Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 55 km E of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 55 km E of Sand Point, Alaska on Thu, Oct 17, 2019, 8:01 AM AKDT (16:01 UTC), 17 km (10 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 59 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-10-17 16:01:44 UTC
Depth
16.8 km (10.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.383° N, 159.634° 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
17

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

  1. 2.131 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2536 days ago · 17 km deep · 23 km away
  2. 2.174 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2534 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
  3. 2.038 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2534 days ago · 116 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 2.278 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2533 days ago · 16 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 2.945 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2532 days ago · 28 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 2.779 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2532 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 1.946 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2526 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 2.235 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2525 days ago · 48 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 1.953 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2524 days ago · 49 km deep · 100 km away
  10. 1.933 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2523 days ago · 79 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 2.066 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2522 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
  12. 1.826 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2519 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  13. 1.833 km N of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2519 days ago · 22 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 2.2106 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2518 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 1.959 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2514 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 2.452 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 2514 days ago · 41 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 2.062 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2513 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  18. 2.5133 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2513 days ago · 19 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 2.565 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2512 days ago · 27 km deep · 44 km away
  20. 2.625 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2511 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
  21. 3.859 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2510 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
  22. 2.052 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2510 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
  23. 2.339 km E of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2509 days ago · 140 km deep · 87 km away
  24. 2.265 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2507 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away
  25. 2.648 km E of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2506 days ago · 139 km deep · 82 km away
  26. 3.344 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2505 days ago · 54 km deep · 28 km away
  27. 2.543 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 68 km deep · 12 km away
  28. 2.554 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 47 km deep · 52 km away
  29. 1.954 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 30 km deep · 60 km away
  30. 2.212 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 61 km deep · 47 km away
  31. 2.574 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 23 km deep · 57 km away
  32. 1.942 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 46 km deep · 88 km away
  33. 1.948 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 61 km deep · 100 km away
  34. 2.633 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 52 km deep · 65 km away
  35. 1.937 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  36. 2.489 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 28 km deep · 53 km away

Before

  1. 2.120 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2540 days ago · 56 km deep · 43 km away
  2. 2.655 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 3.336 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 48 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 1.987 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2548 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 1.873 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2549 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 1.872 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2550 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 1.974 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2550 days ago · 18 km deep · 31 km away
  8. 2.139 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 2.168 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 38 km deep · 50 km away
  10. 2.2128 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2557 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 3.061 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2558 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 1.929 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2559 days ago · 53 km deep · 29 km away
  13. 1.820 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2560 days ago · 66 km deep · 35 km away

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