Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 42 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 42 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Feb 5, 2019, 9:41 PM AKST (06:41 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 40 km E of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2019-02-06 06:41:37 UTC
Depth
22.5 km (14.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.493° N, 159.895° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
2.0ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
1.4ML, local (Richter)AACSEPreliminary

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
19

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 49 in the 60 days after this one and 31 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.268 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 2791 days ago · 53 km deep · 13 km away
  3. 3.520 km S of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 168 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 2.239 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 102 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 2.650 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 31 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 1.624 km NW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 2.483 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 3.640 km E of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 165 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 2.715 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 75 km deep · 41 km away
  10. 3.533 km ESE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 157 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 3.331 km WNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 144 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 3.126 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 151 km deep · 73 km away
  13. 2.426 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 2.778 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 46 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 2.263 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 2.053 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 24 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 2.371 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 1.950 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 102 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 2.263 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 22 km deep · 74 km away
  20. 2.933 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 75 km deep · 11 km away
  21. 3.367 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
  22. 2.355 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2768 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
  23. 3.068 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2767 days ago · 30 km deep · 98 km away
  24. 2.163 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2767 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
  25. 3.162 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2765 days ago · 41 km deep · 79 km away
  26. 3.081 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 30 km deep · 92 km away
  27. 3.264 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  28. 2.227 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2763 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
  29. 2.260 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 34 km deep · 86 km away
  30. 3.334 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
  31. 2.058 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 28 km deep · 85 km away
  32. 1.924 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 16 km deep · 26 km away
  33. 2.036 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 12 km deep · 12 km away
  34. 3.021 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 72 km deep · 21 km away
  35. 1.842 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 17 km deep · 23 km away
  36. 2.912 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 22 km deep · 35 km away
  37. 2.569 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2756 days ago · 49 km deep · 45 km away
  38. 2.073 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 21 km deep · 54 km away
  39. 2.157 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2751 days ago · 23 km deep · 62 km away
  40. 2.173 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2748 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
  41. 2.650 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  42. 1.970 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2743 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  43. 1.935 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2742 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  44. 2.166 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2742 days ago · 27 km deep · 92 km away
  45. 2.475 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2742 days ago · 23 km deep · 77 km away
  46. 2.051 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2741 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  47. 2.576 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2741 days ago · 24 km deep · 90 km away
  48. 2.143 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2740 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  49. 2.438 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2739 days ago · 46 km deep · 75 km away

Before

  1. 2.667 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 2.755 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 2.043 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 56 km deep · 33 km away
  4. 2.157 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 2.043 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 21 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 3.239 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  7. 3.094 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 24 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 2.585 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 2.3103 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 34 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 1.638 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
  11. 1.831 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 60 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 2.337 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 90 km deep · 21 km away
  13. 2.633 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 49 km deep · 54 km away
  14. 2.287 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 2.350 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 103 km deep · 47 km away
  16. 3.59 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 175 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 2812 days ago · 95 km deep · 11 km away
  18. 2.452 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 21 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 2.579 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 2.791 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 40 km deep · 84 km away

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