Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 36 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 36 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Mar 13, 2019, 11:00 PM AKDT (07:00 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 33 km ESE 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
2019-03-14 07:00:32 UTC
Depth
11.7 km (7.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.545° N, 160.062° 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
2.0ML, 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
15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 54 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.021 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 72 km deep · 20 km away
  2. 1.842 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 17 km deep · 15 km away
  3. 2.912 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 22 km deep · 33 km away
  4. 2.569 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2756 days ago · 49 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 2.073 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 21 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 2.157 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2751 days ago · 23 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 2.173 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2748 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 2.650 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 1.970 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2743 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 1.935 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2742 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 2.166 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2742 days ago · 27 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 2.475 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2742 days ago · 23 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 2.051 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2742 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 2.576 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2741 days ago · 24 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 2.143 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2740 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  16. 2.438 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2739 days ago · 46 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 2.812 km WNW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2739 days ago · 180 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 1.860 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 2735 days ago · 107 km deep · 88 km away
  19. 1.754 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2734 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 3.322 km ESE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2734 days ago · 156 km deep · 68 km away
  21. 2.264 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2734 days ago · 37 km deep · 96 km away
  22. 3.143 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2733 days ago · 76 km deep · 58 km away
  23. 2.647 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2731 days ago · 62 km deep · 26 km away
  24. 2.588 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2730 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
  25. 2.063 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2727 days ago · 41 km deep · 66 km away
  26. 1.626 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2725 days ago · 15 km deep · 40 km away
  27. 3.017 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2724 days ago · 68 km deep · 66 km away
  28. 2.655 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2721 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
  29. 2.125 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2720 days ago · 47 km deep · 49 km away
  30. 2.037 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2718 days ago · 43 km deep · 65 km away
  31. 2.146 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2718 days ago · 75 km deep · 81 km away
  32. 2.127 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2717 days ago · 59 km deep · 62 km away
  33. 2.187 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2717 days ago · 24 km deep · 88 km away
  34. 1.722 km SW of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 2716 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  35. 2.827 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2715 days ago · 55 km deep · 71 km away
  36. 2.53 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2714 days ago · 71 km deep · 69 km away
  37. 2.233 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2714 days ago · 86 km deep · 13 km away
  38. 2.450 km E of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2714 days ago · 140 km deep · 55 km away
  39. 3.221 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 2713 days ago · 111 km deep · 85 km away
  40. 1.847 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2712 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
  41. 2.162 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2712 days ago · 16 km deep · 91 km away
  42. 3.643 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2712 days ago · 61 km deep · 50 km away
  43. 2.551 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2710 days ago · 49 km deep · 85 km away
  44. 1.626 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2710 days ago · 51 km deep · 59 km away
  45. 1.914 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2710 days ago · 62 km deep · 37 km away
  46. 2.538 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2709 days ago · 53 km deep · 53 km away
  47. 2.059 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2708 days ago · 42 km deep · 89 km away
  48. 3.933 km ESE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2705 days ago · 161 km deep · 57 km away
  49. 2.640 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2704 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  50. 2.530 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 135 km deep · 59 km away
  51. 2.345 km ESE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 138 km deep · 49 km away
  52. 3.056 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  53. 3.324 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 156 km deep · 93 km away
  54. 2.174 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2700 days ago · 24 km deep · 93 km away

Before

  1. 1.924 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 16 km deep · 27 km away
  2. 2.058 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 28 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 3.334 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 14 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 2.260 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 34 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 2.227 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2763 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
  6. 3.264 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 3.081 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2765 days ago · 30 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 3.162 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2765 days ago · 41 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 2.163 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2767 days ago · 22 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 3.068 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2767 days ago · 30 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 2.355 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2768 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 3.367 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 2.933 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 75 km deep · 4 km away
  14. 2.263 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 22 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 1.950 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 102 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 2.371 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 2.053 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 24 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 2.263 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 2.778 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 46 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 2.426 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away

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