Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 246 km S of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 246 km S of Sand Point, Alaska on Fri, Jan 4, 2019, 6:04 PM AKST (03:04 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 270 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
AACSE
Local time
UTC
2019-01-05 03:04:49 UTC
Depth
3.7 km (2.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.141° N, 159.957° 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
41

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.0214 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 55 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 2.6156 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 42 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 2.5224 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 23 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 3.2259 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 30 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 3.1229 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 31 km deep · 21 km away
  6. 2.1220 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 28 km deep · 33 km away
  7. 2.3248 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 15 km deep · 8 km away
  8. 2.4239 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 24 km deep · 16 km away
  9. 2.7251 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
  10. 2.5241 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 19 km deep · 74 km away
  11. 3.6270 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  12. 2.4226 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 24 km deep · 46 km away
  13. 2.4161 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 2.6233 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
  15. 2.8247 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 40 km deep · 51 km away
  16. 2.3south of Alaska · 2789 days ago · 15 km deep · 39 km away
  17. 2.5224 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 27 km deep · 24 km away
  18. 2.5246 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 40 km deep · 56 km away
  19. 2.9242 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 38 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 2.6229 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 50 km deep · 83 km away
  21. 2.4226 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 30 km deep · 21 km away

Before

  1. 2.7242 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 32 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 2.8248 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 38 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 3.0210 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 20 km deep · 45 km away
  4. 3.0261 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 18 km deep · 45 km away
  5. 3.2259 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 2.9249 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 34 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 2.7236 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 2.3205 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 16 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 2.9227 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2850 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  10. 3.1250 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2853 days ago · 20 km deep · 8 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event aacse0198bhzyw. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:01 PM UTC.