Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 65 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 65 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska on Sun, Jan 6, 2019, 4:31 PM AKST (01:31 UTC), 33 km (20 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 83 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
AACSE
Local time
UTC
2019-01-07 01:31:43 UTC
Depth
32.7 km (20.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.005° N, 159.658° 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
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 60 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.989 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 2.655 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 53 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 2.5143 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 41 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 2.457 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 23 km deep · 17 km away
  5. 2.771 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 29 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 3.032 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 58 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 2.3141 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 41 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 3.341 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 16 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 2.643 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 23 km deep · 58 km away
  10. 2.638 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 2.360 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 18 km deep · 21 km away
  12. 2.27 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 56 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 2.791 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 40 km deep · 28 km away
  14. 2.579 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
  15. 2.452 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 21 km deep · 43 km away
  16. 2.3south of Alaska · 2812 days ago · 44 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 2812 days ago · 95 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 2.6106 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 2.287 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away
  20. 2.7109 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
  21. 2.633 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 49 km deep · 77 km away
  22. 2.337 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 90 km deep · 74 km away
  23. 2.1111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 45 km deep · 57 km away
  24. 1.831 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 60 km deep · 60 km away
  25. 2.9103 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
  26. 2.0145 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 23 km deep · 83 km away
  27. 1.638 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
  28. 2.5157 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 44 km deep · 99 km away
  29. 2.3103 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 34 km deep · 38 km away
  30. 2.585 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
  31. 3.094 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 24 km deep · 32 km away
  32. 3.239 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  33. 2.043 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 21 km deep · 58 km away
  34. 2.157 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
  35. 2.043 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 56 km deep · 60 km away
  36. 2.755 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  37. 2.667 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away
  38. 2.042 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 23 km deep · 56 km away
  39. 3.268 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 16 km deep · 59 km away
  40. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 2791 days ago · 53 km deep · 44 km away
  41. 2.1103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  42. 1.868 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 22 km deep · 76 km away
  43. 2.650 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 31 km deep · 80 km away
  44. 2.7102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away
  45. 2.483 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
  46. 2.715 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 75 km deep · 86 km away
  47. 2.426 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
  48. 2.778 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 46 km deep · 75 km away
  49. 2.263 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  50. 2.053 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 24 km deep · 43 km away
  51. 2.371 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
  52. 2.387 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 56 km deep · 92 km away
  53. 2.263 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 22 km deep · 31 km away
  54. 4.483 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 39 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 3
  55. 2.933 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 75 km deep · 62 km away
  56. 3.367 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
  57. 2.577 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 82 km deep · 89 km away
  58. 2.355 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2768 days ago · 20 km deep · 25 km away
  59. 3.068 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2767 days ago · 30 km deep · 72 km away
  60. 2.163 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2767 days ago · 22 km deep · 61 km away

Before

  1. 2.394 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 32 km deep · 49 km away
  2. 1.854 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 3.162 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 17 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 1.740 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 21 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 2.163 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 2.798 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 55 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 2839 days ago · 29 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 2.593 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2845 days ago · 18 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 1.860 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2845 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 2.255 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2845 days ago · 18 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 3.0113 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2848 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
  12. 2.6103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2848 days ago · 15 km deep · 52 km away
  13. 2.530 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 52 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 2.6104 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 39 km deep · 47 km away
  15. 3.197 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2850 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  16. 2.538 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away
  17. 2.929 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2856 days ago · 79 km deep · 61 km away
  18. 3.251 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2856 days ago · 58 km deep · 83 km away

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