Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 23 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 23 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Oct 16, 2024, 5:51 AM AKDT (13:51 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-10-16 13:51:48 UTC
Depth
9.6 km (6.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.156° N, 160.704° 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
41

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 155 in the 60 days after this one and 53 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.973 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 714 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
  2. 1.761 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 714 days ago · 44 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 1.835 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 713 days ago · 68 km deep · 28 km away
  4. 2.742 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 713 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  5. 2.178 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 713 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 2.962 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 713 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 2.756 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 713 days ago · 53 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 1.876 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 712 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 2.069 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 712 days ago · 14 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 2.396 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 712 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 3.0105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 712 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 2.977 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 711 days ago · 31 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 2.268 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 711 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 1.55 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 711 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 1.665 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 711 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  16. 1.9104 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 710 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 2.071 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 710 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
  18. 2.262 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 709 days ago · 0 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 3.1117 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 708 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 2.336 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 708 days ago · 70 km deep · 76 km away
  21. 2.512 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 707 days ago · 120 km deep · 98 km away
  22. 2.3102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 704 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  23. 1.838 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 704 days ago · 21 km deep · 87 km away
  24. 1.832 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 704 days ago · 25 km deep · 56 km away
  25. 3.022 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 704 days ago · 77 km deep · 92 km away
  26. 1.657 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 704 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
  27. 1.977 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 704 days ago · 19 km deep · 85 km away
  28. 2.391 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 704 days ago · 18 km deep · 83 km away
  29. 2.142 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 704 days ago · 69 km deep · 67 km away
  30. 3.336 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 703 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  31. 2.296 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 703 days ago · 28 km deep · 89 km away
  32. 3.735 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 703 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
  33. 2.045 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 702 days ago · 41 km deep · 95 km away
  34. 1.938 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 702 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  35. 2.94 km SSE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 701 days ago · 143 km deep · 94 km away
  36. 2.868 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 701 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  37. 1.980 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 701 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  38. 2.258 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 701 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  39. 2.061 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 701 days ago · 104 km deep · 67 km away
  40. 2.680 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 700 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
  41. 2.677 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 699 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  42. 2.993 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 699 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  43. 3.388 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 698 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  44. 2.147 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 697 days ago · 60 km deep · 24 km away
  45. 3.085 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 696 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  46. 2.661 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 695 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  47. 2.151 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 693 days ago · 52 km deep · 30 km away
  48. 2.253 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 693 days ago · 30 km deep · 79 km away
  49. 1.863 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 693 days ago · 41 km deep · 54 km away
  50. 3.036 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 693 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  51. 3.530 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 693 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  52. 1.858 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 691 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
  53. 3.094 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 689 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  54. 1.883 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 688 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
  55. 1.956 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 688 days ago · 23 km deep · 60 km away
  56. 2.282 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 687 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  57. 2.778 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 687 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  58. 3.262 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 687 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  59. 1.667 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 687 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
  60. 2.291 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 687 days ago · 23 km deep · 86 km away

The first 60 of 155.

Before

  1. 1.954 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 715 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 3.669 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 715 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 2.193 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 715 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 2.181 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 715 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 3.3116 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 715 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 3.023 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 715 days ago · 167 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 3.193 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 717 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 2.987 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 717 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 2.338 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 718 days ago · 14 km deep · 35 km away
  10. 2.734 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 718 days ago · 51 km deep · 24 km away
  11. 3.153 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 718 days ago · 158 km deep · 66 km away
  12. 2.540 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 719 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 4.736 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 721 days ago · 53 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 159
  14. 2.0107 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 721 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 2.038 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 721 days ago · 171 km deep · 64 km away
  16. 1.750 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 721 days ago · 65 km deep · 31 km away
  17. 2.441 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 722 days ago · 161 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 1.975 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 722 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 2.154 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 724 days ago · 39 km deep · 78 km away
  20. 2.849 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 724 days ago · 93 km deep · 35 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak024dbtwb42. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:21 PM UTC.