Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 125 km S of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 125 km S of Sand Point, Alaska on Sun, Oct 28, 2018, 3:40 AM AKDT (11:40 UTC), 35 km (22 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
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-10-28 11:40:30 UTC
Depth
35.2 km (21.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.218° N, 160.663° 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
13

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 51 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.297 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2894 days ago · 30 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 2.080 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2891 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 3.067 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2891 days ago · 24 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 2.588 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2890 days ago · 23 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 2.1105 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2886 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
  6. 2.069 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 3.535 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2883 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 3.193 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2882 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 2.3109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2882 days ago · 42 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 3.6107 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2881 days ago · 42 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 2.391 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2881 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 2.298 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2881 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  13. 3.0102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 31 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 2.059 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 4.189 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 32 km deep · 41 km away
  16. 2.8Alaska Peninsula · 2875 days ago · 34 km deep · 34 km away
  17. 2.664 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 82 km deep · 83 km away
  18. 1.882 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 32 km deep · 57 km away
  19. 2.094 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 23 km deep · 55 km away
  20. 2.074 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away
  21. 2.9109 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 23 km deep · 44 km away
  22. 2.372 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2871 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
  23. 4.7108 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2871 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
  24. 1.853 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2868 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
  25. 2.895 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2864 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  26. 2.161 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 37 km deep · 76 km away
  27. 3.7121 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  28. 1.962 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 32 km deep · 63 km away
  29. 3.193 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 30 km deep · 53 km away
  30. 3.082 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 22 km deep · 63 km away
  31. 3.3122 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2857 days ago · 21 km deep · 37 km away
  32. 2.675 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2856 days ago · 25 km deep · 52 km away
  33. 2.7124 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  34. 2.383 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2853 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
  35. 2.6109 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2852 days ago · 37 km deep · 71 km away
  36. 2.929 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2852 days ago · 79 km deep · 96 km away
  37. 2.538 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
  38. 3.197 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2846 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  39. 2.6104 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2846 days ago · 39 km deep · 86 km away
  40. 2.6103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2845 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
  41. 2.371 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
  42. 2.255 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 18 km deep · 76 km away
  43. 2.593 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 18 km deep · 32 km away
  44. 3.053 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 64 km deep · 96 km away
  45. 2.5110 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
  46. 2.481 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
  47. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 2836 days ago · 29 km deep · 47 km away
  48. 2.6141 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 62 km deep · 36 km away
  49. 2.798 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 55 km deep · 33 km away
  50. 2.163 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
  51. 2.1103 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away

Before

  1. 2.580 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2895 days ago · 72 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 2.493 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2895 days ago · 45 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 2.5107 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2895 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
  4. 2.678 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2895 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 3.382 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 2.096 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 2.395 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 45 km deep · 31 km away
  8. 2.9106 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 2.696 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 28 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 3.465 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 49 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 2.393 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2906 days ago · 23 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 2.394 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2906 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  13. 2.874 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2906 days ago · 57 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 2.155 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 24 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 2.6143 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 46 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 2.492 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  17. 2.8102 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 1.973 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 16 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 2.190 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
  20. 2.162 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 24 km deep · 78 km away

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