M2.8 earthquake 215 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 215 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Jan 1, 2020, 6:04 PM AKST (03:04 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 218 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
- 2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-01-02 03:04:20 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.489° N, 159.518° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.8 | ML, local (Richter) | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.115 · 10 stations |
| 2.7 | ML, local (Richter) | Alaska Earthquake Center | Preliminary |
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 4.3 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 279°, poorly surrounded by stations
- 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: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.3218 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.7202 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.4209 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2418 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70006xmg (also filed as ak0203cvwcv). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 5:19 PM UTC.