Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 65 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 65 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Dec 27, 2022, 9:20 AM AKST (18:20 UTC), 22 km (14 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
2022-12-27 18:20:37 UTC
Depth
21.8 km (13.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.876° N, 159.857° 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
25

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 159 in the 60 days after this one and 68 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.5121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 2.060 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 20 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 2.767 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 11 km deep · 33 km away
  4. 2.768 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 15 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 2.4125 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 2.166 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  7. 2.893 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 2.071 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 14 km deep · 32 km away
  9. 2.070 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
  10. 4.651 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 39 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 3
  11. 2.185 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 20 km deep · 27 km away
  12. 2.3101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
  13. 2.6110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 36 km deep · 46 km away
  14. 2.229 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 63 km deep · 89 km away
  15. 2.296 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 22 km deep · 33 km away
  16. 2.153 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 29 km deep · 13 km away
  17. 2.0110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 23 km deep · 48 km away
  18. 2.098 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 16 km deep · 37 km away
  19. 2.197 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 14 km deep · 36 km away
  20. 2.1113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 19 km deep · 54 km away
  21. 2.199 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
  22. 1.734 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 11 km deep · 36 km away
  23. 2.090 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 15 km deep · 27 km away
  24. 2.6102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
  25. 1.9106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 16 km deep · 45 km away
  26. 1.785 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 23 km deep · 21 km away
  27. 2.795 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
  28. 2.0101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
  29. 1.992 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 16 km deep · 29 km away
  30. 1.7102 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  31. 2.0114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 20 km deep · 51 km away
  32. 1.957 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  33. 1.9102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 15 km deep · 40 km away
  34. 1.995 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  35. 1.760 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
  36. 1.760 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 12 km deep · 7 km away
  37. 1.995 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 23 km deep · 31 km away
  38. 2.7south of Alaska · 1360 days ago · 25 km deep · 32 km away
  39. 2.0105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
  40. 1.860 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 15 km deep · 12 km away
  41. 1.9south of Alaska · 1360 days ago · 24 km deep · 21 km away
  42. 3.0114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
  43. 2.1113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  44. 2.0south of Alaska · 1359 days ago · 14 km deep · 42 km away
  45. 2.1103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
  46. 1.833 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 24 km deep · 36 km away
  47. 1.991 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 16 km deep · 28 km away
  48. 2.0110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 18 km deep · 49 km away
  49. 2.3122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
  50. 2.2104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 17 km deep · 40 km away
  51. 2.699 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 21 km deep · 38 km away
  52. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 1356 days ago · 0 km deep · 54 km away
  53. 2.9south of Alaska · 1356 days ago · 24 km deep · 63 km away
  54. 2.1101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 14 km deep · 40 km away
  55. 2.0100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
  56. 2.0104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 18 km deep · 45 km away
  57. 1.928 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 15 km deep · 52 km away
  58. 1.991 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 15 km deep · 32 km away
  59. 1.927 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 51 km deep · 99 km away
  60. 2.1108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 16 km deep · 49 km away

The first 60 of 159.

Before

  1. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 1371 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 2.262 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 2.159 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 21 km deep · 6 km away
  4. 2.6114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1373 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 2.4110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1373 days ago · 28 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 3.3107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1373 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away
  7. 2.4106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1373 days ago · 22 km deep · 46 km away
  8. 2.151 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1374 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 2.399 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1375 days ago · 22 km deep · 36 km away
  10. 3.029 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1375 days ago · 81 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 4.2107 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1375 days ago · 41 km deep · 42 km away
  12. 2.463 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1376 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  13. 2.354 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1376 days ago · 24 km deep · 32 km away
  14. 2.532 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1377 days ago · 95 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 2.4100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1378 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  16. 2.08 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1378 days ago · 68 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 2.4114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1379 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  18. 2.9126 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1379 days ago · 30 km deep · 66 km away
  19. 2.5south of Alaska · 1379 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  20. 2.8114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1379 days ago · 31 km deep · 54 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak022glbugdf. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 12:12 AM UTC.