Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 62 km S of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 62 km S of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Sep 27, 2023, 11:15 AM AKDT (19:15 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 94 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2023-09-27 19:15:38 UTC
Depth
25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.788° N, 160.327° 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
24

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 130 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.659 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1102 days ago · 21 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 1.745 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1102 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
  3. 1.783 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1102 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 1.639 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1102 days ago · 62 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 2.6112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1102 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 2.164 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1101 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  7. 2.159 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1101 days ago · 1 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 1.740 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1101 days ago · 24 km deep · 22 km away
  9. 1.674 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1101 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
  10. 2.090 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1101 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
  11. 2.940 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1101 days ago · 34 km deep · 21 km away
  12. 1.993 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1100 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 1100 days ago · 73 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 2.469 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1099 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
  15. 3.150 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1099 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
  16. 3.486 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1099 days ago · 45 km deep · 46 km away
  17. 2.261 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1098 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 3.047 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1098 days ago · 32 km deep · 15 km away
  19. 2.850 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1098 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
  20. 2.464 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1098 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
  21. 2.389 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1097 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
  22. 2.476 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1097 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
  23. 2.170 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1096 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
  24. 2.094 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1096 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
  25. 3.2102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1095 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  26. 2.964 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1095 days ago · 35 km deep · 6 km away
  27. 2.285 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1094 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  28. 2.269 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1094 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  29. 3.2124 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1094 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  30. 3.8117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1093 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  31. 2.3104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1093 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
  32. 2.970 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1093 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
  33. 4.175 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1093 days ago · 48 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  34. 2.779 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1093 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  35. 2.184 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1093 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  36. 2.290 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1093 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
  37. 2.090 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1093 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
  38. 1.742 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1092 days ago · 22 km deep · 33 km away
  39. 1.983 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1092 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
  40. 2.086 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1092 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  41. 1.8104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1092 days ago · 21 km deep · 46 km away
  42. 3.4115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1092 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  43. 1.683 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1092 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  44. 2.4128 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1092 days ago · 17 km deep · 69 km away
  45. 1.7103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1091 days ago · 14 km deep · 45 km away
  46. 2.0105 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1091 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  47. 1.9106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1091 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  48. 2.060 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1091 days ago · 23 km deep · 22 km away
  49. 2.5123 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1091 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  50. 1.879 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1091 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  51. 2.085 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1090 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
  52. 2.270 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1090 days ago · 20 km deep · 36 km away
  53. 2.192 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1090 days ago · 15 km deep · 52 km away
  54. 2.3112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1089 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
  55. 2.288 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1089 days ago · 2 km deep · 28 km away
  56. 1.790 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1089 days ago · 17 km deep · 57 km away
  57. 2.086 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1089 days ago · 14 km deep · 60 km away
  58. 2.082 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1089 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
  59. 2.091 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1087 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  60. 2.2102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1087 days ago · 14 km deep · 46 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 1.8104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1102 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  2. 2.857 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1102 days ago · 45 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 4.740 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1103 days ago · 53 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 6
  4. 2.2118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1103 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 2.541 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1103 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 1.8106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1103 days ago · 22 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 3.3112 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1103 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 1.7113 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1103 days ago · 19 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 2.1103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1103 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 1.890 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1103 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 1.896 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1103 days ago · 22 km deep · 37 km away
  12. 1.565 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1104 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 1.686 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1104 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 1.851 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1104 days ago · 21 km deep · 11 km away
  15. 1.559 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1104 days ago · 15 km deep · 12 km away
  16. 1.668 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1104 days ago · 21 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 2.550 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1104 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
  18. 2.843 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1105 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
  19. 1.681 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1105 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
  20. 1.864 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1105 days ago · 18 km deep · 81 km away

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