M2.8 earthquake 60 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 60 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, May 2, 2018, 8:28 PM AKDT (04:28 UTC), 24 km (15 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 37 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-05-03 04:28:18 UTC
- Depth
- 23.8 km (14.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 55.096° N, 159.639° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.8 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 117°
- Stations used
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 64 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.637 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3071 days ago · 65 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 2.841 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3071 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.192 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3070 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.262 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3070 days ago · 28 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.37 km E of Perryville, Alaska · 3069 days ago · 72 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.963 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3069 days ago · 21 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.169 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3069 days ago · 16 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.2105 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3067 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.751 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3066 days ago · 72 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.360 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3066 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.295 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3065 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.395 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3062 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.792 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3062 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.911 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3062 days ago · 90 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.538 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3062 days ago · 50 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.631 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3060 days ago · 49 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.264 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3059 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.030 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3059 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.972 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3057 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.972 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3056 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.277 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3054 days ago · 50 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.06 km ESE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3054 days ago · 90 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.036 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3053 days ago · 36 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.052 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3053 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.157 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3052 days ago · 34 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.561 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3052 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.282 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3051 days ago · 11 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.738 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3051 days ago · 71 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.774 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3051 days ago · 38 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.773 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3050 days ago · 15 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.044 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3050 days ago · 64 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.030 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3049 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.769 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3048 days ago · 45 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.674 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3045 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.058 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3045 days ago · 18 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.655 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3044 days ago · 61 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.1100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3044 days ago · 32 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.856 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3043 days ago · 25 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.472 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3042 days ago · 41 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.853 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3039 days ago · 23 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.992 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3038 days ago · 38 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.893 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3037 days ago · 24 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.972 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3037 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.874 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3037 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.253 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3037 days ago · 106 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 3034 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.035 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3033 days ago · 68 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.446 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3029 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.044 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3029 days ago · 67 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.5152 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3029 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.658 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3027 days ago · 45 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.156 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3026 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.2107 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3025 days ago · 18 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.3131 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3025 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.5125 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3025 days ago · 14 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.064 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3020 days ago · 52 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.041 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3017 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.625 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3016 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.165 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3016 days ago · 12 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.278 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3015 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
The first 60 of 64.
Before
- 2.433 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.612 km WNW of Perryville, Alaska · 3079 days ago · 104 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.888 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3081 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.268 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 30 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.991 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3093 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.033 km NW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3096 days ago · 85 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.962 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3097 days ago · 23 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.626 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3100 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.754 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3100 days ago · 62 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.138 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 44 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.7130 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3103 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000e0qe (also filed as ak19304678, ak0185nhngpq). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:17 PM UTC.