Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 247 km S of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 247 km S of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Aug 14, 2018, 8:49 AM AKDT (16:49 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 277 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
AACSE
Local time
UTC
2018-08-14 16:49:20 UTC
Depth
4.1 km (2.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.135° N, 159.957° 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
26

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.7217 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2966 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
  2. 2.8219 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 2.4232 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 2.7234 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 16 km deep · 37 km away
  5. 3.2238 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 12 km deep · 28 km away
  6. 2.5257 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 29 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 2.0224 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 32 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 3.2268 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 3.3277 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away

Before

  1. 2.9245 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 31 km deep · 36 km away
  2. 2.6254 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 31 km deep · 16 km away
  3. 2.2south of Alaska · 2978 days ago · 18 km deep · 14 km away
  4. 3.2south of Alaska · 2978 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 2.0228 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 17 km deep · 23 km away
  6. 2.6243 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2979 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 3.3219 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 21 km deep · 30 km away
  8. 2.6255 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2984 days ago · 32 km deep · 32 km away
  9. 2.2230 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2989 days ago · 23 km deep · 32 km away
  10. 3.7210 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  11. 3.1220 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  12. 2.0148 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 39 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 2.1251 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2991 days ago · 37 km deep · 40 km away
  14. 2.2237 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2992 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event aacse018ae19wxe. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:38 PM UTC.