Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 202 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 202 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Mar 5, 2019, 12:38 AM AKST (09:38 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 224 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
AACSE
Local time
UTC
2019-03-05 09:38:28 UTC
Depth
12.0 km (7.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.858° N, 158.673° 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
15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.7155 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2765 days ago · 46 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 2.7170 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 40 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 2.4218 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 28 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 2.5182 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 45 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 2.8179 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 44 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 2.5235 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 2.1276 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2746 days ago · 36 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 2.3south of Alaska · 2742 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  9. 2.1117 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2737 days ago · 37 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 3.3277 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2735 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 3.1237 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2734 days ago · 23 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 2.8220 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2732 days ago · 32 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 3.1216 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2731 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  14. 2.8244 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2731 days ago · 23 km deep · 43 km away
  15. 3.8224 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2731 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  16. 2.6226 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2729 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 2.5144 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2726 days ago · 45 km deep · 63 km away
  18. 2.0230 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2724 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 2.7215 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2716 days ago · 37 km deep · 23 km away
  20. 1.8160 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2711 days ago · 50 km deep · 42 km away

Before

  1. 2.1163 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 38 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 3.2186 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 22 km deep · 26 km away
  3. 3.2185 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  4. 2.4161 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event aacse0192xzzbfv. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:33 AM UTC.