Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 52 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 52 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska on Mon, Jul 10, 2017, 7:36 PM AKDT (03:36 UTC), 61 km (38 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 103 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-07-11 03:36:58 UTC
Depth
60.7 km (37.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.237° N, 159.691° 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
13

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 54 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.063 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3369 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 1.783 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3369 days ago · 34 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 1.766 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3368 days ago · 27 km deep · 35 km away
  4. 2.070 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 2.341 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 70 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 1.538 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 3363 days ago · 52 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 2.75 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3363 days ago · 93 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 3.01 km WNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 100 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 2.464 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 51 km deep · 40 km away
  11. 1.764 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3358 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 3.129 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3358 days ago · 69 km deep · 24 km away
  13. 3.683 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3356 days ago · 25 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 2.040 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3356 days ago · 63 km deep · 26 km away
  15. 1.834 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3356 days ago · 70 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 2.284 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3356 days ago · 48 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 2.5102 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3355 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 4.3103 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 22 km deep · 54 km away
  19. 2.185 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  20. 1.761 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 27 km deep · 73 km away
  21. 2.745 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 51 km deep · 81 km away
  22. 2.713 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 83 km deep · 61 km away
  23. 3.376 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  24. 2.7127 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 31 km deep · 96 km away
  25. 3.769 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
  26. 1.865 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
  27. 2.178 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 42 km deep · 58 km away
  28. 1.861 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  29. 2.1106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  30. 2.342 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  31. 1.840 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  32. 1.941 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  33. 2.051 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 37 km deep · 70 km away
  34. 1.831 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 15 km deep · 44 km away
  35. 1.926 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 75 km deep · 78 km away
  36. 2.199 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 32 km deep · 84 km away
  37. 1.948 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
  38. 2.041 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
  39. 3.585 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  40. 2.254 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
  41. 2.372 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
  42. 1.923 km NW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 90 km deep · 74 km away
  43. 2.329 km WNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 119 km deep · 89 km away
  44. 1.761 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 21 km deep · 48 km away
  45. 2.123 km NNE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 108 km deep · 98 km away
  46. 3.171 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 24 km deep · 85 km away
  47. 2.830 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 161 km deep · 97 km away
  48. 1.958 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 17 km deep · 45 km away
  49. 2.384 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 52 km deep · 42 km away
  50. 1.811 km NNE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 101 km deep · 87 km away
  51. 2.265 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 28 km deep · 14 km away
  52. 2.7104 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 21 km deep · 61 km away
  53. 2.198 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 36 km deep · 49 km away
  54. 2.136 km N of Sand Point, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 100 km deep · 68 km away

Before

  1. 1.635 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 64 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 2.922 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3372 days ago · 52 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 2.131 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3374 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 1.948 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3377 days ago · 94 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 2.09 km NNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3377 days ago · 108 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 2.147 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3378 days ago · 36 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 1.943 km NW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3381 days ago · 87 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 3.563 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3381 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 1.98 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3381 days ago · 55 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 1.856 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3382 days ago · 28 km deep · 29 km away
  11. 3.029 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3382 days ago · 49 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 1.930 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3383 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 2.030 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 53 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 1.526 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 15 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 1.959 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 21 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 2.637 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 80 km deep · 51 km away
  17. 1.872 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3390 days ago · 21 km deep · 20 km away
  18. 1.958 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3392 days ago · 22 km deep · 58 km away
  19. 3.010 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3392 days ago · 71 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 2.449 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3392 days ago · 53 km deep · 7 km away

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