Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Sun, Nov 29, 2020, 10:04 PM AKST (07:04 UTC), 20 km (13 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 203 km S of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-11-30 07:04:28 UTC
Depth
20.4 km (12.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.355° N, 159.716° 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
16

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 201 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.289 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 11 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 2.2123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 22 km deep · 9 km away
  3. 2.5123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 19 km deep · 14 km away
  4. 2.8132 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 20 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 2.057 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 17 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 3.6186 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 2.9114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 19 km deep · 5 km away
  8. 2.696 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 17 km deep · 25 km away
  9. 2.5124 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 15 km deep · 18 km away
  10. 2.8109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 21 km deep · 12 km away
  11. 2.580 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 2.8154 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  13. 2.598 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  14. 2.396 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 24 km deep · 27 km away
  15. 2.8107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 32 km deep · 20 km away
  16. 2.533 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 2.697 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 27 km deep · 24 km away
  18. 2.799 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 19 km deep · 21 km away
  19. 2.6123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 23 km deep · 5 km away
  20. 2.7115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 18 km deep · 6 km away
  21. 2.2132 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 15 km deep · 20 km away
  22. 2.6108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 22 km deep · 13 km away
  23. 2.292 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 16 km deep · 30 km away
  24. 2.395 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 14 km deep · 26 km away
  25. 2.6109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 21 km deep · 19 km away
  26. 2.3104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 19 km deep · 21 km away
  27. 2.399 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 15 km deep · 21 km away
  28. 3.0113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 22 km deep · 12 km away
  29. 3.3108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  30. 2.290 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 15 km deep · 31 km away
  31. 2.274 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
  32. 2.2100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 19 km deep · 21 km away
  33. 2.6119 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 20 km deep · 1 km away
  34. 2.284 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 16 km deep · 36 km away
  35. 2.2148 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
  36. 2.398 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 25 km deep · 23 km away
  37. 2.6137 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 24 km deep · 17 km away
  38. 2.9128 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 23 km deep · 9 km away
  39. 2.5112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 18 km deep · 14 km away
  40. 2.292 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 14 km deep · 28 km away
  41. 2.1129 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 22 km deep · 23 km away
  42. 2.4135 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
  43. 2.3106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 21 km deep · 20 km away
  44. 2.4134 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away
  45. 2.2117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 19 km deep · 14 km away
  46. 3.3136 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 24 km deep · 18 km away
  47. 3.2114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 28 km deep · 6 km away
  48. 3.169 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 53 km deep · 90 km away
  49. 2.9129 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 21 km deep · 9 km away
  50. 2.1107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  51. 3.0113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 24 km deep · 7 km away
  52. 4.7120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 25 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  53. 2.9124 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 28 km deep · 5 km away
  54. 2.7111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 15 km deep · 17 km away
  55. 3.1107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
  56. 2.2123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 12 km deep · 11 km away
  57. 2.9136 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 22 km deep · 20 km away
  58. 2.3136 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 22 km deep · 19 km away
  59. 1.8128 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 14 km deep · 21 km away
  60. 2.0106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 15 km deep · 20 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 2.8110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 22 km deep · 12 km away
  2. 2.195 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 28 km deep · 32 km away
  3. 2.8142 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 22 km deep · 23 km away
  4. 3.7142 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 22 km deep · 23 km away
  5. 2.7131 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 28 km deep · 12 km away
  6. 2.6146 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 23 km deep · 26 km away
  7. 2.160 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 3.0132 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 29 km deep · 12 km away
  9. 2.0104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
  10. 2.2107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 22 km deep · 16 km away
  11. 2.2118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 18 km deep · 4 km away
  12. 2.671 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 17 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 2.5111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 20 km deep · 10 km away
  14. 3.1122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 28 km deep · 3 km away
  15. 3.0136 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 25 km deep · 16 km away
  16. 2.8109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 20 km deep · 11 km away
  17. 1.929 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 2.2112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 15 km deep · 12 km away
  19. 2.3140 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
  20. 3.1123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 24 km deep · 10 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak020fe587ql. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 7:51 AM UTC.