Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 22 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 22 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Mon, Aug 12, 2024, 11:43 AM AKDT (19:43 UTC), 16 km (10 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
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2024-08-12 19:43:40 UTC
Depth
15.6 km (9.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.140° N, 160.600° 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
29

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 102 in the 60 days after this one and 61 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.266 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 781 days ago · 23 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 3.1101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 781 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 2.747 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 781 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
  4. 1.764 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 780 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 3.581 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 780 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 1.622 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 780 days ago · 69 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 1.988 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 780 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 1.983 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 780 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 3.074 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 778 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 3.720 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 777 days ago · 103 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 1.956 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 775 days ago · 21 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 1.680 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 774 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 1.619 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 774 days ago · 67 km deep · 19 km away
  14. 1.969 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 774 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  15. 1.872 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 771 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 1.584 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 771 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 1.995 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 771 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 1.844 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 770 days ago · 49 km deep · 41 km away
  19. 1.760 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 770 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 1.661 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 770 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  21. 1.670 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 770 days ago · 39 km deep · 78 km away
  22. 1.997 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 770 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away
  23. 3.6111 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 768 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  24. 2.161 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 768 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  25. 1.933 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 767 days ago · 14 km deep · 50 km away
  26. 5.195 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 767 days ago · 40 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2 · tsunami flag
  27. 2.690 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 766 days ago · 29 km deep · 94 km away
  28. 3.186 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 766 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  29. 3.8114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 766 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
  30. 1.959 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 766 days ago · 20 km deep · 37 km away
  31. 3.197 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 766 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  32. 1.782 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 765 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  33. 2.598 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 762 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  34. 3.0112 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 762 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  35. 2.499 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 762 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
  36. 3.2108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 761 days ago · 37 km deep · 92 km away
  37. 2.3112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 761 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  38. 2.192 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 761 days ago · 14 km deep · 78 km away
  39. 1.884 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 760 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  40. 1.655 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 760 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  41. 2.7101 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 760 days ago · 38 km deep · 99 km away
  42. 2.675 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 760 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  43. 1.8107 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 760 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
  44. 1.768 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 759 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
  45. 2.286 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 759 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  46. 2.0113 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 759 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  47. 3.085 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 758 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  48. 2.0111 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 757 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  49. 1.924 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 757 days ago · 70 km deep · 46 km away
  50. 2.7109 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 756 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  51. 2.073 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 755 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
  52. 3.042 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 754 days ago · 111 km deep · 68 km away
  53. 1.785 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 754 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
  54. 1.776 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 754 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  55. 1.697 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 754 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  56. 2.376 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 754 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  57. 1.875 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 753 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
  58. 1.780 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 753 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  59. 1.938 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 753 days ago · 110 km deep · 100 km away
  60. 2.198 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 751 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away

The first 60 of 102.

Before

  1. 1.879 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 781 days ago · 15 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 1.881 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 781 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 2.677 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 781 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 2.2113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 781 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 3.082 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 783 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 2.446 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 783 days ago · 89 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 1.749 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 784 days ago · 48 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 1.994 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 785 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 1.9103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 785 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 2.070 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 786 days ago · 46 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 2.254 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 786 days ago · 37 km deep · 32 km away
  12. 2.055 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 786 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 2.956 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 786 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 2.868 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 787 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 1.776 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 787 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  16. 2.870 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 787 days ago · 77 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 1.764 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 787 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 1.961 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 787 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 2.668 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 787 days ago · 28 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 1.840 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 787 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away

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