Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 40 km E of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 40 km E of Sand Point, Alaska on Sun, Apr 21, 2024, 3:52 AM AKDT (11:52 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-04-21 11:52:37 UTC
Depth
11.8 km (7.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.281° N, 159.873° 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
19

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 130 in the 60 days after this one and 81 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.563 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 893 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 2.556 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 892 days ago · 29 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 1.655 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 892 days ago · 49 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 1.548 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 892 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 2.330 km ESE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 891 days ago · 142 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 2.440 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 890 days ago · 91 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 2.039 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 890 days ago · 56 km deep · 7 km away
  8. 3.6110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 889 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 3.5114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 889 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 2.299 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 889 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 2.3106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 889 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 2.199 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 889 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 2.199 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 889 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 1.831 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 888 days ago · 88 km deep · 45 km away
  15. 1.720 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 888 days ago · 66 km deep · 59 km away
  16. 2.043 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 888 days ago · 45 km deep · 49 km away
  17. 1.536 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 887 days ago · 77 km deep · 74 km away
  18. 3.099 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 887 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 2.6112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 887 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 2.368 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 886 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  21. 2.040 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 886 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  22. 1.836 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 885 days ago · 75 km deep · 62 km away
  23. 2.0114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 885 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  24. 1.936 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 885 days ago · 124 km deep · 79 km away
  25. 1.990 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 885 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  26. 1.873 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 885 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
  27. 1.839 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 884 days ago · 71 km deep · 23 km away
  28. 1.855 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 884 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away
  29. 2.2102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 884 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away
  30. 1.938 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 883 days ago · 106 km deep · 75 km away
  31. 2.045 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 882 days ago · 50 km deep · 10 km away
  32. 2.134 km SSE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 882 days ago · 114 km deep · 89 km away
  33. 1.957 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 882 days ago · 63 km deep · 82 km away
  34. 2.510 km NNW of Perryville, Alaska · 882 days ago · 102 km deep · 90 km away
  35. 2.572 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 882 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
  36. 1.634 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 881 days ago · 18 km deep · 20 km away
  37. 1.635 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 881 days ago · 18 km deep · 22 km away
  38. 3.09 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 880 days ago · 82 km deep · 67 km away
  39. 1.960 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 879 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
  40. 1.936 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 877 days ago · 71 km deep · 37 km away
  41. 2.1110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 877 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  42. 1.970 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 877 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  43. 1.986 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 876 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  44. 2.245 km E of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 876 days ago · 146 km deep · 85 km away
  45. 2.1105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 876 days ago · 22 km deep · 87 km away
  46. 2.075 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 876 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  47. 1.953 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 876 days ago · 59 km deep · 86 km away
  48. 2.033 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 875 days ago · 53 km deep · 64 km away
  49. 2.271 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 875 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
  50. 2.229 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 873 days ago · 19 km deep · 18 km away
  51. 2.4100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 873 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  52. 2.159 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 873 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
  53. 1.828 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 872 days ago · 71 km deep · 69 km away
  54. 3.0113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 870 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  55. 2.142 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 870 days ago · 37 km deep · 77 km away
  56. 2.098 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 869 days ago · 22 km deep · 84 km away
  57. 1.967 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 868 days ago · 44 km deep · 30 km away
  58. 1.63 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 867 days ago · 58 km deep · 37 km away
  59. 1.996 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 866 days ago · 18 km deep · 79 km away
  60. 1.9110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 866 days ago · 27 km deep · 94 km away

The first 60 of 130.

Before

  1. 1.760 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 893 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 2.239 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 893 days ago · 56 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 1.730 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 893 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 2.757 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 894 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 2.357 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 894 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 2.378 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 895 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 2.673 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 895 days ago · 16 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 2.261 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 896 days ago · 20 km deep · 24 km away
  9. 2.151 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 897 days ago · 27 km deep · 56 km away
  10. 2.538 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 898 days ago · 91 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 3.562 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 899 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  12. 1.666 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 899 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
  13. 1.670 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 899 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  14. 2.1104 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 899 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
  15. 1.737 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 899 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
  16. 2.639 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 900 days ago · 20 km deep · 53 km away
  17. 2.156 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 900 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 2.298 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 900 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 2.398 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 901 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
  20. 2.3109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 901 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away

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