Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 25 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 25 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Thu, Nov 14, 2019, 1:20 AM AKST (10:20 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 87 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-11-14 10:20:44 UTC
Depth
11.4 km (7.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.269° N, 160.889° 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.

Location uncertainty
About 2.4 km horizontally, 11.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
135°
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: 64 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.990 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2510 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 3.859 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2510 days ago · 16 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 2.052 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2510 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 1.954 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2510 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 2.339 km E of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2509 days ago · 140 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 3.259 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2509 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 2.654 km NNE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2509 days ago · 153 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 1.681 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2508 days ago · 48 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 2.265 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2507 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 2.648 km E of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2506 days ago · 139 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 3.344 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2505 days ago · 54 km deep · 66 km away
  12. 4.021 km SSE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2503 days ago · 169 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 2.985 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2500 days ago · 19 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 2.893 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2500 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 2.543 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 68 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 2.695 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 1.745 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 28 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 2.771 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 73 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 1.954 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 30 km deep · 65 km away
  20. 2.719 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 172 km deep · 67 km away
  21. 1.878 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 22 km deep · 73 km away
  22. 1.713 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 100 km deep · 88 km away
  23. 2.076 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  24. 2.212 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 61 km deep · 34 km away
  25. 2.574 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
  26. 1.942 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 46 km deep · 29 km away
  27. 2.083 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
  28. 1.757 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
  29. 1.948 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 61 km deep · 26 km away
  30. 2.633 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 52 km deep · 37 km away
  31. 1.984 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  32. 1.856 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 38 km deep · 83 km away
  33. 1.937 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  34. 3.684 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
  35. 2.2100 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  36. 2.076 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  37. 3.05 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 111 km deep · 88 km away
  38. 2.058 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  39. 2.974 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  40. 2.459 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 19 km deep · 74 km away
  41. 2.062 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  42. 2.767 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 65 km deep · 45 km away
  43. 2.289 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  44. 4.187 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 3
  45. 2.182 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 47 km deep · 89 km away
  46. 2.371 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
  47. 3.748 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 155 km deep · 73 km away
  48. 3.830 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 150 km deep · 58 km away
  49. 2.379 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  50. 2.190 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  51. 3.493 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
  52. 1.868 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 23 km deep · 52 km away
  53. 1.840 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 105 km deep · 59 km away
  54. 3.186 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away
  55. 2.033 km NE of King Cove, AK · 2458 days ago · 113 km deep · 68 km away
  56. 2.6106 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
  57. 2.8100 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 22 km deep · 96 km away
  58. 1.969 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  59. 1.924 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 111 km deep · 71 km away
  60. 4.038 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 90 km deep · 61 km away

The first 60 of 64.

Before

  1. 2.565 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2512 days ago · 27 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 2.062 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2513 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 1.959 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2514 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 1.826 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2519 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 2.151 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2522 days ago · 59 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 2.066 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2522 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 1.642 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2523 days ago · 65 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 1.7100 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2523 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 1.933 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2523 days ago · 79 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 1.953 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2524 days ago · 49 km deep · 35 km away
  11. 2.235 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2525 days ago · 48 km deep · 33 km away
  12. 1.946 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2526 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 2.590 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2526 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 4.3102 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 30 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 2.779 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2532 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 2.278 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2533 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 2.038 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2534 days ago · 116 km deep · 45 km away
  18. 2.174 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2534 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 1.764 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2535 days ago · 55 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 1.852 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2535 days ago · 46 km deep · 79 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60006mi2 (also filed as ak019em2z2tf). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 1:06 PM UTC.