Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 53 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 53 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Mar 13, 2024, 12:40 AM AKDT (08:40 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 120 km SE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2024-03-13 08:40:17 UTC
Depth
22.9 km (14.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.929° N, 160.058° 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
30

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 196 in the 60 days after this one and 81 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.181 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 933 days ago · 23 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 2.275 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 933 days ago · 21 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 2.6100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 933 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 2.6132 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 933 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 2.0102 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 933 days ago · 27 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 2.196 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 932 days ago · 15 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 1.947 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 932 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 1.940 km NW of Sand Point, Alaska · 932 days ago · 96 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 2.096 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 932 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 2.0124 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 932 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 2.0109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 932 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 1.682 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 932 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 1.9101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 932 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 1.899 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 932 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  15. 1.876 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 931 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 2.1127 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 931 days ago · 24 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 1.867 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 931 days ago · 19 km deep · 15 km away
  18. 2.1105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 930 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 2.034 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 930 days ago · 72 km deep · 80 km away
  20. 2.195 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 930 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  21. 2.080 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 930 days ago · 19 km deep · 27 km away
  22. 2.324 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 929 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
  23. 2.191 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 929 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
  24. 2.3104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 926 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  25. 2.081 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 926 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  26. 3.5132 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 925 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  27. 2.343 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 925 days ago · 14 km deep · 17 km away
  28. 2.130 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 925 days ago · 24 km deep · 24 km away
  29. 3.9120 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 925 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  30. 2.685 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 925 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
  31. 2.276 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 924 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
  32. 2.5100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 924 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  33. 2.8116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 923 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
  34. 2.5121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 923 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  35. 3.0114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 923 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  36. 3.1111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 923 days ago · 29 km deep · 58 km away
  37. 2.275 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 923 days ago · 21 km deep · 91 km away
  38. 2.3102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 923 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away
  39. 2.4102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 923 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  40. 2.6116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 923 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
  41. 3.0125 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 923 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  42. 2.6114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 923 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  43. 3.1117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 923 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  44. 2.7120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 923 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  45. 2.5117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 923 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  46. 2.6121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 923 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  47. 2.4103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 923 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
  48. 2.059 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 923 days ago · 21 km deep · 39 km away
  49. 2.3111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 923 days ago · 19 km deep · 59 km away
  50. 2.044 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 923 days ago · 15 km deep · 34 km away
  51. 2.3124 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 922 days ago · 24 km deep · 72 km away
  52. 2.2109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 922 days ago · 25 km deep · 57 km away
  53. 1.667 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 922 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
  54. 2.3107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 921 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away
  55. 1.950 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 921 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  56. 1.931 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 921 days ago · 21 km deep · 36 km away
  57. 2.265 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 921 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
  58. 2.0123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 919 days ago · 22 km deep · 74 km away
  59. 2.0110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 919 days ago · 16 km deep · 59 km away
  60. 2.0107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 919 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away

The first 60 of 196.

Before

  1. 2.3114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 934 days ago · 27 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 2.6109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 935 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 2.496 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 935 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  4. 2.294 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 936 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 2.0102 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 936 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 2.5124 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 937 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 2.8115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 937 days ago · 27 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 2.04 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 937 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 2.065 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 937 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 2.083 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 938 days ago · 31 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 2.152 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 938 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
  12. 2.0102 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 938 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 1.563 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 938 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 2.599 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 938 days ago · 17 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 2.149 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 939 days ago · 56 km deep · 78 km away
  16. 2.246 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 939 days ago · 68 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 2.590 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 939 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  18. 2.3122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 940 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 2.0106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 940 days ago · 0 km deep · 54 km away
  20. 2.1112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 940 days ago · 24 km deep · 59 km away

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