Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Sun, Sep 15, 2024, 1:38 AM AKDT (09:38 UTC), 7 km (4 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
2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2024-09-15 09:38:46 UTC
Depth
7.2 km (4.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.253° N, 160.070° 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
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 95 in the 60 days after this one and 53 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.2116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 746 days ago · 25 km deep · 27 km away
  2. 2.7136 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 746 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 1.981 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 745 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 3.1139 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 744 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 2.9126 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 743 days ago · 30 km deep · 13 km away
  6. 2.3123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 743 days ago · 29 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 1.844 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 741 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 2.2120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 741 days ago · 20 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 3.2118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 741 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  10. 2.9118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 740 days ago · 14 km deep · 12 km away
  11. 3.3123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 740 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away
  12. 2.8111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 740 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  13. 3.3133 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 740 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  14. 3.7101 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 737 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 2.988 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 737 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 2.999 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 735 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
  17. 1.774 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 735 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 3.0110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 734 days ago · 28 km deep · 29 km away
  19. 3.0198 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 734 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  20. 1.771 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 733 days ago · 17 km deep · 100 km away
  21. 2.2100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 732 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
  22. 3.3123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 732 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  23. 2.3112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 732 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  24. 2.4103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 732 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
  25. 2.5114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 730 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  26. 2.4134 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 730 days ago · 12 km deep · 23 km away
  27. 3.2114 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 727 days ago · 29 km deep · 70 km away
  28. 2.3116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 726 days ago · 20 km deep · 8 km away
  29. 2.6209 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 726 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  30. 3.3207 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 724 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  31. 1.975 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 724 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
  32. 2.0107 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 722 days ago · 0 km deep · 68 km away
  33. 4.736 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 722 days ago · 53 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 159
  34. 2.7129 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 720 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away
  35. 2.5133 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 720 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
  36. 2.734 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 719 days ago · 51 km deep · 89 km away
  37. 2.338 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 719 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
  38. 2.987 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 718 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  39. 3.193 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 718 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  40. 3.3116 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 717 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
  41. 2.181 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 717 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away
  42. 2.193 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 717 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away
  43. 2.6123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 715 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  44. 2.742 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 714 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  45. 3.287 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 714 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
  46. 1.876 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 714 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away
  47. 2.069 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 713 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
  48. 2.396 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 713 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  49. 3.0105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 713 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  50. 2.977 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 712 days ago · 31 km deep · 60 km away
  51. 1.996 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 712 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
  52. 1.9104 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 711 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
  53. 2.8117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 711 days ago · 27 km deep · 17 km away
  54. 3.1117 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 709 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  55. 2.4113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 708 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
  56. 2.6116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 706 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  57. 2.3102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 706 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
  58. 1.990 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 705 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  59. 2.7125 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 705 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  60. 1.977 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 705 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away

The first 60 of 95.

Before

  1. 4.1120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 748 days ago · 36 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 2.5128 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 748 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 2.298 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 751 days ago · 25 km deep · 38 km away
  4. 2.793 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 751 days ago · 29 km deep · 38 km away
  5. 2.198 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 751 days ago · 25 km deep · 37 km away
  6. 2.1121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 752 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away
  7. 1.780 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 752 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 1.875 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 753 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 2.376 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 753 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 1.697 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 753 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 1.8134 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 753 days ago · 20 km deep · 15 km away
  12. 1.785 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 754 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 3.0133 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 754 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away
  14. 2.3117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 755 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  15. 3.3138 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 756 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  16. 2.7109 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 756 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
  17. 2.2119 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 756 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
  18. 2.3136 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 756 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  19. 2.0111 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 756 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 2.0113 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 758 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak024bwhs15d. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:23 AM UTC.