Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 33 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 33 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Mon, Dec 2, 2024, 2:07 AM AKST (11:07 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 73 km SE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-12-02 11:07:10 UTC
Depth
7.6 km (4.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.048° N, 160.676° 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
26

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 163 in the 60 days after this one and 88 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.196 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 667 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 2.7108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 666 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 2.665 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 666 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 3.8113 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 666 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 2.561 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 666 days ago · 31 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 2.745 km S of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 665 days ago · 154 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 1.744 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 665 days ago · 80 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 1.993 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 664 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 2.880 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 664 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 2.285 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 664 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 3.8109 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 664 days ago · 30 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 1.984 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 664 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 2.652 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 663 days ago · 29 km deep · 19 km away
  14. 1.886 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 663 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
  15. 1.8115 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 663 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 3.2107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 663 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 2.283 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 663 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 1.764 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 663 days ago · 21 km deep · 32 km away
  19. 2.079 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 663 days ago · 18 km deep · 85 km away
  20. 2.1100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 663 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
  21. 1.876 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 662 days ago · 18 km deep · 85 km away
  22. 1.650 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 662 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  23. 1.574 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 662 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  24. 2.178 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 661 days ago · 19 km deep · 61 km away
  25. 1.956 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 661 days ago · 63 km deep · 37 km away
  26. 2.993 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 661 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  27. 3.973 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 661 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  28. 2.5106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 660 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  29. 2.918 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 659 days ago · 61 km deep · 16 km away
  30. 2.6105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 659 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  31. 2.488 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 659 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
  32. 2.031 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 659 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  33. 2.686 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 659 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
  34. 2.169 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 658 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away
  35. 3.140 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 658 days ago · 64 km deep · 78 km away
  36. 2.596 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 657 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  37. 2.089 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 656 days ago · 16 km deep · 83 km away
  38. 3.751 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 656 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  39. 2.050 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 656 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
  40. 1.929 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 656 days ago · 57 km deep · 19 km away
  41. 1.977 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 655 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  42. 1.945 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 655 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
  43. 2.024 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 655 days ago · 57 km deep · 52 km away
  44. 2.574 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 654 days ago · 14 km deep · 42 km away
  45. 2.1110 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 653 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  46. 1.656 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 653 days ago · 42 km deep · 70 km away
  47. 2.662 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 653 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  48. 2.496 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 653 days ago · 15 km deep · 79 km away
  49. 2.634 km ESE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 653 days ago · 148 km deep · 94 km away
  50. 2.140 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 653 days ago · 40 km deep · 16 km away
  51. 2.681 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 651 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  52. 2.182 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 650 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
  53. 2.769 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 650 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
  54. 2.2100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 649 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
  55. 2.163 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 648 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  56. 2.2101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 648 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away
  57. 1.944 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 648 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  58. 1.962 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 647 days ago · 49 km deep · 50 km away
  59. 2.395 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 647 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away
  60. 2.765 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 647 days ago · 62 km deep · 72 km away

The first 60 of 163.

Before

  1. 2.099 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 667 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 2.161 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 667 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 2.693 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 668 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 2.541 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 669 days ago · 85 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 2.029 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 670 days ago · 69 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 1.863 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 671 days ago · 23 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 2.994 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 671 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 3.978 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 671 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 3.1109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 672 days ago · 40 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 2.253 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 672 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 2.887 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 672 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 1.659 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 673 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 1.595 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 673 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 2.1117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 674 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 1.588 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 674 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 1.988 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 674 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 1.852 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 674 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 1.993 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 674 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 2.8113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 674 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 1.524 km N of Sand Point, Alaska · 674 days ago · 15 km deep · 57 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak024fhip8wp. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:24 AM UTC.