M2.5 earthquake 261 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 261 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska on Sun, Aug 5, 2018, 1:41 PM AKDT (21:41 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 219 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- AACSE
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-08-05 21:41:00 UTC
- Depth
- 1.7 km (1.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.698° N, 157.610° 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
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.6163 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 47 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.4285 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.8219 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.4232 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2964 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.7267 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.8252 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 30 km deep · 16 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event aacse0189z8d789. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:46 AM UTC.