Alaska earthquakes

M3.4 earthquake 58 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 58 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Jan 24, 2023, 1:58 PM AKST (22:58 UTC), 82 km (51 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 94 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.4 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2023-01-24 22:58:58 UTC
Depth
81.6 km (50.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
54.913° N, 161.035° 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 6.0 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
195°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
32

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 122 in the 60 days after this one and 107 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.0south of Alaska · 1342 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 2.024 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1342 days ago · 19 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 2.4south of Alaska · 1341 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 1.820 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 1.985 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1340 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 2.3south of Alaska · 1340 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 1.515 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 2.148 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 45 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 1.946 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 36 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 1.963 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 38 km deep · 12 km away
  11. 3.0104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 2.4103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 2.495 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 2.4104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 2.258 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1337 days ago · 24 km deep · 59 km away
  16. 2.967 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1336 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  17. 1.941 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1336 days ago · 54 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 3.0Alaska Peninsula · 1335 days ago · 27 km deep · 62 km away
  19. 2.2101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1335 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 2.3110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1333 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
  21. 2.2107 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1333 days ago · 28 km deep · 72 km away
  22. 2.078 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1332 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
  23. 1.613 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1331 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  24. 2.877 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1330 days ago · 29 km deep · 36 km away
  25. 2.130 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1330 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
  26. 1.975 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1329 days ago · 22 km deep · 38 km away
  27. 3.192 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1329 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
  28. 2.274 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1329 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
  29. 3.2south of Alaska · 1328 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  30. 1.834 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1328 days ago · 53 km deep · 28 km away
  31. 1.547 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1328 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away
  32. 2.262 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1328 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
  33. 3.189 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1327 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  34. 2.387 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1327 days ago · 23 km deep · 88 km away
  35. 2.881 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1327 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  36. 3.050 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1325 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  37. 2.9Alaska Peninsula · 1324 days ago · 83 km deep · 70 km away
  38. 3.368 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1324 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  39. 2.031 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1324 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  40. 1.921 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1323 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  41. 2.4south of Alaska · 1323 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  42. 2.247 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1322 days ago · 25 km deep · 42 km away
  43. 2.166 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1322 days ago · 23 km deep · 62 km away
  44. 2.122 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1321 days ago · 49 km deep · 64 km away
  45. 3.169 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1321 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  46. 2.997 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1320 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  47. 3.1110 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1319 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  48. 2.041 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1318 days ago · 65 km deep · 98 km away
  49. 3.1120 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1317 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  50. 2.035 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 1317 days ago · 91 km deep · 49 km away
  51. 2.780 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1316 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
  52. 1.991 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1316 days ago · 38 km deep · 88 km away
  53. 2.3107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1315 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
  54. 2.297 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1315 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  55. 2.956 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1315 days ago · 57 km deep · 100 km away
  56. 2.169 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1313 days ago · 19 km deep · 89 km away
  57. 2.161 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 125 km deep · 78 km away
  58. 4.894 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 44 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  59. 2.158 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 169 km deep · 68 km away
  60. 3.190 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away

The first 60 of 122.

Before

  1. 3.0105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1342 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 2.065 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1343 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 3.047 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1343 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 2.086 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1345 days ago · 24 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 2.256 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1346 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 2.7Alaska Peninsula · 1346 days ago · 32 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 2.794 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 1.975 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 21 km deep · 34 km away
  9. 2.9111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 2.198 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 1.998 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 1.886 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 17 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 1.767 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 1.9104 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
  15. 1.944 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 76 km deep · 51 km away
  16. 1.854 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 81 km deep · 50 km away
  17. 2.790 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  18. 2.887 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  19. 1.8110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 2.395 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000jmax (also filed as ak023142cf8y). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 5:02 AM UTC.