Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 67 km S of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 67 km S of Sand Point, Alaska on Sun, Apr 23, 2023, 9:46 PM AKDT (05:46 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2023-04-24 05:46:17 UTC
Depth
29.3 km (18.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.738° N, 160.634° 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
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 151 in the 60 days after this one and 79 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.281 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1259 days ago · 16 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 3.089 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1258 days ago · 16 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 1.834 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1258 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 1.850 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1257 days ago · 56 km deep · 20 km away
  5. 2.774 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1257 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 3.459 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1256 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 2.0101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1256 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 2.188 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1256 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  9. 2.827 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1256 days ago · 54 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 2.092 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1256 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 2.771 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1256 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 2.064 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1255 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 1254 days ago · 54 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 2.096 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1254 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  15. 2.899 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1253 days ago · 30 km deep · 64 km away
  16. 2.258 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 1253 days ago · 69 km deep · 61 km away
  17. 3.460 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1253 days ago · 66 km deep · 51 km away
  18. 2.2100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1252 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  19. 2.4108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1252 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
  20. 2.4104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1252 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  21. 2.382 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1251 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
  22. 2.2144 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1251 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
  23. 2.8130 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1251 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  24. 2.857 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1251 days ago · 59 km deep · 57 km away
  25. 2.648 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1251 days ago · 83 km deep · 69 km away
  26. 2.286 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1251 days ago · 17 km deep · 54 km away
  27. 2.494 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1251 days ago · 16 km deep · 58 km away
  28. 2.646 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 1251 days ago · 98 km deep · 68 km away
  29. 3.3121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1250 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  30. 2.9100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1250 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  31. 2.399 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1250 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  32. 2.091 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1248 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
  33. 2.787 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1248 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  34. 3.0118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1248 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  35. 1.762 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1247 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  36. 2.185 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1245 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
  37. 2.9122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1245 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  38. 2.655 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1245 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  39. 2.1106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1245 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  40. 3.0south of Alaska · 1244 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  41. 1.988 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1244 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
  42. 3.2105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1244 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  43. 3.2103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1244 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  44. 2.6south of Alaska · 1243 days ago · 29 km deep · 55 km away
  45. 2.042 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1242 days ago · 68 km deep · 96 km away
  46. 3.2105 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1241 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  47. 2.3101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1240 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  48. 2.375 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1240 days ago · 37 km deep · 51 km away
  49. 2.9112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1240 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  50. 2.259 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1240 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
  51. 2.574 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1239 days ago · 31 km deep · 60 km away
  52. 2.4103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1239 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
  53. 1.943 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1237 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  54. 3.4Alaska Peninsula · 1237 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  55. 1.970 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1237 days ago · 25 km deep · 18 km away
  56. 2.155 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1237 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
  57. 1.931 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1237 days ago · 87 km deep · 87 km away
  58. 1.973 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1237 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  59. 1.881 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1237 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  60. 1.985 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1237 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away

The first 60 of 151.

Before

  1. 2.155 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1261 days ago · 22 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 2.6116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1261 days ago · 24 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 2.050 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1261 days ago · 1 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 1.952 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1262 days ago · 24 km deep · 25 km away
  5. 2.079 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1262 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
  6. 2.382 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1263 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 1.879 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1264 days ago · 15 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 1.9south of Alaska · 1264 days ago · 16 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 1.9108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1264 days ago · 17 km deep · 58 km away
  10. 2.797 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1264 days ago · 27 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 2.110 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1264 days ago · 67 km deep · 59 km away
  12. 1.8121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1264 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 1.688 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1264 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
  14. 3.088 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1265 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 2.078 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1265 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 2.2129 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1266 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 1266 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  18. 2.167 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1266 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 2.165 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1266 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 2.156 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1267 days ago · 23 km deep · 51 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02358mimld. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 9:40 AM UTC.