Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 82 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 82 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Thu, Oct 6, 2022, 3:57 AM AKDT (11:57 UTC), 16 km (10 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
1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2022-10-06 11:57:08 UTC
Depth
16.0 km (9.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.706° N, 159.822° 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
12

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 149 in the 60 days after this one and 112 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.636 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1456 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 1.858 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1455 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 1.8101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1455 days ago · 18 km deep · 20 km away
  4. 2.2109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1455 days ago · 20 km deep · 27 km away
  5. 1.731 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1455 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  6. 2.096 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1454 days ago · 17 km deep · 18 km away
  7. 2.661 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1453 days ago · 25 km deep · 22 km away
  8. 2.2111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1453 days ago · 21 km deep · 29 km away
  9. 3.0south of Alaska · 1453 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
  10. 1.854 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
  11. 4.6south of Alaska · 1452 days ago · 29 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.5south of Alaska · 1452 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
  13. 3.1102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 27 km deep · 22 km away
  14. 2.594 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 2.3102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  16. 2.3104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 20 km deep · 22 km away
  17. 3.1112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
  18. 2.1105 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 39 km deep · 26 km away
  19. 1.786 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 41 km deep · 17 km away
  20. 1.6114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
  21. 1.5south of Alaska · 1450 days ago · 18 km deep · 27 km away
  22. 1.6104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 21 km deep · 22 km away
  23. 1.519 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 60 km deep · 66 km away
  24. 1.662 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 22 km deep · 22 km away
  25. 1.698 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  26. 2.9south of Alaska · 1450 days ago · 31 km deep · 14 km away
  27. 2.8104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 25 km deep · 24 km away
  28. 1.8115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1449 days ago · 11 km deep · 37 km away
  29. 1.8107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1449 days ago · 25 km deep · 25 km away
  30. 1.6south of Alaska · 1449 days ago · 16 km deep · 25 km away
  31. 1.689 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1449 days ago · 20 km deep · 13 km away
  32. 1.7111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1449 days ago · 16 km deep · 32 km away
  33. 1.7102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1449 days ago · 22 km deep · 20 km away
  34. 2.5109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1449 days ago · 23 km deep · 29 km away
  35. 2.156 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1449 days ago · 14 km deep · 41 km away
  36. 1.971 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1448 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
  37. 2.2116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1447 days ago · 22 km deep · 36 km away
  38. 2.196 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1447 days ago · 17 km deep · 21 km away
  39. 1.755 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1446 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
  40. 1.8106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1446 days ago · 12 km deep · 28 km away
  41. 1.986 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1446 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away
  42. 1.994 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1446 days ago · 27 km deep · 57 km away
  43. 1.896 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1446 days ago · 18 km deep · 15 km away
  44. 1.681 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1446 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
  45. 1.972 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1446 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  46. 2.0south of Alaska · 1446 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  47. 3.098 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1446 days ago · 19 km deep · 99 km away
  48. 1.778 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  49. 2.091 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 17 km deep · 11 km away
  50. 2.2110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 21 km deep · 29 km away
  51. 1.641 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1444 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
  52. 1.868 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  53. 2.158 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
  54. 2.297 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 22 km deep · 15 km away
  55. 1.899 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 38 km deep · 17 km away
  56. 2.0102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 16 km deep · 21 km away
  57. 1.963 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1441 days ago · 41 km deep · 89 km away
  58. 2.9111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1441 days ago · 30 km deep · 29 km away
  59. 2.896 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1439 days ago · 20 km deep · 19 km away
  60. 1.767 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1439 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away

The first 60 of 149.

Before

  1. 1.734 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1456 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 2.034 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1456 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 2.0112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1456 days ago · 22 km deep · 31 km away
  4. 2.036 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1457 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 3.032 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1457 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 3.478 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1457 days ago · 34 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 2.9159 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1458 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 2.2south of Alaska · 1459 days ago · 14 km deep · 3 km away
  9. 2.142 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1460 days ago · 69 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 1.631 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1461 days ago · 22 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 1.899 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1461 days ago · 17 km deep · 21 km away
  12. 1.691 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1461 days ago · 15 km deep · 10 km away
  13. 1.9120 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1461 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 1461 days ago · 51 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 3.792 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1461 days ago · 22 km deep · 15 km away
  16. 2.096 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1461 days ago · 23 km deep · 16 km away
  17. 1.9128 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1462 days ago · 19 km deep · 51 km away
  18. 2.7111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1462 days ago · 31 km deep · 29 km away
  19. 1.993 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1462 days ago · 16 km deep · 13 km away
  20. 4.370 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak022ctlttwh. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:48 AM UTC.