Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 93 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 93 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Sep 19, 2023, 3:09 PM AKDT (23:09 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 47 km S of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2023-09-19 23:09:32 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.593° N, 159.805° 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 4.3 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
239°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 182 in the 60 days after this one and 92 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.4103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1106 days ago · 25 km deep · 9 km away
  2. 5.447 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1106 days ago · 50 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 4 · tsunami flag
  3. 2.247 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1106 days ago · 29 km deep · 51 km away
  4. 1.946 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1105 days ago · 30 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 1.782 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1105 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 2.855 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1105 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 1.849 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1105 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 5.048 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1105 days ago · 43 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  9. 4.047 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1105 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  10. 2.095 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1105 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  11. 2.0109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1105 days ago · 25 km deep · 15 km away
  12. 1.944 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1104 days ago · 37 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 2.854 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1104 days ago · 31 km deep · 45 km away
  14. 2.7119 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1104 days ago · 34 km deep · 28 km away
  15. 2.773 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1104 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 2.641 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1104 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 1.647 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1104 days ago · 27 km deep · 52 km away
  18. 3.836 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1103 days ago · 40 km deep · 62 km away
  19. 2.746 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1103 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  20. 2.079 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1103 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  21. 2.254 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1102 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
  22. 1.864 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1102 days ago · 18 km deep · 84 km away
  23. 1.681 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1102 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  24. 2.843 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1102 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
  25. 2.550 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1101 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
  26. 1.559 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1101 days ago · 15 km deep · 36 km away
  27. 1.851 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1101 days ago · 21 km deep · 49 km away
  28. 1.686 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1101 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  29. 1.565 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1101 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
  30. 1.896 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1101 days ago · 22 km deep · 14 km away
  31. 1.890 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1101 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  32. 2.1103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1101 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  33. 1.859 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1101 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  34. 1.7113 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1100 days ago · 19 km deep · 74 km away
  35. 3.3112 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1100 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  36. 1.8106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1100 days ago · 22 km deep · 13 km away
  37. 2.2118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1100 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  38. 4.740 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1100 days ago · 53 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 6
  39. 2.857 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1100 days ago · 45 km deep · 55 km away
  40. 1.8104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1099 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  41. 2.162 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1099 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
  42. 1.745 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1099 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  43. 1.783 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1099 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  44. 2.6112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1099 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
  45. 2.164 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1099 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  46. 2.159 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1099 days ago · 1 km deep · 64 km away
  47. 1.740 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1098 days ago · 24 km deep · 59 km away
  48. 1.674 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1098 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  49. 2.090 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1098 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
  50. 2.940 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1098 days ago · 34 km deep · 58 km away
  51. 2.469 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1097 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away
  52. 3.150 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1097 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
  53. 3.486 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1096 days ago · 45 km deep · 75 km away
  54. 2.261 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1096 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
  55. 3.047 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1096 days ago · 32 km deep · 51 km away
  56. 2.850 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1096 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
  57. 2.464 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1095 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  58. 2.476 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1094 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
  59. 2.170 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1093 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
  60. 2.094 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1093 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away

The first 60 of 182.

Before

  1. 4.4111 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1107 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.946 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1108 days ago · 1 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 1.787 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1108 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 1.983 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1108 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 2.173 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1108 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 1.887 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1109 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 2.2107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1109 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
  8. 3.096 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1109 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  9. 2.178 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1110 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 3.0101 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1111 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 2.6115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1111 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
  12. 2.064 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1112 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 3.3115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1112 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
  14. 1.991 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1113 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 1.782 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1113 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 1113 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 2.0100 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1113 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 2.5135 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1114 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  19. 2.070 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1114 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  20. 3.143 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1114 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away

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