Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 55 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 55 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Sat, Oct 13, 2018, 10:44 PM AKDT (06:44 UTC), 24 km (15 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 108 km SE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2018-10-14 06:44:31 UTC
Depth
23.8 km (14.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.852° N, 160.298° 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
2.1ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
2.1ML, 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
10

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 58 in the 60 days after this one and 31 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.374 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 2.874 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 57 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 2.394 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 2.393 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 23 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 3.465 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 49 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 2.696 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 28 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 2.9106 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2906 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 2.395 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2901 days ago · 45 km deep · 44 km away
  9. 2.096 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
  10. 3.382 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
  11. 2.678 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 2.5107 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 2.493 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 45 km deep · 65 km away
  14. 2.580 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 72 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 2.8125 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2896 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  16. 3.297 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2896 days ago · 30 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 2.4143 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2894 days ago · 34 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 2.080 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2893 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
  19. 3.067 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2893 days ago · 24 km deep · 77 km away
  20. 2.588 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2892 days ago · 23 km deep · 45 km away
  21. 2.1105 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2888 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  22. 2.069 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2886 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  23. 3.535 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2885 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
  24. 2.141 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2885 days ago · 58 km deep · 55 km away
  25. 3.9123 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
  26. 3.7113 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 34 km deep · 85 km away
  27. 3.193 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
  28. 2.3109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 42 km deep · 61 km away
  29. 2.298 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2883 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  30. 3.0102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2879 days ago · 31 km deep · 48 km away
  31. 2.235 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2879 days ago · 63 km deep · 70 km away
  32. 1.920 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2878 days ago · 54 km deep · 44 km away
  33. 4.189 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 32 km deep · 50 km away
  34. 2.8Alaska Peninsula · 2877 days ago · 34 km deep · 51 km away
  35. 2.664 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 82 km deep · 70 km away
  36. 1.882 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 32 km deep · 54 km away
  37. 2.094 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 23 km deep · 93 km away
  38. 2.9109 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 23 km deep · 94 km away
  39. 2.372 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
  40. 4.7108 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  41. 3.318 km NW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2871 days ago · 79 km deep · 72 km away
  42. 1.853 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2870 days ago · 14 km deep · 22 km away
  43. 3.369 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 21 km deep · 76 km away
  44. 2.895 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2866 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
  45. 2.838 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2866 days ago · 64 km deep · 51 km away
  46. 2.646 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2865 days ago · 28 km deep · 89 km away
  47. 2.845 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 58 km deep · 88 km away
  48. 2.161 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2860 days ago · 37 km deep · 46 km away
  49. 3.7121 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2860 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  50. 1.962 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2860 days ago · 32 km deep · 18 km away
  51. 3.193 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2860 days ago · 30 km deep · 87 km away
  52. 3.082 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2860 days ago · 22 km deep · 89 km away
  53. 3.3122 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 21 km deep · 97 km away
  54. 2.675 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 25 km deep · 36 km away
  55. 2.312 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 48 km deep · 54 km away
  56. 2.383 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
  57. 2.929 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 79 km deep · 32 km away
  58. 2.538 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2853 days ago · 15 km deep · 17 km away

Before

  1. 2.6143 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 46 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 2.492 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 2.384 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away
  4. 1.973 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 2.190 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 2.162 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 24 km deep · 15 km away
  7. 2.6101 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 25 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 2.396 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 2.691 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 1.949 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 29 km deep · 13 km away
  11. 2.085 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 39 km deep · 46 km away
  12. 1.897 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 32 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 1.991 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 2.079 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
  15. 1.898 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 1.543 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 78 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 1.718 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
  18. 2.872 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 31 km deep · 22 km away
  19. 2.266 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
  20. 1.741 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 14 km deep · 21 km away

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