M2.4 earthquake 70 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 70 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska on Sun, Feb 2, 2020, 12:41 PM AKST (21:41 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 26 km S of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-02-02 21:41:28 UTC
- Depth
- 5.8 km (3.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.938° N, 159.643° 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
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 42 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.17 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 74 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.311 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.054 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 38 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.359 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 18 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.01 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 63 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.036 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.633 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 63 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.781 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 27 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.759 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 17 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.1south of Alaska · 2424 days ago · 23 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.158 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 60 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.043 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2423 days ago · 52 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.991 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2421 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.989 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2421 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.556 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 20 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.243 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2408 days ago · 66 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.962 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2406 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.5103 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2406 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.180 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2404 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.074 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2403 days ago · 17 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.642 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2403 days ago · 14 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.862 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2401 days ago · 24 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.618 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 2400 days ago · 64 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.084 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.915 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 57 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.869 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 72 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.790 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 14 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.6110 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 18 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.131 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2387 days ago · 61 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.997 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2386 days ago · 22 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.1140 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 29 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.539 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2384 days ago · 73 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.625 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2384 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.647 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2383 days ago · 52 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.863 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2382 days ago · 23 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.392 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2378 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.4116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2377 days ago · 23 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.426 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2377 days ago · 50 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.058 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2377 days ago · 19 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.839 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2375 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.3125 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2375 days ago · 38 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 2375 days ago · 17 km deep · 43 km away
Before
- 2.164 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.056 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 19 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.382 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 2442 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.857 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 37 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.183 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.834 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 51 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.085 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 43 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.959 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 29 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.963 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 24 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.453 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.241 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 54 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.233 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 50 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.191 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.728 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.084 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 24 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.722 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 78 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.094 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 28 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.028 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.038 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 90 km deep · 82 km away
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