Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 185 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 185 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska on Sat, Jul 21, 2018, 7:15 AM AKDT (15:15 UTC), 31 km (20 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 91 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
AACSE
Local time
UTC
2018-07-21 15:15:30 UTC
Depth
31.4 km (19.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.977° N, 158.828° 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
24

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 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.2237 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2994 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 2.0148 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2992 days ago · 39 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 3.1220 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2992 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 3.7210 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2992 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 2.2230 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2991 days ago · 23 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 3.991 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2989 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 2.6south of Alaska · 2988 days ago · 47 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 3.3219 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 2.5261 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2981 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 2.0228 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 2.4143 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 2.6163 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 47 km deep · 36 km away
  13. 2.4285 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  14. 1.9109 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 37 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 2.7217 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
  16. 2.8219 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  17. 2.4232 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away
  18. 2.7234 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 16 km deep · 86 km away
  19. 2.8252 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 30 km deep · 86 km away

Before

  1. 2.5136 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3002 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 2.9194 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3002 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
  3. 3.1206 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3020 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event aacse0189abkvxe. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:39 AM UTC.