Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 99 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 99 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Aug 14, 2018, 12:48 PM AKDT (20:48 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 114 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
2018-08-14 20:48:02 UTC
Depth
15.5 km (9.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.470° N, 160.860° 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
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 70 in the 60 days after this one and 63 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.3106 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 40 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 1.974 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 19 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 1.946 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 65 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 1.948 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 1.9109 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 37 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 2.3109 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2964 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 2.859 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 23 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 2.091 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
  9. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 2955 days ago · 73 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 2.459 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 63 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 2.195 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
  12. 2.994 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 29 km deep · 43 km away
  13. 1.899 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 23 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 1.592 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 16 km deep · 42 km away
  15. 2.6102 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 16 km deep · 44 km away
  16. 2.6104 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 23 km deep · 47 km away
  17. 1.774 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 1.796 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
  19. 1.943 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 55 km deep · 75 km away
  20. 1.854 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 43 km deep · 60 km away
  21. 1.954 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 19 km deep · 60 km away
  22. 1.754 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 17 km deep · 59 km away
  23. 2.561 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 22 km deep · 84 km away
  24. 1.982 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 25 km deep · 32 km away
  25. 2.3100 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
  26. 1.754 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 28 km deep · 85 km away
  27. 2.052 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 49 km deep · 97 km away
  28. 1.963 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
  29. 1.578 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 19 km deep · 38 km away
  30. 2.2142 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 43 km deep · 45 km away
  31. 1.796 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
  32. 1.888 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  33. 1.566 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 23 km deep · 48 km away
  34. 1.584 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
  35. 1.755 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 24 km deep · 79 km away
  36. 2.188 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 25 km deep · 40 km away
  37. 2.317 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 70 km deep · 86 km away
  38. 1.851 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  39. 2.894 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
  40. 1.874 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
  41. 3.5114 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 14 km deep · 20 km away
  42. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 2936 days ago · 40 km deep · 42 km away
  43. 2.061 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
  44. 1.861 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 25 km deep · 42 km away
  45. 1.8105 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 1 km deep · 14 km away
  46. 2.042 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 64 km deep · 73 km away
  47. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 2934 days ago · 21 km deep · 42 km away
  48. 2.3117 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 42 km deep · 20 km away
  49. 1.741 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
  50. 2.872 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 31 km deep · 63 km away
  51. 2.886 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 27 km deep · 56 km away
  52. 1.718 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
  53. 1.543 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 78 km deep · 97 km away
  54. 1.898 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 25 km deep · 38 km away
  55. 2.079 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
  56. 1.991 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
  57. 1.897 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 32 km deep · 73 km away
  58. 2.085 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 39 km deep · 14 km away
  59. 1.949 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 29 km deep · 52 km away
  60. 2.691 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away

The first 60 of 70.

Before

  1. 2.496 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 2.864 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 2.582 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 24 km deep · 32 km away
  4. 1.894 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 3.286 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 21 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 1.954 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 2.087 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 25 km deep · 42 km away
  8. 1.948 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 1.994 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  10. 3.099 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2979 days ago · 22 km deep · 38 km away
  11. 2.188 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2979 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 2.170 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 16 km deep · 30 km away
  13. 2.899 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2981 days ago · 41 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 2.3111 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 27 km deep · 12 km away
  15. 2.157 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  16. 2.021 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 50 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 2.149 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 46 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 2.4122 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2983 days ago · 37 km deep · 28 km away
  19. 2.6south of Alaska · 2986 days ago · 47 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 3.991 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2987 days ago · 23 km deep · 78 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak018ae3ne99 (also filed as ak20103327, aacse018ae3ne99). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:17 AM UTC.