Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 97 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 97 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska on Sun, Aug 28, 2022, 11:49 PM AKDT (07:49 UTC), 28 km (17 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 52 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2022-08-29 07:49:45 UTC
Depth
28.0 km (17.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.902° N, 159.178° 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 200 in the 60 days after this one and 94 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.658 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 4.460 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.092 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 3.285 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 28 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 1.671 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  6. 2.172 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 1.7108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 17 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 1.989 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 13 km deep · 28 km away
  9. 1.661 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 1.6112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 19 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 3.0141 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 1.875 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
  13. 1.962 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 30 km deep · 69 km away
  14. 2.381 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 1.767 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 22 km deep · 34 km away
  16. 1.898 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 14 km deep · 60 km away
  17. 1.9105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  18. 1.795 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 30 km deep · 41 km away
  19. 2.354 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 54 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 2.6102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  21. 2.196 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 19 km deep · 74 km away
  22. 2.2106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 18 km deep · 65 km away
  23. 1.9105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 17 km deep · 59 km away
  24. 2.258 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 19 km deep · 55 km away
  25. 2.193 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 24 km deep · 51 km away
  26. 1.964 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  27. 2.9Alaska Peninsula · 1487 days ago · 73 km deep · 89 km away
  28. 1.9122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
  29. 1.677 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 22 km deep · 40 km away
  30. 2.1116 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
  31. 1.6104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  32. 2.1167 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
  33. 1.669 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  34. 2.2105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 23 km deep · 60 km away
  35. 2.879 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 30 km deep · 37 km away
  36. 2.0133 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  37. 1.994 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 25 km deep · 45 km away
  38. 2.6131 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  39. 2.093 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 23 km deep · 86 km away
  40. 1.961 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 14 km deep · 52 km away
  41. 1.757 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  42. 2.288 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  43. 2.0102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 17 km deep · 53 km away
  44. 2.2115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 30 km deep · 59 km away
  45. 1.935 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 19 km deep · 66 km away
  46. 1.689 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 23 km deep · 51 km away
  47. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 1482 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  48. 1.688 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 16 km deep · 47 km away
  49. 2.1124 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  50. 2.4138 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
  51. 2.145 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 69 km deep · 68 km away
  52. 2.258 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  53. 2.232 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 58 km deep · 74 km away
  54. 2.535 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 17 km deep · 71 km away
  55. 1.870 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  56. 1.8115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 24 km deep · 82 km away
  57. 1.998 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 21 km deep · 52 km away
  58. 2.4109 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
  59. 2.480 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 21 km deep · 27 km away
  60. 1.959 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.9108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1495 days ago · 21 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 2.641 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 59 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 2.094 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 43 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 2.4128 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 1.796 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 25 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 1.7south of Alaska · 1496 days ago · 22 km deep · 49 km away
  7. 1.983 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 16 km deep · 29 km away
  8. 2.0105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 17 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 1.699 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  10. 1.7108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
  11. 3.2101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 1.737 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 49 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 2.169 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 34 km deep · 32 km away
  14. 1.871 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  15. 3.0129 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 32 km deep · 41 km away
  16. 2.092 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 12 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 2.3south of Alaska · 1498 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
  18. 1.8116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
  19. 2.130 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 16 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 3.1112 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 31 km deep · 24 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak022b2oz9ul. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:10 PM UTC.