Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 143 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 143 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska on Mon, Oct 29, 2018, 9:55 AM AKDT (17:55 UTC), 34 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 123 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
AACSE
Local time
UTC
2018-10-29 17:55:45 UTC
Depth
34.2 km (21.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.368° N, 159.026° 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
24

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.9123 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2885 days ago · 17 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 3.7113 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2885 days ago · 34 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 2.3109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2885 days ago · 42 km deep · 38 km away
  4. 2.5128 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 30 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 3.0102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2880 days ago · 31 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 2.7115 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 28 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 2.372 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 2.5143 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 36 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 2.696 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2871 days ago · 36 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 2.895 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2868 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 3.197 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2850 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  12. 2.6104 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 39 km deep · 40 km away
  13. 2.6103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2848 days ago · 15 km deep · 46 km away
  14. 3.0113 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2848 days ago · 19 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 2.3205 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2848 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 2.3241 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 2.4180 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2845 days ago · 36 km deep · 82 km away
  18. 2.255 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2845 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 2.7236 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 2.798 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 55 km deep · 87 km away

Before

  1. 2.484 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2896 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 2.096 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2900 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
  3. 2.395 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2902 days ago · 45 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 2.4139 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 30 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 2.374 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 2.155 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 24 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 2.6143 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 46 km deep · 42 km away
  8. 2.384 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 2.7122 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 31 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 3.7128 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 2.8128 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 2.162 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 24 km deep · 84 km away

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