Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 35 km W of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 35 km W of Sand Point, Alaska on Thu, Oct 17, 2024, 12:24 PM AKDT (20:24 UTC), 68 km (42 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 52 km W of Nelson Lagoon, 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
2024-10-17 20:24:32 UTC
Depth
67.9 km (42.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.298° N, 161.063° 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: 111 in the 60 days after this one and 38 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.742 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 713 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 2.178 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 713 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 2.962 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 713 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 2.756 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 713 days ago · 53 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 1.876 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 713 days ago · 17 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 2.069 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 712 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 2.977 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 711 days ago · 31 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 1.55 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 711 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 1.665 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 711 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 2.262 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 709 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 2.336 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 708 days ago · 70 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 2.512 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 708 days ago · 120 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 1.838 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 705 days ago · 21 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 1.832 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 704 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 3.022 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 704 days ago · 77 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 1.657 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 704 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 1.977 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 704 days ago · 19 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 2.142 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 704 days ago · 69 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 3.336 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 704 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  20. 3.735 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 703 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
  21. 1.938 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 703 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  22. 2.94 km SSE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 701 days ago · 143 km deep · 74 km away
  23. 2.868 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 701 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  24. 1.980 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 701 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
  25. 2.061 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 701 days ago · 104 km deep · 39 km away
  26. 2.680 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 700 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
  27. 2.147 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 697 days ago · 60 km deep · 43 km away
  28. 3.085 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 696 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  29. 2.151 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 694 days ago · 52 km deep · 29 km away
  30. 2.253 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 693 days ago · 30 km deep · 76 km away
  31. 4.052 km W of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 693 days ago · 181 km deep · 98 km away
  32. 1.863 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 693 days ago · 41 km deep · 53 km away
  33. 3.036 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 693 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  34. 3.530 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 693 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  35. 1.858 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 691 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away
  36. 2.158 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 690 days ago · 20 km deep · 100 km away
  37. 1.883 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 688 days ago · 16 km deep · 100 km away
  38. 1.956 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 688 days ago · 23 km deep · 86 km away
  39. 2.282 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 688 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  40. 2.778 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 688 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  41. 3.262 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 688 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  42. 1.667 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 688 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
  43. 2.886 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 687 days ago · 42 km deep · 98 km away
  44. 1.931 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 686 days ago · 18 km deep · 31 km away
  45. 1.927 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 686 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
  46. 1.725 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 686 days ago · 21 km deep · 66 km away
  47. 2.784 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 685 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  48. 2.057 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 683 days ago · 19 km deep · 56 km away
  49. 1.965 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 683 days ago · 31 km deep · 74 km away
  50. 2.940 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 683 days ago · 94 km deep · 49 km away
  51. 2.725 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 682 days ago · 84 km deep · 88 km away
  52. 3.057 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 681 days ago · 45 km deep · 73 km away
  53. 2.532 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 680 days ago · 24 km deep · 56 km away
  54. 2.478 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 680 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
  55. 1.962 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 680 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  56. 1.985 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 679 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
  57. 2.929 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 679 days ago · 83 km deep · 61 km away
  58. 3.430 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 679 days ago · 91 km deep · 82 km away
  59. 2.676 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 679 days ago · 17 km deep · 80 km away
  60. 2.349 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 678 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away

The first 60 of 111.

Before

  1. 1.761 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 714 days ago · 44 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 2.123 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 715 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  3. 1.954 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 715 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 2.181 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 715 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 3.023 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 716 days ago · 167 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 2.987 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 717 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 2.338 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 718 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 2.734 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 718 days ago · 51 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 3.153 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 718 days ago · 158 km deep · 39 km away
  10. 4.736 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 721 days ago · 53 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 159
  11. 2.0107 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 721 days ago · 0 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 2.038 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 721 days ago · 171 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 1.750 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 721 days ago · 65 km deep · 24 km away
  14. 1.822 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 722 days ago · 132 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 2.441 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 722 days ago · 161 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 1.975 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 722 days ago · 16 km deep · 72 km away
  17. 2.154 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 724 days ago · 39 km deep · 74 km away
  18. 2.849 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 725 days ago · 93 km deep · 16 km away
  19. 1.846 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 725 days ago · 59 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 2.873 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 725 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak024ddlfvia. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 3:10 AM UTC.