Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 45 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 45 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Jan 10, 2018, 9:04 AM AKST (18:04 UTC), 34 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 97 km SSE of Sand Point, 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
2018-01-10 18:04:30 UTC
Depth
33.6 km (20.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.941° N, 160.338° 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
12

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 36 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.167 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 17 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 3.586 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 28 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 2.851 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 64 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 2.057 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 30 km deep · 31 km away
  5. 2.291 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 2.055 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 14 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 2.794 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 2.050 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
  9. 2.987 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 21 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 3.487 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 57 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 2.489 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 3.133 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 65 km deep · 32 km away
  13. 2.686 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 2.178 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 16 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 2.161 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
  16. 2.257 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  17. 3.197 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 2.190 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 29 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 3.053 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 14 km deep · 41 km away
  20. 2.178 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3162 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  21. 2.130 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3162 days ago · 77 km deep · 30 km away
  22. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 3161 days ago · 60 km deep · 81 km away
  23. 2.030 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3161 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  24. 2.547 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3151 days ago · 76 km deep · 99 km away
  25. 2.969 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3150 days ago · 22 km deep · 83 km away
  26. 2.943 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 74 km deep · 88 km away
  27. 3.258 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 31 km deep · 98 km away
  28. 2.055 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
  29. 1.937 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
  30. 3.897 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 23 km deep · 57 km away
  31. 1.963 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 46 km deep · 52 km away
  32. 1.957 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 53 km deep · 78 km away
  33. 2.080 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 16 km deep · 79 km away
  34. 2.478 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3131 days ago · 27 km deep · 34 km away
  35. 2.078 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3130 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  36. 2.226 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3130 days ago · 67 km deep · 94 km away

Before

  1. 2.494 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 2.499 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 1.952 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 56 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 2.173 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 2.834 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 96 km deep · 45 km away
  6. 2.291 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 2.957 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
  8. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 3196 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 2.795 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 17 km deep · 52 km away
  10. 2.993 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 22 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 3.4128 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 27 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 2.495 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 22 km deep · 59 km away
  13. 2.545 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 91 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 3.984 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
  15. 3.429 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 55 km deep · 41 km away
  16. 2.542 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 36 km deep · 3 km away
  17. 4.741 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 44 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  18. 3.579 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 23 km deep · 46 km away
  19. 3.580 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 21 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 3.591 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 15 km deep · 84 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak018gu470p (also filed as ak18041031). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:53 PM UTC.