M2.3 earthquake 94 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 94 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Sun, Jan 6, 2019, 4:06 AM AKST (13:06 UTC), 32 km (20 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 83 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- AACSE
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-01-06 13:06:02 UTC
- Depth
- 32.0 km (19.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.576° N, 159.847° 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
- 31
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 56 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.265 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.989 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.655 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 53 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.5143 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 41 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.4117 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 16 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.6156 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 42 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.457 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 23 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.032 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 58 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.3141 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 41 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.360 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 18 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.27 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 56 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.791 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 40 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.579 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.452 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 21 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.5110 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.3south of Alaska · 2813 days ago · 44 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.6106 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 2811 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.287 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.7109 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.1111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 45 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.831 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 60 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.9103 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 19 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.0145 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 23 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.638 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.5157 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 44 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.3103 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 34 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.585 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.094 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 24 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.157 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.755 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.667 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.4161 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.2185 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.268 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 16 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 2792 days ago · 53 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.1103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.868 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 22 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.2186 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.7102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 24 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.483 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 15 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.1163 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 38 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.899 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.3108 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.263 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.053 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 24 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.3143 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 47 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.183 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.387 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 56 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.263 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 22 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.483 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 39 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 3
- 3.367 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.577 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 82 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.355 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 20 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.068 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2768 days ago · 30 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.163 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2768 days ago · 22 km deep · 48 km away
Before
- 1.854 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.077 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.162 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 17 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.4101 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.163 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.798 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 55 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 2840 days ago · 29 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.593 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2845 days ago · 18 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.255 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2846 days ago · 18 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.0113 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 19 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.6103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 15 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.6104 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2850 days ago · 39 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.197 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.538 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.929 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2856 days ago · 79 km deep · 74 km away
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