Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 132 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 132 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska on Thu, Dec 14, 2017, 5:54 AM AKST (14:54 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 41 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-12-14 14:54:46 UTC
Depth
11.7 km (7.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.393° N, 159.239° 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
9

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.7148 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 24 km deep · 25 km away
  2. 2.276 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 4.741 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 44 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.542 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 36 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 3.0186 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 30 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 3.984 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 2.993 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 22 km deep · 39 km away
  8. 2.795 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 17 km deep · 44 km away
  9. 2.957 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 2.173 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 2.245 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 34 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 3.4199 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 2.057 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 30 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 2.055 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 2.050 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 3.1132 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 29 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 2.257 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 2.190 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3165 days ago · 29 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 3.053 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3164 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away

Before

  1. 3.6132 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 18 km deep · 18 km away
  2. 3.8129 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 23 km deep · 12 km away
  3. 1.962 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 1.863 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 23 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 2.6103 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 25 km deep · 45 km away
  6. 4.199 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 23 km deep · 49 km away
  7. 4.199 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 23 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 3.7207 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 3.194 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 41 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 2.480 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 27 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 2.654 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3229 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 2.9102 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3237 days ago · 23 km deep · 46 km away
  13. 2.153 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 46 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 2.057 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 2.5130 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 4.584 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 32 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2

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