M2.7 earthquake 267 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 267 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, May 22, 2019, 10:35 AM AKDT (18:35 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 193 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- AACSE
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-05-22 18:35:43 UTC
- Depth
- 2.6 km (1.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.652° N, 157.559° 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
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.0210 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2668 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.9236 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2666 days ago · 32 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.3288 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2651 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.7193 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2651 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.2277 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2650 days ago · 42 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.6250 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2641 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.7south of Alaska · 2633 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.2236 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2633 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.4240 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2633 days ago · 40 km deep · 39 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event aacse0196j58oep. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:07 AM UTC.