M2.3 earthquake 79 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 79 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Jan 1, 2020, 10:11 PM AKST (07:11 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 93 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-01-02 07:11:27 UTC
- Depth
- 6.6 km (4.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.724° N, 159.874° 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
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 51 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.190 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.6108 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 16 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.493 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 14 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.868 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 23 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.1104 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.186 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 24 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.398 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.6106 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.8100 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 22 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.969 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.087 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 28 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.387 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 16 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.028 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.094 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 28 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.722 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 78 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.777 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 30 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.084 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 24 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.728 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.687 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 27 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.191 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.862 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 57 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.453 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.963 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 24 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.959 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 29 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.085 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 43 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.834 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 51 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.183 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.857 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 37 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 2440 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.382 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.056 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 19 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.164 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.185 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 18 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.470 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.17 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 74 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.054 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 38 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.359 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 18 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.01 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 63 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.1102 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.633 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 63 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.568 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.781 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 27 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.759 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 17 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.1south of Alaska · 2422 days ago · 23 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.158 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2422 days ago · 60 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.043 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2421 days ago · 52 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.991 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2419 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.989 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2419 days ago · 12 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.193 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2415 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.556 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2408 days ago · 20 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.243 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2406 days ago · 66 km deep · 56 km away
Before
- 2.371 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 25 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.187 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 3
- 3.0south of Alaska · 2474 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.661 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 52 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.289 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.767 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 65 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.459 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 19 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.1119 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 17 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.974 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.058 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.076 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.489 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 28 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.2100 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.684 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.937 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.633 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 52 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.948 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 61 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.9142 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.083 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.942 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 46 km deep · 70 km away
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