Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 67 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 67 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Thu, Jan 19, 2017, 8:17 PM AKST (05:17 UTC), 30 km (19 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 16 km SSW of Sand Point, 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
2017-01-20 05:17:21 UTC
Depth
29.9 km (18.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.758° N, 160.162° 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
10

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 47 in the 60 days after this one and 24 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.25 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3543 days ago · 67 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 3.379 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 14 km deep · 21 km away
  3. 3.648 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 68 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 2.153 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 67 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 2.156 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 15 km deep · 54 km away
  6. 2.493 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 2.488 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 2.3116 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 2.140 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 61 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 2.362 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 2.887 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 27 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 2.090 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 28 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 1.9100 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 2.08 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 50 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 2.257 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 18 km deep · 35 km away
  16. 2.841 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 51 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 2.296 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3522 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 3.725 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
  19. 2.221 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  20. 3.756 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 24 km deep · 19 km away
  21. 3.025 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
  22. 2.927 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
  23. 3.816 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3516 days ago · 1 km deep · 56 km away
  24. 2.494 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
  25. 1.827 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 17 km deep · 42 km away
  26. 2.665 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3512 days ago · 20 km deep · 3 km away
  27. 2.483 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3512 days ago · 17 km deep · 71 km away
  28. 1.993 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3512 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
  29. 2.065 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3511 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
  30. 1.940 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3510 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
  31. 2.123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3509 days ago · 54 km deep · 44 km away
  32. 3.711 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3509 days ago · 97 km deep · 57 km away
  33. 2.317 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3507 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
  34. 1.912 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3507 days ago · 63 km deep · 60 km away
  35. 3.017 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3506 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
  36. 2.215 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3506 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
  37. 1.815 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3506 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  38. 2.016 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3504 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
  39. 2.587 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3501 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  40. 1.964 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3497 days ago · 57 km deep · 95 km away
  41. 2.294 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3492 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
  42. 2.179 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3490 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
  43. 2.285 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3490 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
  44. 2.887 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3489 days ago · 22 km deep · 49 km away
  45. 2.391 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3487 days ago · 24 km deep · 93 km away
  46. 3.860 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3487 days ago · 29 km deep · 8 km away
  47. 2.078 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3485 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away

Before

  1. 2.155 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 2.568 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 20 km deep · 13 km away
  3. 2.58 km N of Sand Point, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 62 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 2.381 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 1.977 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 1.966 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 22 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 1.657 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 21 km deep · 31 km away
  8. 1.623 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 53 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 2.791 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 23 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 1.578 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 3.711 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 71 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 3.470 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 46 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 2.389 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
  14. 2.085 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 15 km deep · 44 km away
  15. 3.582 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3561 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 3.431 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 2.045 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 21 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 2.375 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 3.093 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 41 km deep · 35 km away
  20. 2.149 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3570 days ago · 56 km deep · 70 km away

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