Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 63 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 63 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Nov 29, 2023, 12:03 AM AKST (09:03 UTC), 44 km (27 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 79 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2023-11-29 09:03:19 UTC
Depth
43.7 km (27.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.832° N, 160.974° 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
31

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 135 in the 60 days after this one and 110 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.675 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1037 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
  2. 2.153 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1036 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 3.195 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1036 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 2.397 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1035 days ago · 1 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 1.944 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1035 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
  6. 2.463 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1034 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 2.157 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1034 days ago · 18 km deep · 42 km away
  8. 1.773 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1034 days ago · 30 km deep · 24 km away
  9. 2.285 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1033 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 1.940 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1033 days ago · 16 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 3.289 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1032 days ago · 18 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 2.268 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1032 days ago · 19 km deep · 36 km away
  13. 1.974 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1031 days ago · 21 km deep · 28 km away
  14. 2.2103 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1031 days ago · 25 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 2.138 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1030 days ago · 81 km deep · 68 km away
  16. 3.197 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1030 days ago · 16 km deep · 60 km away
  17. 2.082 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1029 days ago · 17 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 2.163 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1029 days ago · 19 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 2.558 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 1028 days ago · 68 km deep · 34 km away
  20. 1.977 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1028 days ago · 23 km deep · 32 km away
  21. 2.183 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1028 days ago · 11 km deep · 65 km away
  22. 1.846 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1028 days ago · 61 km deep · 44 km away
  23. 1.682 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1027 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
  24. 1.844 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1027 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
  25. 2.3103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1027 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  26. 2.8115 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1027 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  27. 1.886 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1027 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away
  28. 2.162 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1027 days ago · 23 km deep · 71 km away
  29. 2.8115 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1026 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  30. 4.379 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1025 days ago · 50 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
  31. 2.127 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1025 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  32. 2.068 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1024 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
  33. 2.8124 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1024 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away
  34. 2.261 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1022 days ago · 18 km deep · 17 km away
  35. 3.182 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1022 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  36. 2.077 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1021 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
  37. 2.392 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1020 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
  38. 2.7109 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1020 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
  39. 2.2114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1020 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  40. 1.975 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1019 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  41. 2.872 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1019 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
  42. 1.921 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1018 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  43. 2.032 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1018 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
  44. 2.169 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1018 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away
  45. 3.2102 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1018 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  46. 1.919 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1018 days ago · 58 km deep · 44 km away
  47. 2.1121 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1018 days ago · 25 km deep · 66 km away
  48. 2.234 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1017 days ago · 72 km deep · 60 km away
  49. 2.987 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1017 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  50. 2.869 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1016 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  51. 3.075 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1016 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
  52. 1.887 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1016 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  53. 2.672 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1015 days ago · 29 km deep · 27 km away
  54. 1.678 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1015 days ago · 16 km deep · 28 km away
  55. 2.578 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1014 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
  56. 2.049 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1014 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
  57. 3.040 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1013 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
  58. 3.265 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1013 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  59. 2.39 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1013 days ago · 2 km deep · 54 km away
  60. 3.842 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1010 days ago · 52 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 135.

Before

  1. 2.052 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1037 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 2.399 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1037 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 2.496 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1038 days ago · 11 km deep · 46 km away
  4. 1.765 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1038 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
  5. 2.383 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1039 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 2.147 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1039 days ago · 55 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 3.150 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1039 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
  8. 2.255 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1039 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 2.179 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1040 days ago · 16 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 2.537 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1040 days ago · 61 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 1.845 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1040 days ago · 37 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 2.1105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1040 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 1.887 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1040 days ago · 13 km deep · 28 km away
  14. 2.184 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1040 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 2.126 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1041 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  16. 2.9102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1041 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 2.086 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1042 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  18. 2.985 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1042 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
  19. 3.290 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1042 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  20. 2.327 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1043 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak023favc679. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:17 AM UTC.