M2.9 earthquake 87 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 87 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Dec 19, 2023, 11:29 AM AKST (20:29 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 42 km S of Sand Point, 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
2.9	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.074 · 24 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: 107 in the 60 days after this one and 56 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 107.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000lk6b (also filed as ak023g84shk3). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 7:24 PM UTC.