Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 49 km S of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 49 km S of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Sep 26, 2018, 5:16 AM AKDT (13:16 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 108 km SE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-09-26 13:16:01 UTC
Depth
29.0 km (18.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.891° N, 160.495° 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: 55 in the 60 days after this one and 52 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.691 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 2.396 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 2.6101 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 25 km deep · 56 km away
  4. 2.162 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 24 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 2.190 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 1.973 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 16 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 2.384 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 2.492 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 2.6143 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 46 km deep · 100 km away
  10. 2.155 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 24 km deep · 13 km away
  11. 2.374 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 1.762 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 2.946 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 139 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 2.874 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2906 days ago · 57 km deep · 47 km away
  15. 2.394 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2906 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 2.393 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2906 days ago · 23 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 3.465 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 49 km deep · 77 km away
  18. 2.696 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 28 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 2.9106 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 2.395 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 45 km deep · 46 km away
  21. 2.096 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
  22. 3.382 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
  23. 2.678 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2895 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
  24. 2.5107 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2895 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  25. 2.493 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2895 days ago · 45 km deep · 58 km away
  26. 2.580 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2895 days ago · 72 km deep · 41 km away
  27. 2.8125 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2894 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  28. 3.297 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2894 days ago · 30 km deep · 69 km away
  29. 2.080 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2891 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
  30. 3.067 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2891 days ago · 24 km deep · 66 km away
  31. 2.588 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2890 days ago · 23 km deep · 41 km away
  32. 2.1105 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2886 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  33. 2.069 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  34. 3.535 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
  35. 2.141 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2883 days ago · 58 km deep · 42 km away
  36. 3.7113 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2882 days ago · 34 km deep · 98 km away
  37. 3.193 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2882 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
  38. 2.3109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2882 days ago · 42 km deep · 73 km away
  39. 2.391 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2881 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  40. 2.298 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2881 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  41. 3.0102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 31 km deep · 57 km away
  42. 2.235 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 63 km deep · 70 km away
  43. 1.920 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 54 km deep · 34 km away
  44. 2.059 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
  45. 4.189 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 32 km deep · 44 km away
  46. 2.8Alaska Peninsula · 2875 days ago · 34 km deep · 48 km away
  47. 2.664 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 82 km deep · 57 km away
  48. 1.882 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 32 km deep · 44 km away
  49. 2.094 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 23 km deep · 86 km away
  50. 2.074 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away
  51. 2.9109 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away
  52. 2.372 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2871 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
  53. 4.7108 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2871 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  54. 3.318 km NW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2869 days ago · 79 km deep · 64 km away
  55. 1.853 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2868 days ago · 14 km deep · 10 km away

Before

  1. 2.085 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 39 km deep · 40 km away
  2. 1.897 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 32 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 1.991 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 2.079 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 1.898 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 1.543 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 78 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 1.718 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
  8. 2.886 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 27 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 2.872 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 31 km deep · 35 km away
  10. 2.266 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 1.741 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 14 km deep · 9 km away
  12. 2.3117 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 42 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 2933 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 1.851 km S of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 109 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 2.042 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 64 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 1.8105 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 1 km deep · 62 km away
  17. 1.861 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 25 km deep · 12 km away
  18. 2.061 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 26 km deep · 12 km away
  19. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 2935 days ago · 40 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 3.5114 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event aacse018cd3efa7. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:48 AM UTC.