Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 44 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 44 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska on Fri, Sep 20, 2024, 8:40 PM AKDT (04:40 UTC), 26 km (16 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
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2024-09-21 04:40:59 UTC
Depth
25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.008° N, 160.098° 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
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 122 in the 60 days after this one and 55 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.2120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 739 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 3.2118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 739 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 2.9118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 739 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 3.3123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 739 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 2.8111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 739 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 3.3133 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 739 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 2.741 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 736 days ago · 59 km deep · 36 km away
  8. 2.244 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 736 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 3.7101 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 736 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 2.988 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 736 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 2.999 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 734 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 1.774 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 733 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 3.0110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 733 days ago · 28 km deep · 67 km away
  14. 1.771 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 732 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 2.2100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 731 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 3.3123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 731 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 1.935 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 731 days ago · 14 km deep · 35 km away
  18. 2.3112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 731 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  19. 2.4103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 731 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
  20. 2.435 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 730 days ago · 51 km deep · 92 km away
  21. 2.5114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 729 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  22. 2.4134 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 729 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
  23. 2.067 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 729 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  24. 1.733 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 728 days ago · 66 km deep · 74 km away
  25. 2.161 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 727 days ago · 59 km deep · 77 km away
  26. 3.2114 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 726 days ago · 29 km deep · 71 km away
  27. 2.3116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 725 days ago · 20 km deep · 77 km away
  28. 2.849 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 725 days ago · 93 km deep · 76 km away
  29. 1.975 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 722 days ago · 16 km deep · 89 km away
  30. 1.750 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 722 days ago · 65 km deep · 69 km away
  31. 2.038 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 722 days ago · 171 km deep · 92 km away
  32. 2.342 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 722 days ago · 42 km deep · 97 km away
  33. 2.0107 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 721 days ago · 0 km deep · 91 km away
  34. 4.736 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 721 days ago · 53 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 159
  35. 2.540 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 719 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
  36. 2.7129 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 719 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  37. 2.5133 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 719 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  38. 2.734 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 718 days ago · 51 km deep · 19 km away
  39. 2.338 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 718 days ago · 14 km deep · 7 km away
  40. 2.987 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 717 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  41. 3.193 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 717 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  42. 3.3116 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 716 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  43. 2.181 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 716 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
  44. 2.193 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 716 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
  45. 3.669 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 715 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  46. 1.954 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 715 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  47. 2.123 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 715 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  48. 3.973 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 714 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
  49. 1.761 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 714 days ago · 44 km deep · 88 km away
  50. 1.641 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 714 days ago · 54 km deep · 95 km away
  51. 2.6123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 714 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  52. 1.835 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 713 days ago · 68 km deep · 69 km away
  53. 2.742 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 713 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  54. 2.962 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 713 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  55. 2.756 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 713 days ago · 53 km deep · 96 km away
  56. 1.876 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 713 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
  57. 2.069 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 712 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
  58. 2.396 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 712 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
  59. 3.0105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 712 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  60. 2.977 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 711 days ago · 31 km deep · 33 km away

The first 60 of 122.

Before

  1. 1.558 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 740 days ago · 62 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 2.3123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 742 days ago · 29 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 2.9126 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 742 days ago · 30 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 2.568 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 742 days ago · 73 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 2.2116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 745 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 2.037 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 745 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 1.945 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 745 days ago · 76 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 2.3123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 746 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 4.1120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 747 days ago · 36 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 2.5128 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 747 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 2.298 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 750 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 2.793 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 750 days ago · 29 km deep · 50 km away
  13. 2.198 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 750 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away
  14. 2.1121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 751 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 1.875 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 752 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
  16. 2.376 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 752 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 1.697 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 752 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 1.8134 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 752 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 1.785 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 753 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away
  20. 3.0133 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 753 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away

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