Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 156 km S of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 156 km S of Sand Point, Alaska on Mon, Jan 14, 2019, 4:04 AM AKST (13:04 UTC), 42 km (26 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
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-01-14 13:04:03 UTC
Depth
42.3 km (26.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.929° N, 160.481° 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
18

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 66 in the 60 days after this one and 44 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.1162 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 60 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 2.5110 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 2.579 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 2.5110 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 3.492 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 22 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 2.3south of Alaska · 2809 days ago · 44 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 2.6106 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
  8. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 2807 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 2.5224 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 2.7109 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 3.2134 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 23 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 3.096 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 23 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 3.1229 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 31 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 2.1111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 45 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 2.083 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 41 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 2.9103 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 19 km deep · 57 km away
  17. 2.1220 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 28 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 2.3248 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 2.4239 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away
  20. 1.986 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  21. 2.5157 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 44 km deep · 96 km away
  22. 2.7251 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  23. 2.897 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 50 km deep · 90 km away
  24. 2.4226 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away
  25. 2.157 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  26. 2.699 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 38 km deep · 91 km away
  27. 2.667 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
  28. 2.4161 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
  29. 2.6233 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2792 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
  30. 3.268 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2791 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
  31. 2.8247 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2791 days ago · 40 km deep · 99 km away
  32. 2.480 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 27 km deep · 94 km away
  33. 3.0152 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 66 km deep · 84 km away
  34. 3.0152 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 62 km deep · 85 km away
  35. 2.5224 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 27 km deep · 71 km away
  36. 2.1103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  37. 2.395 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 21 km deep · 78 km away
  38. 1.868 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 22 km deep · 91 km away
  39. 3.693 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 49 km deep · 89 km away
  40. 2.7102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 24 km deep · 64 km away
  41. 2.483 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
  42. 2.6109 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
  43. 2.1163 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 38 km deep · 75 km away
  44. 2.4226 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 30 km deep · 74 km away
  45. 2.8152 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 42 km deep · 68 km away
  46. 3.0155 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 67 km deep · 67 km away
  47. 2.899 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
  48. 2.3108 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  49. 2.263 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  50. 2.5106 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
  51. 2.3143 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2768 days ago · 47 km deep · 18 km away
  52. 2.090 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2768 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  53. 2.183 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2768 days ago · 21 km deep · 93 km away
  54. 2.387 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2768 days ago · 56 km deep · 77 km away
  55. 4.483 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2767 days ago · 39 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 3
  56. 3.367 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2766 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
  57. 2.577 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2766 days ago · 82 km deep · 90 km away
  58. 3.068 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 30 km deep · 91 km away
  59. 2.163 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
  60. 2.7104 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 22 km deep · 74 km away

The first 60 of 66.

Before

  1. 3.595 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 21 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 2.4117 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 16 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 2.5143 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 41 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 2.698 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 29 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 2.493 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 3.093 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 34 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 2.989 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 3.0214 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 55 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 2.5132 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 2.1103 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 2.394 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 32 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 2.196 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 27 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 2.191 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 24 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 2.6246 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 3.587 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 2.077 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 19 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 2.7242 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 32 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 2.8248 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 38 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 2.9134 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 28 km deep · 48 km away
  20. 2.679 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 12 km deep · 100 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event aacse019ndacy2. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:28 AM UTC.