Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 79 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 79 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska on Mon, Dec 5, 2022, 5:16 AM AKST (14:16 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 51 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-12-05 14:16:26 UTC
Depth
15.7 km (9.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.050° N, 159.354° 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
19

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 170 in the 60 days after this one and 58 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.2106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 1.924 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 57 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 2.8126 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 2.4south of Alaska · 1392 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 2.654 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 24 km deep · 27 km away
  6. 2.296 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 11 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 3.297 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 2.0124 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 2.478 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1390 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
  10. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 1389 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
  11. 2.166 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1389 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  12. 2.8112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1389 days ago · 31 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 2.7114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1389 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 2.168 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1388 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 2.167 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1388 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 2.1107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1388 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 2.4103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1387 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 2.8south of Alaska · 1387 days ago · 23 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 2.820 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 62 km deep · 59 km away
  20. 2.1104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 21 km deep · 69 km away
  21. 2.593 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1385 days ago · 22 km deep · 59 km away
  22. 2.897 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1385 days ago · 21 km deep · 64 km away
  23. 2.315 km SE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1385 days ago · 72 km deep · 83 km away
  24. 2.4Alaska Peninsula · 1384 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  25. 2.492 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1384 days ago · 23 km deep · 54 km away
  26. 2.155 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1383 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
  27. 2.493 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1383 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
  28. 2.498 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1381 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
  29. 2.6105 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1381 days ago · 37 km deep · 83 km away
  30. 2.219 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1381 days ago · 62 km deep · 65 km away
  31. 2.181 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1381 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  32. 2.8114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1381 days ago · 31 km deep · 78 km away
  33. 2.9126 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1381 days ago · 30 km deep · 89 km away
  34. 2.4114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1380 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  35. 2.08 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1380 days ago · 68 km deep · 85 km away
  36. 2.4100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1379 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
  37. 2.354 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1378 days ago · 24 km deep · 68 km away
  38. 2.463 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1377 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  39. 4.2107 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1377 days ago · 41 km deep · 56 km away
  40. 3.029 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1376 days ago · 81 km deep · 84 km away
  41. 2.399 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1376 days ago · 22 km deep · 59 km away
  42. 2.151 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1376 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
  43. 2.4106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1375 days ago · 22 km deep · 72 km away
  44. 3.3107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1375 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
  45. 2.4110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1375 days ago · 28 km deep · 70 km away
  46. 2.6114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1375 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  47. 2.159 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1374 days ago · 21 km deep · 40 km away
  48. 2.4123 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1374 days ago · 31 km deep · 74 km away
  49. 2.262 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1373 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  50. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 1373 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
  51. 2.065 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 22 km deep · 38 km away
  52. 3.5121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  53. 2.060 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 20 km deep · 38 km away
  54. 2.468 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  55. 2.3south of Alaska · 1372 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
  56. 2.767 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 11 km deep · 12 km away
  57. 2.768 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 15 km deep · 11 km away
  58. 2.4125 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  59. 2.59 km SW of Perryville, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 71 km deep · 90 km away
  60. 2.166 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away

The first 60 of 170.

Before

  1. 2.170 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
  2. 2.798 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1396 days ago · 29 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 2.7108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1396 days ago · 23 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 2.141 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1396 days ago · 75 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 2.4south of Alaska · 1396 days ago · 17 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 2.080 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1397 days ago · 24 km deep · 38 km away
  7. 1.870 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1399 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
  8. 1.656 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1399 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
  9. 2.285 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1399 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
  10. 1.576 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1400 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  11. 1.780 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1400 days ago · 14 km deep · 6 km away
  12. 1.989 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1400 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
  13. 2.187 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1400 days ago · 16 km deep · 50 km away
  14. 2.3south of Alaska · 1401 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 2.3100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1401 days ago · 23 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 2.269 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1402 days ago · 24 km deep · 45 km away
  17. 2.071 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1402 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  18. 2.0117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1402 days ago · 22 km deep · 69 km away
  19. 2.082 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1403 days ago · 25 km deep · 39 km away
  20. 2.795 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1403 days ago · 27 km deep · 60 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak022fkvm7ex. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 4:58 PM UTC.