Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 85 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 85 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska on Fri, Feb 23, 2024, 5:59 PM AKST (02:59 UTC), 32 km (20 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 132 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2024-02-24 02:59:18 UTC
Depth
31.7 km (19.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.015° N, 159.290° 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
27

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 159 in the 60 days after this one and 68 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.185 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 952 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
  2. 1.937 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 951 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 2.094 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 951 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 2.579 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 951 days ago · 19 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 1.949 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 951 days ago · 27 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 2.417 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 949 days ago · 48 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 2.4107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 946 days ago · 25 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 3.069 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 946 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 2.6103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 946 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  10. 3.2130 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 946 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 1.959 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 945 days ago · 16 km deep · 26 km away
  12. 1.87 km W of Perryville, Alaska · 945 days ago · 97 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 2.490 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 945 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away
  14. 2.5103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 944 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 2.2103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 944 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 2.3106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 943 days ago · 23 km deep · 65 km away
  17. 1.961 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 943 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  18. 2.063 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 943 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  19. 2.199 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 942 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  20. 2.0109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 942 days ago · 23 km deep · 74 km away
  21. 2.068 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 942 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
  22. 1.961 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 941 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  23. 2.1112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 941 days ago · 24 km deep · 69 km away
  24. 2.0106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 941 days ago · 0 km deep · 68 km away
  25. 2.3122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 940 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  26. 2.590 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 940 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  27. 1.534 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 940 days ago · 47 km deep · 74 km away
  28. 2.246 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 940 days ago · 68 km deep · 64 km away
  29. 2.149 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 940 days ago · 56 km deep · 51 km away
  30. 2.599 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 939 days ago · 17 km deep · 53 km away
  31. 2.152 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 939 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
  32. 2.083 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 939 days ago · 31 km deep · 54 km away
  33. 2.065 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 938 days ago · 12 km deep · 28 km away
  34. 2.04 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 938 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  35. 2.8115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 937 days ago · 27 km deep · 70 km away
  36. 2.5124 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 937 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  37. 2.294 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 937 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
  38. 2.496 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 936 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  39. 2.6109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 936 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  40. 2.3114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 935 days ago · 27 km deep · 75 km away
  41. 1.953 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 934 days ago · 23 km deep · 50 km away
  42. 2.275 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 934 days ago · 21 km deep · 42 km away
  43. 2.6100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 934 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
  44. 2.0102 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 933 days ago · 27 km deep · 38 km away
  45. 2.196 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 933 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
  46. 1.947 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 933 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
  47. 2.096 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 933 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
  48. 2.0109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 933 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  49. 1.9101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 932 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
  50. 1.899 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 932 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  51. 2.1127 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 932 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
  52. 1.867 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 931 days ago · 19 km deep · 53 km away
  53. 3.032 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 931 days ago · 53 km deep · 93 km away
  54. 2.1105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 931 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
  55. 2.034 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 930 days ago · 72 km deep · 72 km away
  56. 2.195 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 930 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  57. 2.080 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 930 days ago · 19 km deep · 52 km away
  58. 2.324 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 930 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
  59. 2.191 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 930 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
  60. 2.3104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 927 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away

The first 60 of 159.

Before

  1. 1.836 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 953 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 2.6105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 953 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 2.3104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 953 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 2.147 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 953 days ago · 2 km deep · 37 km away
  5. 2.7103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 954 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 3.0132 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 954 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 2.384 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 954 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
  8. 2.786 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 954 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 2.090 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 955 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  10. 1.749 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 956 days ago · 30 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 2.1124 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 956 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 1.949 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 956 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  13. 1.949 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 957 days ago · 18 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 1.846 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 957 days ago · 16 km deep · 53 km away
  15. 1.964 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 957 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 2.088 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 957 days ago · 15 km deep · 52 km away
  17. 1.844 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 958 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
  18. 2.462 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 958 days ago · 48 km deep · 39 km away
  19. 2.019 km N of Sand Point, Alaska · 958 days ago · 72 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 2.167 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 959 days ago · 15 km deep · 32 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0242j03mxt. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:56 PM UTC.