Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 248 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 248 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska on Sat, Dec 22, 2018, 11:08 AM AKST (20:08 UTC), 34 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 259 km SSE 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
2018-12-22 20:08:08 UTC
Depth
33.5 km (20.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.538° N, 158.221° 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
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.2259 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 3.0261 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 2.3264 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 0 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 2.9275 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 27 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 2.5224 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 23 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 2.6284 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 19 km deep · 43 km away
  7. 2.5157 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 44 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 2.5241 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 19 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 2.4226 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 24 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 3.2185 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 2.3south of Alaska · 2790 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 3.2186 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 22 km deep · 65 km away

Before

  1. 2.7236 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2845 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 2.3241 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2848 days ago · 27 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 2.3205 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 16 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 2.6256 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 41 km deep · 11 km away
  5. 2.9284 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2860 days ago · 0 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 2.9231 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event aacse018gd39ya5. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:58 AM UTC.