Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 76 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 76 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska on Sun, Feb 18, 2024, 12:26 PM AKST (21:26 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 77 km SE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-02-18 21:26:01 UTC
Depth
20.8 km (12.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.778° N, 161.212° 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
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 192 in the 60 days after this one and 79 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.672 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 954 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away
  2. 2.088 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 954 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 1.964 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 954 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 1.566 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 954 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
  5. 1.949 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 953 days ago · 18 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 1.949 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 953 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 2.477 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 952 days ago · 16 km deep · 11 km away
  8. 1.749 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 952 days ago · 30 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 1.888 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 952 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 3.051 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 952 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 2.786 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 951 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 2.384 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 951 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 1.963 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 951 days ago · 23 km deep · 30 km away
  14. 2.7103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 951 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 2.147 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 950 days ago · 2 km deep · 100 km away
  16. 2.088 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 950 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 2.3104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 950 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 3.472 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 950 days ago · 51 km deep · 8 km away
  19. 2.578 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 950 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
  20. 1.836 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 950 days ago · 16 km deep · 83 km away
  21. 2.185 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 949 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  22. 1.878 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 949 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
  23. 1.974 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 948 days ago · 22 km deep · 42 km away
  24. 1.937 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 948 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
  25. 2.094 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 948 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
  26. 2.579 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 948 days ago · 19 km deep · 87 km away
  27. 1.685 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 948 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
  28. 1.856 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 947 days ago · 21 km deep · 71 km away
  29. 2.417 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 946 days ago · 48 km deep · 82 km away
  30. 2.183 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 945 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
  31. 3.069 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 943 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
  32. 1.764 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 943 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  33. 1.878 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 943 days ago · 22 km deep · 15 km away
  34. 2.151 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 942 days ago · 123 km deep · 87 km away
  35. 1.767 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 942 days ago · 42 km deep · 10 km away
  36. 2.380 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 942 days ago · 17 km deep · 47 km away
  37. 1.872 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 942 days ago · 21 km deep · 23 km away
  38. 4.577 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 942 days ago · 48 km deep · 40 km away
  39. 1.982 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 942 days ago · 16 km deep · 43 km away
  40. 1.981 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 942 days ago · 17 km deep · 46 km away
  41. 4.481 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 942 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  42. 2.490 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 942 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
  43. 2.5103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 941 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  44. 1.863 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 941 days ago · 30 km deep · 22 km away
  45. 2.2103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 941 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  46. 3.919 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 940 days ago · 98 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  47. 1.768 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 940 days ago · 17 km deep · 20 km away
  48. 2.199 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 939 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  49. 1.958 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 939 days ago · 43 km deep · 76 km away
  50. 2.0109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 939 days ago · 23 km deep · 96 km away
  51. 2.276 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 938 days ago · 19 km deep · 50 km away
  52. 2.0106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 938 days ago · 0 km deep · 98 km away
  53. 2.590 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 937 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  54. 1.964 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 937 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away
  55. 2.051 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 936 days ago · 56 km deep · 33 km away
  56. 1.563 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 936 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
  57. 2.0102 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 936 days ago · 11 km deep · 41 km away
  58. 2.152 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 936 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
  59. 2.083 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 936 days ago · 31 km deep · 86 km away
  60. 1.892 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 935 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away

The first 60 of 192.

Before

  1. 1.878 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 955 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away
  2. 1.776 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 955 days ago · 15 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 2.019 km N of Sand Point, Alaska · 955 days ago · 72 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 1.878 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 955 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 2.566 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 956 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 3.092 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 956 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 2.860 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 957 days ago · 125 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 2.482 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 957 days ago · 22 km deep · 14 km away
  9. 2.230 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 961 days ago · 49 km deep · 58 km away
  10. 2.2107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 961 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 2.187 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 961 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 1.871 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 961 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
  13. 2.6106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 962 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 2.184 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 962 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 1.858 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 962 days ago · 22 km deep · 19 km away
  16. 2.276 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 962 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 2.180 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 962 days ago · 16 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 2.076 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 962 days ago · 25 km deep · 58 km away
  19. 2.4113 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 962 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 3.041 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 963 days ago · 90 km deep · 90 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02429dzolx. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:13 AM UTC.