M2.1 earthquake 39 km E of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 39 km E of Sand Point, Alaska on Thu, Oct 3, 2019, 9:56 AM AKDT (17:56 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 21 km SSE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-10-03 17:56:42 UTC
- Depth
- 6.6 km (4.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 55.296° N, 159.877° 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
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 36 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.181 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.974 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 18 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.872 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 27 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.873 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.987 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2550 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.336 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2548 days ago · 48 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.655 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.120 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2543 days ago · 56 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.455 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2541 days ago · 17 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.131 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2538 days ago · 17 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.174 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2536 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.038 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2536 days ago · 116 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.278 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2536 days ago · 16 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.945 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2535 days ago · 28 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.779 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2534 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.946 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2528 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.235 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2527 days ago · 48 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.953 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2527 days ago · 49 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.933 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2526 days ago · 79 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.066 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2524 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.826 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2521 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.959 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2517 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.062 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2515 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.565 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2514 days ago · 27 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.625 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2513 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.859 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2512 days ago · 16 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.052 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2512 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.339 km E of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2512 days ago · 140 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.265 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2509 days ago · 11 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.648 km E of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2508 days ago · 139 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.344 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2507 days ago · 54 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.021 km SSE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2505 days ago · 169 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.985 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2502 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.543 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2499 days ago · 68 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.554 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 47 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.771 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 73 km deep · 99 km away
Before
- 2.168 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2556 days ago · 38 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.061 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2560 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.929 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2562 days ago · 53 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.820 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2563 days ago · 66 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.381 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2569 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.851 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2571 days ago · 16 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.149 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2571 days ago · 29 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.761 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2574 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.134 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2576 days ago · 18 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.867 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 24 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.729 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 58 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.671 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 28 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.075 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 36 km deep · 64 km away
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