Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 256 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 256 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska on Sun, Dec 9, 2018, 11:24 PM AKST (08:24 UTC), 41 km (25 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 270 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
AACSE
Local time
UTC
2018-12-10 08:24:02 UTC
Depth
40.5 km (25.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.440° N, 158.244° 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
23

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.3205 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 16 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 2.3241 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2846 days ago · 27 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 2.7236 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 2.4248 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 34 km deep · 11 km away
  5. 3.2259 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 3.0261 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 18 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 2.3264 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 0 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 2.9275 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 27 km deep · 24 km away
  9. 2.5224 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 23 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 2.6284 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 19 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 2.1220 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 28 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 2.5157 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 44 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 2.5241 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 19 km deep · 45 km away
  14. 3.6270 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 2.4226 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 24 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 3.2185 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away

Before

  1. 2.9284 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 0 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 2.9231 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event aacse018ft1s047. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:53 AM UTC.