Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 44 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 44 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Dec 4, 2024, 10:23 AM AKST (19:23 UTC), 80 km (50 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 26 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-12-04 19:23:03 UTC
Depth
80.1 km (49.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.711° N, 160.278° 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: 71 in the 60 days after this one and 31 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.225 km W of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 664 days ago · 145 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 2.652 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 663 days ago · 29 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 1.650 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 662 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 2.118 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 662 days ago · 84 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 1.956 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 661 days ago · 63 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 2.918 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 659 days ago · 61 km deep · 62 km away
  7. 2.031 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 659 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 3.751 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 656 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 2.050 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 656 days ago · 18 km deep · 61 km away
  10. 1.929 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 655 days ago · 57 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 1.945 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 655 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 2.024 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 655 days ago · 57 km deep · 37 km away
  13. 2.634 km ESE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 653 days ago · 148 km deep · 33 km away
  14. 2.140 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 653 days ago · 40 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 2.263 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 652 days ago · 42 km deep · 87 km away
  16. 2.163 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 648 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  17. 2.028 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 648 days ago · 55 km deep · 74 km away
  18. 1.944 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 648 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  19. 2.068 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 647 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
  20. 1.915 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 647 days ago · 64 km deep · 50 km away
  21. 2.063 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 646 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
  22. 2.146 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 645 days ago · 15 km deep · 48 km away
  23. 2.358 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 644 days ago · 31 km deep · 88 km away
  24. 2.145 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 644 days ago · 34 km deep · 87 km away
  25. 2.945 km WSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 643 days ago · 161 km deep · 97 km away
  26. 1.732 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 643 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
  27. 1.72 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 643 days ago · 66 km deep · 75 km away
  28. 2.25 km SSE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 642 days ago · 136 km deep · 62 km away
  29. 4.126 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 642 days ago · 150 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  30. 1.833 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 642 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
  31. 1.849 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 642 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
  32. 2.748 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 641 days ago · 181 km deep · 75 km away
  33. 1.938 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 640 days ago · 12 km deep · 55 km away
  34. 2.047 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 639 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  35. 2.323 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 639 days ago · 73 km deep · 54 km away
  36. 2.861 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 638 days ago · 167 km deep · 98 km away
  37. 3.025 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 638 days ago · 60 km deep · 85 km away
  38. 2.167 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 636 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  39. 1.923 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 634 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
  40. 2.514 km WNW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 634 days ago · 152 km deep · 80 km away
  41. 2.630 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 634 days ago · 88 km deep · 73 km away
  42. 2.216 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 632 days ago · 50 km deep · 57 km away
  43. 2.148 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 632 days ago · 22 km deep · 85 km away
  44. 1.951 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 631 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  45. 2.631 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 631 days ago · 162 km deep · 65 km away
  46. 1.529 km W of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 631 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
  47. 1.746 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 630 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
  48. 2.028 km WSW of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 629 days ago · 100 km deep · 85 km away
  49. 1.961 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 629 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
  50. 1.837 km W of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 626 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
  51. 2.335 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 626 days ago · 55 km deep · 79 km away
  52. 2.042 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 624 days ago · 82 km deep · 12 km away
  53. 2.240 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 624 days ago · 86 km deep · 58 km away
  54. 2.160 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 623 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  55. 2.357 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 622 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
  56. 2.255 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 622 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  57. 2.647 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 621 days ago · 87 km deep · 39 km away
  58. 2.358 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 620 days ago · 41 km deep · 59 km away
  59. 2.051 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 618 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  60. 2.017 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 618 days ago · 60 km deep · 31 km away

The first 60 of 71.

Before

  1. 2.745 km S of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 665 days ago · 154 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 2.05 km N of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 667 days ago · 100 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 1.733 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 667 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 2.161 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 667 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 2.120 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 672 days ago · 55 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 2.253 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 672 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 1.838 km WNW of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 673 days ago · 115 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 1.852 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 674 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 1.524 km N of Sand Point, Alaska · 674 days ago · 15 km deep · 24 km away
  10. 1.833 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 674 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 1.852 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 675 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 1.748 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 676 days ago · 32 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 3.058 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 676 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 1.533 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 677 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  15. 1.627 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 677 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 2.349 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 677 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 2.466 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 678 days ago · 53 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 2.532 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 679 days ago · 24 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 2.461 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 680 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  20. 3.071 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 680 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away

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