M2.4 earthquake 226 km S of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 226 km S of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Nov 14, 2023, 2:12 AM AKST (11:12 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 222 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
2.4	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.128 · 8 stations
2.6	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preliminary

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

2.2136 km S of Sand Point, AlaskaSun, Oct 22, 4:01 PM AKDT · 1077 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000lf0j (also filed as ak023em3ir8i). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:45 PM UTC.