M2.9 earthquake 284 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 284 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Dec 4, 2018, 7:38 PM AKST (04:38 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 239 km SE of Perryville, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- AACSE
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-12-05 04:38:36 UTC
- Depth
- 0.0 km (0.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.545° N, 157.378° 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
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.6256 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2853 days ago · 41 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.3241 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2846 days ago · 27 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.7236 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.4248 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 34 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.3264 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 0 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.0239 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.9275 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 27 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.6284 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 19 km deep · 22 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event aacse018fkpslu3. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:42 PM UTC.