Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 69 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 69 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Fri, Mar 15, 2019, 12:10 AM AKDT (08:10 UTC), 58 km (36 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 105 km SSW of Sand Point, 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
2019-03-15 08:10:11 UTC
Depth
58.2 km (36.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.803° N, 161.065° 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
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 80 in the 60 days after this one and 42 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.912 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2756 days ago · 22 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 2.352 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2756 days ago · 52 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 2.764 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 40 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 2.274 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 25 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 2.416 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 151 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 2.376 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 2.157 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 23 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 3.656 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 124 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 2.036 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 24 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 2.595 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2746 days ago · 34 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 2.2103 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2746 days ago · 42 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 2.650 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2746 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
  13. 2.753 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2744 days ago · 89 km deep · 32 km away
  14. 4.080 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2744 days ago · 29 km deep · 39 km away
  15. 2.547 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2741 days ago · 107 km deep · 38 km away
  16. 1.935 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2740 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  17. 2.166 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2740 days ago · 27 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 2.475 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2740 days ago · 23 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 2.051 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2740 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  20. 2.393 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2740 days ago · 32 km deep · 30 km away
  21. 2.576 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2739 days ago · 24 km deep · 65 km away
  22. 2.965 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2739 days ago · 31 km deep · 63 km away
  23. 3.293 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2738 days ago · 30 km deep · 67 km away
  24. 4.4105 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2734 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
  25. 1.9100 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2733 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
  26. 1.860 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 2733 days ago · 107 km deep · 71 km away
  27. 2.5100 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2733 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  28. 1.754 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2733 days ago · 20 km deep · 32 km away
  29. 2.771 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2733 days ago · 29 km deep · 30 km away
  30. 2.5102 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2732 days ago · 68 km deep · 37 km away
  31. 2.497 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2732 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
  32. 3.143 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2731 days ago · 76 km deep · 67 km away
  33. 2.7137 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2731 days ago · 30 km deep · 85 km away
  34. 2.940 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2729 days ago · 118 km deep · 86 km away
  35. 2.075 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2727 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  36. 3.192 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2727 days ago · 12 km deep · 30 km away
  37. 2.063 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2726 days ago · 41 km deep · 88 km away
  38. 3.279 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2724 days ago · 80 km deep · 10 km away
  39. 2.053 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2724 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away
  40. 1.626 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2723 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
  41. 1.9102 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2721 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away
  42. 3.9112 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2721 days ago · 42 km deep · 64 km away
  43. 2.5102 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2721 days ago · 22 km deep · 64 km away
  44. 1.996 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2721 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  45. 2.1101 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2721 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  46. 2.166 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2720 days ago · 54 km deep · 20 km away
  47. 2.655 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2719 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away
  48. 2.125 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2718 days ago · 47 km deep · 60 km away
  49. 2.037 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2716 days ago · 43 km deep · 45 km away
  50. 2.146 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2716 days ago · 75 km deep · 43 km away
  51. 2.175 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2714 days ago · 20 km deep · 29 km away
  52. 2.380 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2714 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
  53. 2.075 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2714 days ago · 18 km deep · 28 km away
  54. 2.177 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2714 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
  55. 2.587 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2714 days ago · 36 km deep · 46 km away
  56. 2.4116 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2713 days ago · 50 km deep · 56 km away
  57. 2.744 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2713 days ago · 91 km deep · 47 km away
  58. 3.662 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2712 days ago · 126 km deep · 88 km away
  59. 3.6102 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2712 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  60. 3.137 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2712 days ago · 100 km deep · 57 km away

The first 60 of 80.

Before

  1. 3.021 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 72 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 1.924 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 2.058 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 28 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 3.887 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 37 km deep · 26 km away
  5. 3.334 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 14 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 2.7Alaska Peninsula · 2759 days ago · 124 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 2.262 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 75 km deep · 46 km away
  8. 2.260 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 34 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 2.227 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 3.264 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  11. 3.081 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2763 days ago · 30 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 2.7104 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 22 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 2.176 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 20 km deep · 12 km away
  14. 2.163 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2766 days ago · 22 km deep · 35 km away
  15. 3.068 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2766 days ago · 30 km deep · 25 km away
  16. 2.355 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2766 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 2.577 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2767 days ago · 82 km deep · 15 km away
  18. 3.367 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2768 days ago · 20 km deep · 33 km away
  19. 4.483 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2768 days ago · 39 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 3
  20. 2.263 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 22 km deep · 66 km away

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