Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 42 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 42 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska on Sat, Oct 26, 2024, 10:30 PM AKDT (06:30 UTC), 69 km (43 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 35 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2024-10-27 06:30:46 UTC
Depth
69.1 km (42.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.651° N, 160.110° 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
31

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 71 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.336 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 708 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 3.735 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 707 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 2.045 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 707 days ago · 41 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 2.433 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 707 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 1.938 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 707 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 2.94 km SSE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 705 days ago · 143 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 2.258 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 705 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  8. 2.061 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 705 days ago · 104 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 2.677 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 703 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 2.24 km ENE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 703 days ago · 78 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 2.147 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 701 days ago · 60 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 2.661 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 699 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
  13. 2.151 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 698 days ago · 52 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 2.253 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 698 days ago · 30 km deep · 25 km away
  15. 3.036 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 697 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  16. 3.530 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 697 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  17. 1.956 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 693 days ago · 23 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 2.115 km ENE of Perryville, Alaska · 692 days ago · 71 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 1.730 km W of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 692 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 3.19 km W of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 692 days ago · 88 km deep · 99 km away
  21. 1.931 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 690 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away
  22. 1.927 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 690 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  23. 2.057 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 688 days ago · 19 km deep · 99 km away
  24. 2.421 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 685 days ago · 61 km deep · 76 km away
  25. 3.071 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 685 days ago · 30 km deep · 86 km away
  26. 2.461 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 685 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  27. 2.532 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 684 days ago · 24 km deep · 66 km away
  28. 2.466 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 683 days ago · 53 km deep · 77 km away
  29. 2.349 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 683 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
  30. 1.627 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 682 days ago · 12 km deep · 45 km away
  31. 1.533 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 682 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  32. 3.058 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 681 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  33. 1.748 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 681 days ago · 32 km deep · 83 km away
  34. 1.852 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 680 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  35. 1.833 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 679 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  36. 1.524 km N of Sand Point, Alaska · 679 days ago · 15 km deep · 29 km away
  37. 1.852 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 679 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  38. 1.838 km WNW of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 678 days ago · 115 km deep · 94 km away
  39. 2.253 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 677 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  40. 2.120 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 677 days ago · 55 km deep · 71 km away
  41. 2.161 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 672 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away
  42. 1.733 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 672 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  43. 2.05 km N of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 672 days ago · 100 km deep · 51 km away
  44. 2.745 km S of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 670 days ago · 154 km deep · 77 km away
  45. 1.744 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 670 days ago · 80 km deep · 12 km away
  46. 2.652 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 668 days ago · 29 km deep · 95 km away
  47. 2.156 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 668 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
  48. 1.650 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 667 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
  49. 2.118 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 667 days ago · 84 km deep · 64 km away
  50. 1.956 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 666 days ago · 63 km deep · 97 km away
  51. 2.918 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 664 days ago · 61 km deep · 61 km away
  52. 2.488 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 664 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
  53. 2.031 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 664 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  54. 3.751 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 661 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  55. 2.050 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 661 days ago · 18 km deep · 49 km away
  56. 1.929 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 661 days ago · 57 km deep · 71 km away
  57. 1.945 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 660 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
  58. 2.024 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 660 days ago · 57 km deep · 29 km away
  59. 2.634 km ESE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 658 days ago · 148 km deep · 45 km away
  60. 2.140 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 658 days ago · 40 km deep · 78 km away

The first 60 of 71.

Before

  1. 1.832 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 709 days ago · 25 km deep · 12 km away
  2. 2.336 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 712 days ago · 70 km deep · 14 km away
  3. 2.262 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 713 days ago · 0 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 2.428 km WNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 713 days ago · 109 km deep · 43 km away
  5. 2.071 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 714 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 2.268 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 715 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 2.962 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 717 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 2.742 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 717 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 1.835 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 718 days ago · 68 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 1.641 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 718 days ago · 54 km deep · 74 km away
  11. 3.973 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 719 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
  12. 2.123 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 719 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 1.954 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 719 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  14. 3.669 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 719 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 3.023 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 720 days ago · 167 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 2.338 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 722 days ago · 14 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 2.734 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 722 days ago · 51 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 2.540 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 723 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away
  19. 4.736 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 725 days ago · 53 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 159
  20. 2.342 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 726 days ago · 42 km deep · 77 km away

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