Alaska earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 261 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 261 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Fri, Dec 28, 2018, 4:23 PM AKST (01:23 UTC), 18 km (11 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
3.0 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
AACSE
Local time
UTC
2018-12-29 01:23:28 UTC
Depth
18.1 km (11.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.096° N, 159.291° 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
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.0210 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 2.8248 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 38 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 2.7242 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 32 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 2.6246 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
  5. 2.9275 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 2.5224 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 23 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 3.2259 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 30 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 3.1229 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 31 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 2.1220 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 28 km deep · 45 km away
  10. 2.3248 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 15 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 2.4239 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 24 km deep · 35 km away
  12. 2.7251 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  13. 2.5241 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 19 km deep · 40 km away
  14. 3.6270 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  15. 2.4226 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 24 km deep · 35 km away
  16. 2.4161 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
  17. 2.6233 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
  18. 2.8247 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 40 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 2.3south of Alaska · 2792 days ago · 15 km deep · 9 km away
  20. 2.5224 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2791 days ago · 27 km deep · 61 km away
  21. 2.5246 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 40 km deep · 99 km away
  22. 2.4226 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 30 km deep · 56 km away

Before

  1. 3.2259 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 2.9249 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 34 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 2.4248 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 34 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 2.7236 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2846 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 2.3205 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2850 days ago · 16 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 2.9227 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2852 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 3.1250 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 20 km deep · 52 km away
  8. 2.6256 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2856 days ago · 41 km deep · 79 km away
  9. 2.7253 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 31 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 2.9231 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2862 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event aacse018goctejm. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:27 PM UTC.