Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 70 km E of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 70 km E of Sand Point, Alaska on Fri, Aug 23, 2024, 4:56 PM AKDT (00:56 UTC), 39 km (24 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
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2024-08-24 00:56:59 UTC
Depth
38.5 km (23.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.264° N, 159.395° 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: 73 in the 60 days after this one and 46 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.997 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 768 days ago · 22 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 2.161 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 766 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  3. 1.933 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 766 days ago · 14 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 2.113 km NW of Perryville, Alaska · 766 days ago · 107 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 5.195 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 766 days ago · 40 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2 · tsunami flag
  6. 3.8114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 765 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 1.959 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 765 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 3.197 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 765 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 2.598 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 761 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 2.499 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 760 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 3.2108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 759 days ago · 37 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 2.3112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 759 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 2.192 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 759 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 1.655 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 759 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  15. 2.7101 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 758 days ago · 38 km deep · 44 km away
  16. 2.675 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 758 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  17. 3.161 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 758 days ago · 14 km deep · 50 km away
  18. 1.768 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 758 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
  19. 3.085 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 757 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  20. 1.728 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 757 days ago · 59 km deep · 49 km away
  21. 1.924 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 755 days ago · 70 km deep · 59 km away
  22. 3.5136 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 754 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  23. 1.785 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 753 days ago · 25 km deep · 30 km away
  24. 1.716 km SSW of Perryville, Alaska · 753 days ago · 68 km deep · 57 km away
  25. 2.0113 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 751 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
  26. 2.198 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 750 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away
  27. 2.793 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 750 days ago · 29 km deep · 82 km away
  28. 2.298 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 750 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away
  29. 4.1120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 747 days ago · 36 km deep · 94 km away
  30. 2.037 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 745 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
  31. 2.2116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 745 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
  32. 1.844 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 740 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  33. 3.2118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 740 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  34. 2.763 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 738 days ago · 16 km deep · 59 km away
  35. 2.741 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 736 days ago · 59 km deep · 29 km away
  36. 2.244 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 736 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away
  37. 2.36 km E of Perryville, Alaska · 735 days ago · 84 km deep · 75 km away
  38. 2.5125 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 734 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  39. 2.999 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 734 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  40. 3.0110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 734 days ago · 28 km deep · 95 km away
  41. 2.2100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 731 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  42. 1.935 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 731 days ago · 14 km deep · 35 km away
  43. 2.3112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 731 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  44. 2.4103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 731 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
  45. 2.435 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 730 days ago · 51 km deep · 42 km away
  46. 2.5114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 729 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  47. 2.067 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 729 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  48. 1.733 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 728 days ago · 66 km deep · 49 km away
  49. 3.2114 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 726 days ago · 29 km deep · 71 km away
  50. 2.053 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 725 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away
  51. 2.342 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 722 days ago · 42 km deep · 44 km away
  52. 4.736 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 721 days ago · 53 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 159
  53. 2.540 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 719 days ago · 12 km deep · 31 km away
  54. 2.734 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 718 days ago · 51 km deep · 68 km away
  55. 2.338 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 718 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
  56. 3.193 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 717 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  57. 2.181 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 716 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
  58. 2.193 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 716 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
  59. 3.669 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 716 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  60. 1.954 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 715 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away

The first 60 of 73.

Before

  1. 1.661 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 769 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  2. 1.844 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 769 days ago · 49 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 1.995 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 769 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 1.872 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 770 days ago · 20 km deep · 3 km away
  5. 2.173 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 771 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
  6. 1.816 km E of Perryville, Alaska · 772 days ago · 79 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 1.619 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 772 days ago · 67 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 2.931 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 773 days ago · 56 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 1.956 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 774 days ago · 21 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 3.1122 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 775 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 3.074 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 777 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  12. 1.622 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 778 days ago · 69 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 1.889 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 778 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 1.764 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 779 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  15. 2.747 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 779 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 3.1101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 780 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 2.266 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 780 days ago · 23 km deep · 16 km away
  18. 1.922 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 780 days ago · 16 km deep · 78 km away
  19. 2.651 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 781 days ago · 21 km deep · 54 km away
  20. 2.8107 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 781 days ago · 31 km deep · 95 km away

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