Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 85 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 85 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Jan 4, 2017, 11:46 PM AKST (08:46 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 68 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-01-05 08:46:53 UTC
Depth
14.7 km (9.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.833° N, 159.495° 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: 43 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.389 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 3.711 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 71 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 2.791 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 1.623 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 53 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 1.657 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 21 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 2.58 km N of Sand Point, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 62 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 2.568 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 20 km deep · 30 km away
  8. 2.155 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3545 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
  9. 2.567 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 30 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 2.25 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 67 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 3.379 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 14 km deep · 25 km away
  12. 2.7124 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
  13. 2.156 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 15 km deep · 38 km away
  14. 2.140 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 61 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 2.362 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
  16. 2.887 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 27 km deep · 5 km away
  17. 2.090 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 28 km deep · 9 km away
  18. 2.08 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 50 km deep · 81 km away
  19. 2.257 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 18 km deep · 77 km away
  20. 2.841 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 51 km deep · 78 km away
  21. 2.354 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 38 km deep · 99 km away
  22. 4.468 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3520 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  23. 3.725 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  24. 2.221 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  25. 3.756 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 24 km deep · 59 km away
  26. 3.025 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  27. 2.927 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
  28. 3.816 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
  29. 1.635 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 49 km deep · 87 km away
  30. 1.827 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 17 km deep · 69 km away
  31. 2.665 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 20 km deep · 45 km away
  32. 2.666 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
  33. 2.065 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3512 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away
  34. 2.761 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3511 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
  35. 1.940 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3511 days ago · 19 km deep · 93 km away
  36. 2.123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3510 days ago · 54 km deep · 67 km away
  37. 3.711 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3510 days ago · 97 km deep · 76 km away
  38. 2.317 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3508 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  39. 1.912 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3508 days ago · 63 km deep · 83 km away
  40. 3.017 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3507 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
  41. 2.215 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3507 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
  42. 1.815 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3507 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
  43. 2.016 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3505 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away

Before

  1. 3.431 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 2.045 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 21 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 2.375 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 3.093 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 41 km deep · 22 km away
  5. 2.171 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 16 km deep · 54 km away
  6. 1.860 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 3.4127 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 18 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 2.4117 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 3.2100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  10. 2.662 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3576 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 2.529 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 2.524 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 70 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 2.878 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 40 km deep · 46 km away
  14. 2.161 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 62 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 2.143 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 2.219 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 2.443 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  18. 2.329 km SSW of Perryville, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 60 km deep · 92 km away

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