Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 86 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 86 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, May 7, 2024, 5:29 AM AKDT (13:29 UTC), 13 km (8 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
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2024-05-07 13:29:27 UTC
Depth
13.3 km (8.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.587° N, 160.839° 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
18

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 184 in the 60 days after this one and 97 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.639 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 878 days ago · 66 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 1.861 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 877 days ago · 96 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 2.1105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 877 days ago · 22 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 1.953 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 877 days ago · 59 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 1.987 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 877 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 2.687 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 877 days ago · 34 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 2.070 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 877 days ago · 18 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 2.0111 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 876 days ago · 19 km deep · 29 km away
  9. 2.123 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 875 days ago · 94 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 2.229 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 875 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 2.4100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 874 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  12. 1.828 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 873 days ago · 71 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 1.575 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 873 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 3.0113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 872 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  15. 2.9123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 872 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 2.098 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 871 days ago · 22 km deep · 62 km away
  17. 2.186 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 870 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
  18. 1.677 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 869 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  19. 2.1108 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 869 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
  20. 1.540 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 868 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  21. 1.63 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 868 days ago · 58 km deep · 85 km away
  22. 1.996 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 868 days ago · 18 km deep · 67 km away
  23. 2.0123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 868 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  24. 1.9110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 868 days ago · 27 km deep · 71 km away
  25. 1.946 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 868 days ago · 61 km deep · 52 km away
  26. 2.1103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 867 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
  27. 2.184 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 866 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  28. 2.1109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 866 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  29. 2.0120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 865 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  30. 1.867 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 865 days ago · 46 km deep · 40 km away
  31. 1.579 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 865 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
  32. 2.2123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 865 days ago · 19 km deep · 80 km away
  33. 3.6114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 865 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  34. 2.6128 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 865 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
  35. 2.029 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 865 days ago · 99 km deep · 85 km away
  36. 1.747 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 865 days ago · 32 km deep · 46 km away
  37. 1.674 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 864 days ago · 23 km deep · 35 km away
  38. 3.163 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 864 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  39. 1.742 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 863 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  40. 1.942 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 863 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  41. 1.932 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 861 days ago · 81 km deep · 81 km away
  42. 1.841 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 861 days ago · 58 km deep · 71 km away
  43. 2.6113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 860 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  44. 3.174 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 859 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  45. 2.579 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 859 days ago · 23 km deep · 46 km away
  46. 2.281 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 859 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away
  47. 1.981 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 859 days ago · 17 km deep · 46 km away
  48. 2.572 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 859 days ago · 24 km deep · 38 km away
  49. 2.575 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 859 days ago · 27 km deep · 36 km away
  50. 2.229 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 859 days ago · 21 km deep · 79 km away
  51. 2.699 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 858 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  52. 1.983 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 857 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
  53. 2.067 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 857 days ago · 21 km deep · 44 km away
  54. 2.187 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 856 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  55. 2.093 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 856 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
  56. 1.677 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 856 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
  57. 2.966 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 855 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  58. 1.964 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 854 days ago · 21 km deep · 69 km away
  59. 1.7109 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 854 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
  60. 2.0122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 854 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away

The first 60 of 184.

Before

  1. 3.1133 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 878 days ago · 27 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 2.3123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 878 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 2.290 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 878 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 2.1110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 878 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 2.098 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 879 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 2.691 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 879 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  7. 3.981 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 880 days ago · 46 km deep · 27 km away
  8. 2.062 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 880 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 2.7158 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 880 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 1.960 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 881 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 2.770 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 881 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 2.2120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 881 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 2.171 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 882 days ago · 17 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 1.635 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 882 days ago · 18 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 1.634 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 882 days ago · 18 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 1.689 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 882 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  17. 1.788 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 883 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
  18. 2.0118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 883 days ago · 24 km deep · 66 km away
  19. 1.956 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 883 days ago · 69 km deep · 53 km away
  20. 1.964 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 883 days ago · 52 km deep · 46 km away

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