Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 38 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 38 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Apr 3, 2018, 9:53 AM AKDT (17:53 UTC), 44 km (28 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 112 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-04-03 17:53:25 UTC
Depth
44.4 km (27.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.008° N, 160.319° 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
19

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 67 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.169 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 72 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 2.096 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 2.255 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3101 days ago · 118 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 1.754 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3100 days ago · 62 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 1.626 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3100 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  6. 1.671 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3100 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 1.962 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3097 days ago · 23 km deep · 30 km away
  8. 1.868 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3097 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 2.767 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3096 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 2.033 km NW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3096 days ago · 85 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 3.1122 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3096 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 3.1105 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3094 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 1.991 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3093 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 4.9112 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3092 days ago · 34 km deep · 81 km away
  15. 2.5113 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3092 days ago · 24 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 2.131 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3091 days ago · 102 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 2.251 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3091 days ago · 76 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 2.393 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 2.681 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3086 days ago · 31 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 3.268 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 30 km deep · 49 km away
  21. 2.6110 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
  22. 2.888 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3081 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
  23. 1.547 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3077 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  24. 2.433 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  25. 2.369 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3075 days ago · 44 km deep · 77 km away
  26. 2.860 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3073 days ago · 24 km deep · 44 km away
  27. 4.637 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3071 days ago · 65 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
  28. 2.841 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3071 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  29. 3.192 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3070 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  30. 3.262 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3070 days ago · 28 km deep · 59 km away
  31. 1.963 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3069 days ago · 21 km deep · 47 km away
  32. 2.169 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3069 days ago · 16 km deep · 75 km away
  33. 3.2105 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3067 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  34. 3.751 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3066 days ago · 72 km deep · 55 km away
  35. 2.360 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3066 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
  36. 4.295 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3065 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  37. 2.1103 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3063 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  38. 2.395 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3062 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
  39. 1.792 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3062 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  40. 1.994 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3062 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
  41. 2.264 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3059 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  42. 2.289 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3058 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  43. 1.972 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3057 days ago · 14 km deep · 34 km away
  44. 1.753 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 3056 days ago · 82 km deep · 75 km away
  45. 2.095 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3056 days ago · 21 km deep · 97 km away
  46. 1.972 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3055 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  47. 2.277 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3054 days ago · 50 km deep · 46 km away
  48. 2.036 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3053 days ago · 36 km deep · 15 km away
  49. 2.192 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3053 days ago · 19 km deep · 95 km away
  50. 2.157 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3052 days ago · 34 km deep · 24 km away
  51. 3.561 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3052 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
  52. 2.282 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3051 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away
  53. 1.738 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3051 days ago · 71 km deep · 54 km away
  54. 2.774 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3051 days ago · 38 km deep · 97 km away
  55. 1.773 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3050 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
  56. 2.044 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3050 days ago · 64 km deep · 68 km away
  57. 2.030 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3049 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  58. 2.7120 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3048 days ago · 28 km deep · 96 km away
  59. 1.674 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3045 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
  60. 2.058 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3045 days ago · 18 km deep · 22 km away

The first 60 of 67.

Before

  1. 2.157 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3103 days ago · 15 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 3.165 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3103 days ago · 24 km deep · 32 km away
  3. 2.222 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3104 days ago · 56 km deep · 20 km away
  4. 2.078 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3105 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 3.7106 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3106 days ago · 29 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 1.694 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3106 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 2.097 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 1.687 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
  9. 1.669 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 16 km deep · 47 km away
  10. 1.570 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 34 km deep · 35 km away
  11. 2.357 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 79 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 1.691 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 18 km deep · 55 km away
  13. 2.672 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 27 km deep · 35 km away
  14. 2.588 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3111 days ago · 23 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 2.167 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3112 days ago · 30 km deep · 30 km away
  16. 2.163 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3113 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 2.186 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3113 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 1.932 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3120 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
  19. 2.238 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3120 days ago · 65 km deep · 47 km away
  20. 3.093 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3120 days ago · 21 km deep · 94 km away

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