Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 55 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 55 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Sun, Apr 21, 2024, 6:58 PM AKDT (02:58 UTC), 49 km (31 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 59 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-04-22 02:58:49 UTC
Depth
49.4 km (30.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.851° N, 160.730° 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
26

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 120 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.6124 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 892 days ago · 25 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 2.440 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 890 days ago · 91 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 2.5122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 890 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 2.039 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 889 days ago · 56 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 3.6110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 889 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 3.5114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 889 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 2.299 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 889 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 2.3106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 889 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 2.199 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 889 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 2.199 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 888 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 1.898 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 888 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 1.831 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 888 days ago · 88 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 1.720 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 888 days ago · 66 km deep · 46 km away
  14. 2.043 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 888 days ago · 45 km deep · 25 km away
  15. 1.7107 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 888 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 2.6117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 888 days ago · 34 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 2.072 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 887 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
  18. 2.772 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 887 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  19. 1.536 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 887 days ago · 77 km deep · 44 km away
  20. 3.099 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 887 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  21. 2.6112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 886 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  22. 2.368 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 886 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
  23. 1.866 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 886 days ago · 20 km deep · 77 km away
  24. 2.040 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 885 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
  25. 1.836 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 885 days ago · 75 km deep · 22 km away
  26. 2.0114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 885 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
  27. 1.990 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 884 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
  28. 1.873 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 884 days ago · 12 km deep · 18 km away
  29. 1.839 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 884 days ago · 71 km deep · 87 km away
  30. 1.778 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 884 days ago · 16 km deep · 42 km away
  31. 2.2129 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 883 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  32. 1.855 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 883 days ago · 25 km deep · 27 km away
  33. 2.2102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 883 days ago · 22 km deep · 78 km away
  34. 1.968 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 883 days ago · 23 km deep · 52 km away
  35. 1.665 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 883 days ago · 23 km deep · 53 km away
  36. 1.877 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 883 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  37. 2.045 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 882 days ago · 50 km deep · 69 km away
  38. 2.134 km SSE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 882 days ago · 114 km deep · 97 km away
  39. 2.4132 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 882 days ago · 19 km deep · 88 km away
  40. 2.040 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 882 days ago · 95 km deep · 78 km away
  41. 1.957 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 882 days ago · 63 km deep · 17 km away
  42. 1.964 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 881 days ago · 52 km deep · 40 km away
  43. 1.956 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 881 days ago · 69 km deep · 58 km away
  44. 2.0118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 881 days ago · 24 km deep · 79 km away
  45. 1.788 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 881 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  46. 1.689 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 881 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  47. 1.634 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 881 days ago · 18 km deep · 53 km away
  48. 1.635 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 881 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away
  49. 2.171 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 880 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
  50. 2.2120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 880 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  51. 2.770 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 880 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  52. 1.960 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 879 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
  53. 2.062 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 878 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  54. 3.981 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 878 days ago · 46 km deep · 36 km away
  55. 2.691 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 877 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  56. 2.098 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 877 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  57. 2.1110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 877 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  58. 1.970 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 877 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  59. 2.290 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 877 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  60. 2.3123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 877 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.9122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 892 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 2.556 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 892 days ago · 29 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 2.9110 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 892 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 1.682 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 892 days ago · 16 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 1.563 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 892 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
  6. 1.540 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 892 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 1.760 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 892 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 2.239 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 893 days ago · 56 km deep · 29 km away
  9. 1.730 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 893 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
  10. 1.884 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 893 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 1.768 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 893 days ago · 19 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 2.757 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 893 days ago · 35 km deep · 2 km away
  13. 1.682 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 893 days ago · 22 km deep · 34 km away
  14. 1.655 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 894 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 1.985 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 894 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
  16. 2.378 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 894 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
  17. 2.9114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 895 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 2.351 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 895 days ago · 43 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 2.053 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 895 days ago · 42 km deep · 70 km away
  20. 2.379 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 895 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away

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