M1.9 earthquake 58 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 58 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska on Mon, Mar 12, 2018, 5:33 PM AKDT (01:33 UTC), 15 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 37 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-03-13 01:33:56 UTC
- Depth
- 15.3 km (9.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 55.188° N, 159.614° 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
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 44 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.65 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 69 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.467 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 18 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.783 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.238 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3120 days ago · 65 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.932 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3120 days ago · 14 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.36 km NNE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3116 days ago · 114 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.144 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3113 days ago · 45 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.167 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3112 days ago · 30 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.588 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3112 days ago · 23 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.672 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3109 days ago · 27 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.691 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 18 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.570 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 34 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.669 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 16 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.7106 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3106 days ago · 29 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.078 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3105 days ago · 11 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.737 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 3104 days ago · 47 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.222 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3104 days ago · 56 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.165 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3104 days ago · 24 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.157 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3103 days ago · 15 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.7130 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3103 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.138 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3103 days ago · 44 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.754 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3101 days ago · 62 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.626 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3100 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.962 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3097 days ago · 23 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.033 km NW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3096 days ago · 85 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.130 km WNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3093 days ago · 93 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.991 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3093 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.029 km E of Perryville, Alaska · 3086 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.268 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 30 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.888 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.612 km WNW of Perryville, Alaska · 3079 days ago · 104 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.433 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.860 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3073 days ago · 24 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.637 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3072 days ago · 65 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 2.841 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3072 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.192 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3071 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.262 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3070 days ago · 28 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.37 km E of Perryville, Alaska · 3070 days ago · 72 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.963 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3069 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.169 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3069 days ago · 16 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.2105 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3067 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.751 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3067 days ago · 72 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.360 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3067 days ago · 2 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.295 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3066 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
Before
- 2.226 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 67 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.478 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 27 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.963 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3132 days ago · 46 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.2125 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3132 days ago · 36 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.251 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.897 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3141 days ago · 23 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.937 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3142 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.636 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3142 days ago · 21 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.843 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3142 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.942 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3142 days ago · 19 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.138 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3142 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.034 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3142 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.055 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3142 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.741 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3142 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.943 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3142 days ago · 27 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1 · tsunami flag
- 2.2118 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 36 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.524 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3153 days ago · 65 km deep · 58 km away
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