Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 143 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 143 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Sat, Oct 13, 2018, 9:44 AM AKDT (17:44 UTC), 46 km (29 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 89 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-10-13 17:44:56 UTC
Depth
46.4 km (28.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.168° N, 159.576° 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
43

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.155 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 2.374 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 2.395 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 45 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 2.096 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 2.5107 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2895 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 2.8125 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2894 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 2.4143 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2892 days ago · 34 km deep · 42 km away
  8. 2.080 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2891 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 2.588 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2889 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 2.1105 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2885 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 3.9123 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2882 days ago · 17 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 3.7113 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2882 days ago · 34 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 2.3109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2881 days ago · 42 km deep · 38 km away
  14. 3.0102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 31 km deep · 43 km away
  15. 4.189 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 32 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 2.8Alaska Peninsula · 2875 days ago · 34 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 2.372 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2871 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 2.5143 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2871 days ago · 36 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 2.895 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2864 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  20. 3.7121 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  21. 1.962 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 32 km deep · 92 km away
  22. 2.9231 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2856 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  23. 2.675 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2856 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away

Before

  1. 2.384 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 2.190 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 2.162 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 24 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 2.6101 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 1.949 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 29 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 2.085 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 39 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 1.897 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 32 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 2.079 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 2.0224 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 32 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 2.872 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 31 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 2.3117 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 42 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 1.861 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 2.061 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 3.5114 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 1.874 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event aacse018d5a36d2. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 11:28 PM UTC.