Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 54 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 54 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Aug 7, 2024, 3:26 PM AKDT (23:26 UTC), 37 km (23 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 95 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2024-08-07 23:26:38 UTC
Depth
37.3 km (23.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.862° N, 160.721° 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
39

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 146 in the 60 days after this one and 87 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.070 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 785 days ago · 46 km deep · 38 km away
  2. 2.1132 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 785 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 2.2124 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 785 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 1.9103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 784 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 1.994 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 784 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 1.749 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 783 days ago · 48 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 3.082 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 782 days ago · 24 km deep · 40 km away
  8. 2.2113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 781 days ago · 24 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 2.677 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 780 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 1.881 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 780 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 1.879 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 780 days ago · 15 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 1.922 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 780 days ago · 16 km deep · 32 km away
  13. 3.1101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 780 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 2.5122 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 780 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 2.747 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 780 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
  16. 1.764 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 780 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 3.581 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 779 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
  18. 3.2134 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 779 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 1.988 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 779 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 1.983 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 779 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  21. 3.074 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 777 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  22. 3.720 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 776 days ago · 103 km deep · 85 km away
  23. 3.0122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 774 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  24. 1.887 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 773 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
  25. 1.680 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 773 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
  26. 1.690 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 773 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
  27. 1.619 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 773 days ago · 67 km deep · 45 km away
  28. 1.969 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 773 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  29. 2.5107 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 773 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  30. 1.872 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 770 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
  31. 1.584 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 770 days ago · 16 km deep · 60 km away
  32. 1.995 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 770 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
  33. 1.844 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 770 days ago · 49 km deep · 54 km away
  34. 1.760 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 770 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
  35. 1.661 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 770 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  36. 1.8120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 769 days ago · 24 km deep · 84 km away
  37. 1.670 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 769 days ago · 39 km deep · 96 km away
  38. 1.997 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 769 days ago · 22 km deep · 65 km away
  39. 3.6111 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 767 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  40. 2.161 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 767 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  41. 1.933 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 767 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
  42. 3.0125 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 767 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  43. 5.195 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 767 days ago · 40 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2 · tsunami flag
  44. 3.0139 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 766 days ago · 31 km deep · 87 km away
  45. 1.74 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 766 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
  46. 2.690 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 766 days ago · 29 km deep · 65 km away
  47. 3.186 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 766 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  48. 3.8114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 766 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  49. 1.959 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 765 days ago · 20 km deep · 8 km away
  50. 3.197 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 765 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  51. 1.782 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 764 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
  52. 1.891 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 764 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
  53. 3.092 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 762 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  54. 2.598 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 761 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  55. 3.0112 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 761 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  56. 2.499 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 761 days ago · 15 km deep · 67 km away
  57. 3.2108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 760 days ago · 37 km deep · 76 km away
  58. 2.3112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 760 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
  59. 2.192 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 760 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
  60. 1.884 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 760 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away

The first 60 of 146.

Before

  1. 2.7140 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 785 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 1.995 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 785 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 1.776 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 786 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 2.1140 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 786 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 2.870 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 786 days ago · 77 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 1.764 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 786 days ago · 24 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 1.961 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 786 days ago · 17 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 2.668 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 786 days ago · 28 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 1.840 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 787 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 2.188 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 788 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 2.588 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 789 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  12. 1.967 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 790 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 2.1131 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 790 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 1.971 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 791 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
  15. 1.9132 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 791 days ago · 29 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 2.7129 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 791 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 2.0140 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 791 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 2.574 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 791 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  19. 1.8119 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 791 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 1.9140 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 791 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak024a482z69. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:26 AM UTC.