M2.0 earthquake 59 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 59 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Sat, Jan 8, 2022, 12:53 AM AKST (09:53 UTC), 19 km (12 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 105 km SSE 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
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-01-08 09:53:00 UTC
- Depth
- 19.4 km (12.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.877° N, 160.022° 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
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 137 in the 60 days after this one and 71 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.093 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.6105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 16 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.6113 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 37 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.5103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 20 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.9127 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.269 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.0108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.975 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.1101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1728 days ago · 22 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.828 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 50 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.8south of Alaska · 1727 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.9106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 19 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.799 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 22 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.0145 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.987 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.855 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 18 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.960 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.1111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 16 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.8149 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.9107 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 30 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.6109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 24 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.992 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 23 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.7119 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 25 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.995 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.545 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.185 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 21 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.7115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 22 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.2117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.282 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 20 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.998 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 15 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.795 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1718 days ago · 23 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.167 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1717 days ago · 23 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.076 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1716 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.169 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 20 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.9118 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.859 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1715 days ago · 16 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.8106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 21 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.176 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 27 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.0108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1714 days ago · 14 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.3123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1713 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.2121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 24 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.065 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.878 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.689 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1710 days ago · 25 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.5south of Alaska · 1710 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.398 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 24 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.9100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 19 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.2101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 20 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.072 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.889 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 16 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.591 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.3south of Alaska · 1707 days ago · 19 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.0132 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 23 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.5142 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.9106 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 23 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.6104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 19 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.644 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 57 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.1123 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.9103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 16 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.193 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
The first 60 of 137.
Before
- 2.174 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1729 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.6south of Alaska · 1730 days ago · 17 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.7113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 17 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.9106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.896 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 27 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.9109 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 24 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.980 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.055 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.1119 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.394 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1734 days ago · 21 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.546 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 27 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.845 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.390 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 27 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.866 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.2103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 27 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.080 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 23 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.278 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 25 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.053 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 37 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.933 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 16 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.4104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 25 km deep · 45 km away
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