Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 6 km S of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 6 km S of Sand Point, Alaska on Thu, Nov 2, 2023, 1:37 PM AKDT (21:37 UTC), 8 km (5 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
1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2023-11-02 21:37:56 UTC
Depth
7.9 km (4.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.276° N, 160.515° 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
23

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 134 in the 60 days after this one and 75 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.849 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1063 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 1.839 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1063 days ago · 53 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 1.567 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1063 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 1.959 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1063 days ago · 15 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 2.048 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1062 days ago · 45 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 1.976 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1061 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 2.170 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1061 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 1.877 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1060 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 2.764 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1060 days ago · 66 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 2.3south of Alaska · 1057 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 2.191 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1057 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 1.9south of Alaska · 1056 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 2.092 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1056 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 2.981 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1056 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 1.69 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1056 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away
  16. 1.990 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1056 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 2.963 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1056 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 1.757 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1056 days ago · 22 km deep · 100 km away
  19. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 1055 days ago · 17 km deep · 74 km away
  20. 4.594 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1055 days ago · 28 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  21. 2.493 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1054 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
  22. 3.193 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1054 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
  23. 2.489 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1054 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  24. 2.595 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1054 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  25. 2.5103 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1054 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  26. 2.7103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1054 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  27. 3.09 km W of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1053 days ago · 169 km deep · 96 km away
  28. 2.065 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1053 days ago · 47 km deep · 74 km away
  29. 2.258 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1053 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
  30. 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 1052 days ago · 31 km deep · 88 km away
  31. 3.183 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1052 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  32. 3.4104 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1051 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  33. 2.230 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1049 days ago · 110 km deep · 87 km away
  34. 2.04 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1049 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  35. 2.356 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1048 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
  36. 1.867 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1048 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  37. 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 1048 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  38. 1.989 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1047 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
  39. 2.555 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1047 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  40. 2.7104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1047 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  41. 2.049 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1047 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
  42. 2.276 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1047 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away
  43. 1.977 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1047 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
  44. 1.681 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1046 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away
  45. 1.979 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1046 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away
  46. 1.640 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1046 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
  47. 1.852 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1046 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away
  48. 2.3south of Alaska · 1045 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  49. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 1044 days ago · 1 km deep · 21 km away
  50. 2.2south of Alaska · 1044 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  51. 2.025 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1044 days ago · 46 km deep · 20 km away
  52. 2.730 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1043 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
  53. 2.327 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1043 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
  54. 3.290 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1042 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  55. 2.985 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1042 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  56. 2.9102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1041 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  57. 2.126 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1040 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  58. 2.184 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1040 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  59. 1.887 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1040 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
  60. 2.1105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1040 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away

The first 60 of 134.

Before

  1. 1.83 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1063 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 1.926 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 1064 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
  3. 2.260 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1065 days ago · 41 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 2.196 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1065 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 2.560 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 1065 days ago · 85 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 2.279 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1065 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 1.880 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1065 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 2.789 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1065 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 2.192 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1066 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 2.099 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1066 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 2.129 km WSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1066 days ago · 144 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 1.951 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1066 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
  13. 1.654 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1066 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 2.126 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1067 days ago · 53 km deep · 20 km away
  15. 1.824 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1067 days ago · 87 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 1.992 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1067 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 2.697 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1067 days ago · 30 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 2.149 km N of Sand Point, Alaska · 1068 days ago · 101 km deep · 56 km away
  19. 3.475 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1068 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  20. 3.365 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1070 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away

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