Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Fri, Jul 29, 2022, 5:52 AM AKDT (13:52 UTC), 33 km (20 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 60 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-07-29 13:52:55 UTC
Depth
32.8 km (20.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.529° N, 159.575° 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.

Location uncertainty
About 7.4 km horizontally, 9.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
238°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
13

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 189 in the 60 days after this one and 116 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.5100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1524 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away
  2. 1.863 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1524 days ago · 47 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 1.599 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1524 days ago · 25 km deep · 8 km away
  4. 1.865 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1524 days ago · 44 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 1.768 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1524 days ago · 27 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 1.6102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1524 days ago · 15 km deep · 15 km away
  7. 1.594 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1522 days ago · 27 km deep · 13 km away
  8. 1.873 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1522 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 2.593 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1522 days ago · 27 km deep · 14 km away
  10. 1.6104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1522 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
  11. 1.973 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1522 days ago · 23 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 2.9113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1521 days ago · 30 km deep · 15 km away
  13. 2.7131 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1520 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  14. 1.5119 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1520 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
  15. 1.5113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1520 days ago · 19 km deep · 24 km away
  16. 1.6110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1520 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
  17. 2.190 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1520 days ago · 14 km deep · 19 km away
  18. 3.2118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1519 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
  19. 1.896 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1519 days ago · 21 km deep · 13 km away
  20. 1.8115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1519 days ago · 22 km deep · 23 km away
  21. 2.262 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1519 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
  22. 3.1122 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1518 days ago · 27 km deep · 62 km away
  23. 3.0101 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1517 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away
  24. 3.9117 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1517 days ago · 42 km deep · 93 km away
  25. 1.853 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1516 days ago · 21 km deep · 65 km away
  26. 2.8111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1516 days ago · 20 km deep · 14 km away
  27. 2.0100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1515 days ago · 17 km deep · 15 km away
  28. 1.9114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1515 days ago · 20 km deep · 27 km away
  29. 1.795 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1515 days ago · 36 km deep · 13 km away
  30. 1.695 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1515 days ago · 25 km deep · 13 km away
  31. 1.7123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1514 days ago · 18 km deep · 32 km away
  32. 2.170 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1514 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
  33. 1.8100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1514 days ago · 17 km deep · 17 km away
  34. 2.0103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1514 days ago · 19 km deep · 4 km away
  35. 2.9133 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1513 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
  36. 1.870 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1513 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  37. 1.858 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
  38. 2.6105 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 33 km deep · 3 km away
  39. 2.297 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 24 km deep · 11 km away
  40. 2.2107 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 21 km deep · 66 km away
  41. 1.779 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 54 km deep · 35 km away
  42. 1.6108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
  43. 2.8104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 31 km deep · 11 km away
  44. 3.0130 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 29 km deep · 32 km away
  45. 1.8104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 20 km deep · 12 km away
  46. 1.8122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
  47. 2.0119 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 14 km deep · 29 km away
  48. 2.5117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 28 km deep · 12 km away
  49. 1.554 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  50. 2.7130 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  51. 2.2137 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 18 km deep · 36 km away
  52. 1.771 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  53. 1.669 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 24 km deep · 64 km away
  54. 2.180 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  55. 1.6103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 16 km deep · 18 km away
  56. 1.6103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 16 km deep · 18 km away
  57. 2.2117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 25 km deep · 25 km away
  58. 2.8102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
  59. 1.5101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
  60. 1.5103 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 41 km deep · 7 km away

The first 60 of 189.

Before

  1. 2.1116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1525 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
  2. 1.866 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1525 days ago · 22 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 3.260 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1526 days ago · 32 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 1.591 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1526 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 1.694 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1526 days ago · 18 km deep · 15 km away
  6. 1.965 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1527 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
  7. 2.8121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1527 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  8. 1.9111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1528 days ago · 42 km deep · 16 km away
  9. 2.089 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1528 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 1.8117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1528 days ago · 17 km deep · 32 km away
  11. 2.397 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1529 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  12. 2.088 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1529 days ago · 21 km deep · 26 km away
  13. 2.1114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1529 days ago · 22 km deep · 16 km away
  14. 2.0109 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1529 days ago · 30 km deep · 4 km away
  15. 1.755 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1530 days ago · 34 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 1.9103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1530 days ago · 17 km deep · 18 km away
  17. 1.8107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1530 days ago · 15 km deep · 18 km away
  18. 1.9108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1530 days ago · 23 km deep · 11 km away
  19. 1.994 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1531 days ago · 14 km deep · 15 km away
  20. 2.1112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1531 days ago · 20 km deep · 10 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000i749 (also filed as ak0229niws19). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:55 AM UTC.