 56 km (35 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 97 km SE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-06-22 14:22:10 UTC
Depth
56.2 km (34.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.223° N, 160.283° 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: 48 in the 60 days after this one and 24 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.959 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 21 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 1.669 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 2.092 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3388 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 1.978 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3385 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 2.076 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3383 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 3.563 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3381 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 1.975 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3374 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 2.131 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3373 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 2.791 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3372 days ago · 16 km deep · 52 km away
  10. 1.969 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 19 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 2.063 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3368 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 1.783 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3368 days ago · 34 km deep · 49 km away
  13. 1.766 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 27 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 2.070 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 2.167 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 2.996 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 2.1101 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3361 days ago · 23 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 1.764 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3358 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 3.683 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3356 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away
  20. 3.072 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3355 days ago · 31 km deep · 88 km away
  21. 2.595 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
  22. 2.162 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
  23. 1.761 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 27 km deep · 65 km away
  24. 2.745 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 51 km deep · 95 km away
  25. 2.973 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  26. 2.384 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
  27. 3.572 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
  28. 3.376 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  29. 3.089 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  30. 2.278 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 51 km deep · 82 km away
  31. 3.769 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
  32. 1.897 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
  33. 1.865 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  34. 2.178 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 42 km deep · 62 km away
  35. 1.998 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 31 km deep · 42 km away
  36. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 3340 days ago · 21 km deep · 67 km away
  37. 2.0109 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
  38. 3.997 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  39. 2.094 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  40. 1.986 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  41. 2.289 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
  42. 1.861 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  43. 2.1101 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  44. 2.880 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 17 km deep · 90 km away
  45. 2.1106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
  46. 2.051 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 37 km deep · 76 km away
  47. 2.185 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
  48. 2.470 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 18 km deep · 97 km away

Before

  1. 1.783 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 1.958 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3391 days ago · 22 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 2.375 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3393 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 1.874 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3398 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 2.899 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 14 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 1.533 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 1.731 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 2.361 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 1.9105 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3401 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
  10. 2.193 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3401 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 2.4Alaska Peninsula · 3404 days ago · 24 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 2.680 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3405 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  13. 2.5112 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3407 days ago · 22 km deep · 31 km away
  14. 2.675 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3407 days ago · 14 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 2.061 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 2.056 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 23 km deep · 71 km away
  17. 2.167 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 43 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 2.195 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
  19. 2.253 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 23 km deep · 79 km away
  20. 1.667 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away

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