Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 141 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 141 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Jan 15, 2019, 8:30 AM AKST (17:30 UTC), 41 km (25 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 185 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
AACSE
Local time
UTC
2019-01-15 17:30:48 UTC
Depth
40.7 km (25.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.413° N, 158.995° 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
14

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 31 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.360 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 18 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 2.791 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 40 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 2.579 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 2.452 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 2.3south of Alaska · 2811 days ago · 44 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 2.287 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 2.7109 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
  8. 2.1111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 45 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 2.0145 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 23 km deep · 5 km away
  10. 2.5157 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 44 km deep · 26 km away
  11. 2.3103 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 34 km deep · 43 km away
  12. 2.585 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 3.094 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 24 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 2.755 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 2.4161 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 3.2185 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  17. 3.268 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 2.1103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 3.2186 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 22 km deep · 46 km away
  20. 2.7102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 24 km deep · 69 km away
  21. 2.483 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
  22. 2.1163 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 38 km deep · 49 km away
  23. 2.053 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 24 km deep · 98 km away
  24. 2.3143 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 47 km deep · 94 km away
  25. 2.263 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away
  26. 2.4202 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2768 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
  27. 2.355 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2767 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
  28. 3.081 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2763 days ago · 30 km deep · 71 km away
  29. 3.264 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2763 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  30. 2.7155 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 46 km deep · 43 km away
  31. 2.7170 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 40 km deep · 65 km away

Before

  1. 2.457 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 23 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 2.5143 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 41 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 2.265 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 2.394 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 32 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 2.798 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 55 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 2.255 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 2.4180 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 36 km deep · 79 km away

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