Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 95 km S of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 95 km S of Sand Point, Alaska on Sun, May 13, 2018, 7:19 AM AKDT (15:19 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 61 km S of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2018-05-13 15:19:22 UTC
Depth
10.9 km (6.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.479° N, 160.623° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
2.3ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
2.3ML, local (Richter)AACSEPreliminary

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: 77 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.792 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3063 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 1.994 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3063 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 2.264 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3060 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 2.289 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3059 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 1.972 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3058 days ago · 14 km deep · 45 km away
  6. 1.999 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3057 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  7. 1.9102 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3057 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 2.6102 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3057 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 1.8100 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3057 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 2.095 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3057 days ago · 21 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 1.972 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3056 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 3.360 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3055 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 2.277 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3055 days ago · 50 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 2.036 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3055 days ago · 36 km deep · 59 km away
  15. 2.192 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3054 days ago · 19 km deep · 50 km away
  16. 2.157 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3053 days ago · 34 km deep · 39 km away
  17. 3.561 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3053 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
  18. 2.282 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3052 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 1.738 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3052 days ago · 71 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 2.992 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3051 days ago · 32 km deep · 60 km away
  21. 3.283 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3051 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away
  22. 2.283 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3050 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  23. 2.362 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3050 days ago · 42 km deep · 99 km away
  24. 2.7120 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3049 days ago · 28 km deep · 37 km away
  25. 2.9110 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3047 days ago · 20 km deep · 51 km away
  26. 1.674 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3046 days ago · 11 km deep · 30 km away
  27. 2.058 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3046 days ago · 18 km deep · 56 km away
  28. 1.685 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3046 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
  29. 1.886 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3045 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  30. 1.655 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3045 days ago · 61 km deep · 67 km away
  31. 2.1100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3045 days ago · 32 km deep · 63 km away
  32. 1.884 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3045 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  33. 1.976 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3044 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  34. 1.856 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3044 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away
  35. 2.091 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3041 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
  36. 2.993 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3040 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  37. 1.853 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3040 days ago · 23 km deep · 51 km away
  38. 1.569 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3040 days ago · 18 km deep · 57 km away
  39. 2.2133 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3039 days ago · 43 km deep · 50 km away
  40. 1.992 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3039 days ago · 38 km deep · 75 km away
  41. 2.893 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3039 days ago · 24 km deep · 64 km away
  42. 1.972 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3039 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
  43. 1.874 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3039 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  44. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 3039 days ago · 25 km deep · 58 km away
  45. 2.089 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3036 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
  46. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 3035 days ago · 25 km deep · 10 km away
  47. 1.864 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3031 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
  48. 2.989 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3031 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  49. 2.044 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3030 days ago · 67 km deep · 84 km away
  50. 2.658 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3028 days ago · 45 km deep · 97 km away
  51. 2.198 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3028 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
  52. 2.156 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3027 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  53. 1.958 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3026 days ago · 88 km deep · 93 km away
  54. 1.652 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3022 days ago · 77 km deep · 74 km away
  55. 2.084 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3022 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
  56. 2.064 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3021 days ago · 52 km deep · 55 km away
  57. 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 3019 days ago · 15 km deep · 52 km away
  58. 2.7108 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3019 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  59. 3.0112 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3019 days ago · 30 km deep · 53 km away
  60. 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 3019 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away

The first 60 of 77.

Before

  1. 2.1103 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3065 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 2.390 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3065 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  3. 2.5100 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3065 days ago · 27 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 4.295 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3067 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 2.394 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3067 days ago · 12 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 2.360 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3067 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 3.751 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3067 days ago · 72 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 3.776 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3069 days ago · 27 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 1.963 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3070 days ago · 21 km deep · 47 km away
  10. 3.192 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3071 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 4.637 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3073 days ago · 65 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.880 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3073 days ago · 24 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 2.860 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3074 days ago · 24 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 2.4103 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3075 days ago · 24 km deep · 58 km away
  15. 2.369 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 44 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 2.433 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3077 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 2.2103 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3077 days ago · 15 km deep · 54 km away
  18. 3.4104 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3078 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  19. 2.6110 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3084 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
  20. 3.268 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3084 days ago · 30 km deep · 93 km away

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