Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 6 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 6 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska on Fri, Sep 14, 2018, 5:52 AM AKDT (13:52 UTC), 76 km (47 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 54 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2018-09-14 13:52:54 UTC
Depth
75.5 km (46.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.394° N, 160.538° 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
2.2ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
2.2ML, 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: 35 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.874 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 2.061 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 1.861 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 2.042 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 64 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 1.851 km S of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 109 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 1.925 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 110 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 1.741 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 14 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 2.266 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 2.872 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 31 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 1.718 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
  11. 1.543 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 78 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 2.079 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 2.085 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 39 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 1.949 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 29 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 2.634 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 170 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 3.954 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 168 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 2.162 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 24 km deep · 69 km away
  18. 2.190 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 2.384 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 2.155 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 24 km deep · 62 km away
  21. 2.374 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  22. 1.762 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  23. 2.946 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 139 km deep · 41 km away
  24. 2.611 km WNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 107 km deep · 81 km away
  25. 2.874 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 57 km deep · 78 km away
  26. 3.524 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 166 km deep · 77 km away
  27. 3.382 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2901 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
  28. 2.678 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2900 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  29. 2.580 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 72 km deep · 85 km away
  30. 3.219 km WNW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 206 km deep · 95 km away
  31. 2.080 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2896 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  32. 3.067 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2895 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away
  33. 2.588 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2894 days ago · 23 km deep · 94 km away
  34. 3.535 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2888 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  35. 2.141 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2888 days ago · 58 km deep · 44 km away

Before

  1. 2.317 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 70 km deep · 20 km away
  2. 1.755 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 24 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 1.584 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 1.566 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 1.888 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 2.553 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 2.151 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 23 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 1.578 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 19 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 1.963 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 1.982 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 2.561 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 22 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 1.754 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 17 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 1.954 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 19 km deep · 61 km away
  14. 2.457 km WNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 153 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 1.747 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 1.774 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 2.621 km NNW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 198 km deep · 100 km away
  18. 2.363 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 2.860 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 180 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 3.268 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 24 km deep · 73 km away

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