Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Sun, Apr 21, 2024, 4:00 PM AKDT (00:00 UTC), 26 km (16 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
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2024-04-22 00:00:06 UTC
Depth
25.9 km (16.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.307° N, 159.803° 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
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 121 in the 60 days after this one and 74 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.655 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 893 days ago · 49 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 1.6124 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 893 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 2.5122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 891 days ago · 35 km deep · 8 km away
  4. 3.6110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 890 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  5. 3.5114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 890 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 2.299 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 890 days ago · 15 km deep · 28 km away
  7. 2.3106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 890 days ago · 15 km deep · 23 km away
  8. 2.199 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 890 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  9. 2.199 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 890 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  10. 2.043 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 889 days ago · 45 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 1.7107 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 889 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 2.6117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 889 days ago · 34 km deep · 6 km away
  13. 2.3206 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 888 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 3.099 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 888 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
  15. 2.6112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 888 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  16. 2.368 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 887 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  17. 2.040 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 887 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 2.0114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 886 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
  19. 1.990 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 886 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
  20. 1.873 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 886 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
  21. 2.2129 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 885 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  22. 1.855 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 885 days ago · 25 km deep · 69 km away
  23. 2.2102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 885 days ago · 22 km deep · 30 km away
  24. 2.045 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 884 days ago · 50 km deep · 98 km away
  25. 2.4132 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 883 days ago · 19 km deep · 18 km away
  26. 2.0118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 882 days ago · 24 km deep · 8 km away
  27. 1.634 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 882 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
  28. 1.635 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 882 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
  29. 2.2120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 881 days ago · 35 km deep · 5 km away
  30. 1.960 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 880 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
  31. 2.7158 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 880 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  32. 2.691 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 879 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  33. 2.098 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 879 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  34. 2.1110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 878 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
  35. 1.970 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 878 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  36. 2.3123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 878 days ago · 25 km deep · 1 km away
  37. 3.1133 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 878 days ago · 27 km deep · 11 km away
  38. 1.986 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 878 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
  39. 2.1105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 877 days ago · 22 km deep · 23 km away
  40. 2.0111 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 876 days ago · 19 km deep · 58 km away
  41. 2.271 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 876 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
  42. 2.4100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 874 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
  43. 3.0113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 872 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  44. 2.9123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 871 days ago · 35 km deep · 6 km away
  45. 2.098 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 870 days ago · 22 km deep · 25 km away
  46. 2.1108 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 868 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  47. 1.996 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 868 days ago · 18 km deep · 29 km away
  48. 2.0123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 867 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  49. 1.9110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 867 days ago · 27 km deep · 15 km away
  50. 2.1103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 867 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
  51. 2.184 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 866 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  52. 2.1109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 865 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
  53. 2.0120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 865 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away
  54. 2.2123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 865 days ago · 19 km deep · 8 km away
  55. 3.6114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 865 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  56. 2.6128 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 865 days ago · 20 km deep · 11 km away
  57. 1.747 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 865 days ago · 32 km deep · 78 km away
  58. 2.6113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 859 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away
  59. 2.229 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 858 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
  60. 2.699 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 858 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away

The first 60 of 121.

Before

  1. 2.556 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 893 days ago · 29 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 2.9110 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 893 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 2.4138 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 894 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 1.563 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 894 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 1.760 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 894 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 1.730 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 894 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 2.757 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 895 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 1.682 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 895 days ago · 22 km deep · 100 km away
  9. 2.378 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 896 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
  10. 2.9114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 896 days ago · 35 km deep · 9 km away
  11. 2.151 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 898 days ago · 27 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 3.2138 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 899 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  13. 3.562 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 900 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.8121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 900 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  15. 1.670 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 900 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 1.737 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 900 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 2.639 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 901 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 2.298 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 901 days ago · 14 km deep · 25 km away
  19. 2.398 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 902 days ago · 25 km deep · 25 km away
  20. 2.3109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 902 days ago · 22 km deep · 17 km away

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