Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 47 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 47 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska on Fri, Aug 24, 2018, 10:30 AM AKDT (18:30 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 34 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.7 (ml), micro
Local time: Fri, Aug 24, 2018, 10:30 AM AKDT
UTC: 2018-08-24 18:30:08 UTC
Depth: 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 55.501° N, 159.799° 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 2.6 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.10
Depth from: Operator assigned
Station coverage gap: 113°
Stations used: 25

Nearest places

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

Sand Point, AlaskaPopulation 1,064. Forecast48 kmENE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 39 in the 60 days after this one and 31 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000h2v3 (also filed as ak20182756, aacse018aulq5l1, ak018aulq5l1). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:57 AM UTC.