Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 54 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 54 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Dec 23, 2020, 1:32 PM AKST (22:32 UTC), 14 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 75 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-12-23 22:32:43 UTC
Depth
13.5 km (8.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.921° N, 160.032° 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
20

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. 2.3121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 2.495 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 14 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 2.7south of Alaska · 2111 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 2.6113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 22 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 2.5111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 21 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 3.092 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 23 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 2.397 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
  8. 2.8124 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 28 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 1.949 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 73 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 3.196 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 22 km deep · 41 km away
  11. 2.2100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 14 km deep · 46 km away
  12. 2.3120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
  13. 2.054 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away
  14. 2.4141 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
  15. 2.386 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 12 km deep · 45 km away
  16. 2.2122 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 22 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 2.7119 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 27 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 2.1110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
  19. 2.629 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 25 km deep · 32 km away
  20. 2.3100 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 37 km deep · 46 km away
  21. 2.296 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away
  22. 2.1104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away
  23. 2.5118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 18 km deep · 66 km away
  24. 2.273 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  25. 3.1145 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  26. 2.096 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 16 km deep · 44 km away
  27. 2.2116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
  28. 2.0101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 14 km deep · 47 km away
  29. 2.2102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 16 km deep · 48 km away
  30. 2.1104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
  31. 2.6104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
  32. 2.191 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  33. 2.2south of Alaska · 2110 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  34. 2.8105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away
  35. 2.2102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
  36. 2.296 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 17 km deep · 43 km away
  37. 2.8103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
  38. 2.198 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 17 km deep · 45 km away
  39. 2.191 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 21 km deep · 41 km away
  40. 2.9114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  41. 2.1114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 17 km deep · 60 km away
  42. 2.8117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  43. 2.4127 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  44. 2.9114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 23 km deep · 62 km away
  45. 2.5116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 22 km deep · 61 km away
  46. 2.9128 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 24 km deep · 75 km away
  47. 2.399 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
  48. 2.774 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 16 km deep · 19 km away
  49. 2.3111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
  50. 2.357 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 57 km deep · 58 km away
  51. 2.267 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
  52. 2.2139 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 19 km deep · 89 km away
  53. 2.4101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 17 km deep · 47 km away
  54. 2.5107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 21 km deep · 57 km away
  55. 2.998 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 21 km deep · 44 km away
  56. 2.891 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 24 km deep · 36 km away
  57. 3.8134 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  58. 2.8144 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 21 km deep · 91 km away
  59. 2.793 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 23 km deep · 38 km away
  60. 2.9121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2108 days ago · 22 km deep · 67 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 2.698 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2112 days ago · 21 km deep · 43 km away
  2. 2.498 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2112 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 2.6127 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2112 days ago · 20 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 2.9107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2112 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 4.4129 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2112 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 2.6115 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2112 days ago · 24 km deep · 62 km away
  7. 3.1118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2112 days ago · 24 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 2.7120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2112 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 2.698 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2112 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  10. 2.061 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2112 days ago · 14 km deep · 29 km away
  11. 2.3south of Alaska · 2112 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  12. 2.396 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2112 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
  13. 2.7102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2112 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 2.490 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2112 days ago · 17 km deep · 36 km away
  15. 2.4110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2112 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  16. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 2113 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  17. 2.7112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2113 days ago · 22 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 2.3114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2113 days ago · 16 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 2.4113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2113 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
  20. 3.4110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2113 days ago · 21 km deep · 56 km away

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