Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 85 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 85 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska on Sun, Sep 8, 2024, 10:48 AM AKDT (18:48 UTC), 25 km (15 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 36 km S of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2024-09-08 18:48:46 UTC
Depth
24.5 km (15.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.004° N, 159.292° 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
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 92 in the 60 days after this one and 51 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.716 km SSW of Perryville, Alaska · 752 days ago · 68 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 1.875 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 752 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 2.0113 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 751 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 2.1121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 751 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 2.198 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 750 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 2.793 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 750 days ago · 29 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 2.298 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 750 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 2.5128 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 747 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 4.1120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 747 days ago · 36 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 2.3123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 746 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 2.037 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 745 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 2.2116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 744 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
  13. 2.9126 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 742 days ago · 30 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 2.3123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 742 days ago · 29 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 1.844 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 740 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  16. 2.2120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 739 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 3.2118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 739 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 2.9118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 739 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
  19. 3.3123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 739 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 2.8111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 739 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  21. 3.3133 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 739 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  22. 2.763 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 738 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away
  23. 2.741 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 736 days ago · 59 km deep · 48 km away
  24. 2.244 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 736 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
  25. 2.5125 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 734 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  26. 2.999 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 733 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
  27. 3.0110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 733 days ago · 28 km deep · 70 km away
  28. 2.2100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 731 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  29. 3.3123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 731 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  30. 1.935 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 731 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
  31. 2.3112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 731 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  32. 2.4103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 731 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
  33. 2.435 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 730 days ago · 51 km deep · 67 km away
  34. 2.5114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 729 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  35. 2.4134 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 729 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
  36. 2.067 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 729 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  37. 1.733 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 728 days ago · 66 km deep · 78 km away
  38. 3.2114 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 726 days ago · 29 km deep · 42 km away
  39. 2.3116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 725 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
  40. 2.053 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 724 days ago · 16 km deep · 89 km away
  41. 2.342 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 721 days ago · 42 km deep · 66 km away
  42. 4.736 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 721 days ago · 53 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 159
  43. 2.540 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 719 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
  44. 2.7129 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 719 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  45. 2.5133 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 719 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  46. 2.734 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 718 days ago · 51 km deep · 70 km away
  47. 2.338 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 718 days ago · 14 km deep · 57 km away
  48. 3.193 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 717 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  49. 2.181 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 715 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
  50. 2.193 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 715 days ago · 11 km deep · 55 km away
  51. 3.669 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 715 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  52. 1.954 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 715 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  53. 2.123 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 715 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  54. 3.973 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 714 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 2
  55. 1.953 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 714 days ago · 55 km deep · 96 km away
  56. 1.641 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 714 days ago · 54 km deep · 65 km away
  57. 2.6123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 714 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  58. 2.742 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 713 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  59. 2.962 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 713 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  60. 2.069 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 712 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away

The first 60 of 92.

Before

  1. 3.0133 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 753 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 2.3152 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 753 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 3.5136 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 753 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 2.3117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 753 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 2.2119 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 755 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 1.924 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 755 days ago · 70 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 1.728 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 756 days ago · 59 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 3.085 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 757 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  9. 2.0113 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 757 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 1.768 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 758 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
  11. 3.161 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 758 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 2.675 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 758 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  13. 2.7101 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 758 days ago · 38 km deep · 16 km away
  14. 1.655 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 758 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 2.192 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 759 days ago · 14 km deep · 52 km away
  16. 2.3112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 759 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 3.2108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 759 days ago · 37 km deep · 68 km away
  18. 2.499 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 760 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 2.598 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 760 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  20. 3.197 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 764 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away

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