Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 141 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 141 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska on Sun, May 12, 2019, 8:31 AM AKDT (16:31 UTC), 40 km (25 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 80 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
AACSE
Local time
UTC
2019-05-12 16:31:04 UTC
Depth
40.0 km (24.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.300° N, 159.215° 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
56

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 43 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.174 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2700 days ago · 24 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 2.1230 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2699 days ago · 1 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 1.7148 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2697 days ago · 49 km deep · 31 km away
  4. 2.0143 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2696 days ago · 48 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 2.2106 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2691 days ago · 25 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 2.4218 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2691 days ago · 29 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 3.1106 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 2.2173 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2685 days ago · 42 km deep · 32 km away
  9. 2.4152 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2685 days ago · 39 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 2.268 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2684 days ago · 22 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 2.4137 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2683 days ago · 43 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 2.871 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2682 days ago · 24 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 2.679 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2681 days ago · 45 km deep · 65 km away
  14. 2.365 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2680 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 3.445 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2677 days ago · 73 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 2.0128 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2674 days ago · 30 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 2.192 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2673 days ago · 51 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 2.780 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2672 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
  19. 3.0210 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2669 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  20. 3.151 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2668 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  21. 2.9236 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2667 days ago · 32 km deep · 97 km away
  22. 2.2140 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2663 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  23. 2.0131 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2658 days ago · 46 km deep · 80 km away
  24. 1.558 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2658 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  25. 2.374 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2656 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  26. 3.7193 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2651 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
  27. 2.2219 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2651 days ago · 39 km deep · 91 km away
  28. 2.043 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2650 days ago · 34 km deep · 98 km away
  29. 2.6127 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2649 days ago · 30 km deep · 62 km away
  30. 2.155 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2648 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  31. 4.280 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2647 days ago · 31 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  32. 2.044 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2647 days ago · 37 km deep · 100 km away
  33. 2.2134 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2646 days ago · 30 km deep · 59 km away
  34. 3.086 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2646 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  35. 2.2106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2645 days ago · 20 km deep · 55 km away
  36. 1.9south of Alaska · 2645 days ago · 28 km deep · 72 km away
  37. 2.1137 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2645 days ago · 41 km deep · 45 km away
  38. 2.151 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2644 days ago · 42 km deep · 91 km away
  39. 2.2south of Alaska · 2644 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away
  40. 2.3115 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2644 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
  41. 2.8118 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2642 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away
  42. 2.560 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2642 days ago · 28 km deep · 94 km away
  43. 2.665 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2641 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away

Before

  1. 2.6193 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 1.8171 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2707 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 1.8160 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2709 days ago · 50 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 2.7215 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2714 days ago · 37 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 2.187 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2717 days ago · 24 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 2.655 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2721 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 2.5144 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2724 days ago · 45 km deep · 19 km away
  8. 2.063 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2727 days ago · 41 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 3.8224 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2729 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 3.1216 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2729 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 2.588 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2730 days ago · 23 km deep · 59 km away
  12. 2.8220 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2730 days ago · 32 km deep · 95 km away

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