Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 50 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 50 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska on Sat, Dec 7, 2024, 12:30 AM AKST (09:30 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 51 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-12-07 09:30:24 UTC
Depth
12.6 km (7.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.236° N, 159.722° 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
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 102 in the 60 days after this one and 61 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.118 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 661 days ago · 84 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 1.956 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 661 days ago · 63 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 2.993 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 661 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 2.5106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 659 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 2.918 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 659 days ago · 61 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 2.6105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 659 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 2.488 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 659 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away
  8. 2.031 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 659 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 3.751 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 655 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  10. 2.050 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 655 days ago · 18 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 1.929 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 655 days ago · 57 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 1.945 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 655 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
  13. 2.024 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 655 days ago · 57 km deep · 31 km away
  14. 2.574 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 654 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 2.496 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 653 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 2.634 km ESE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 653 days ago · 148 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 2.140 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 652 days ago · 40 km deep · 55 km away
  18. 2.263 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 652 days ago · 42 km deep · 44 km away
  19. 2.681 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 651 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
  20. 2.553 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 650 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
  21. 2.769 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 649 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  22. 2.2100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 648 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
  23. 2.163 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 648 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  24. 2.028 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 648 days ago · 55 km deep · 61 km away
  25. 2.2101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 648 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
  26. 1.944 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 648 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  27. 2.395 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 647 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
  28. 2.068 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 647 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
  29. 1.915 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 647 days ago · 64 km deep · 60 km away
  30. 2.063 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 646 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
  31. 2.3101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 645 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  32. 2.146 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 645 days ago · 15 km deep · 30 km away
  33. 2.358 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 644 days ago · 31 km deep · 33 km away
  34. 2.4100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 644 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
  35. 2.145 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 643 days ago · 34 km deep · 56 km away
  36. 1.732 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 643 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  37. 1.72 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 643 days ago · 66 km deep · 82 km away
  38. 2.288 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 642 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  39. 1.833 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 642 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
  40. 1.849 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 642 days ago · 13 km deep · 28 km away
  41. 1.938 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 640 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
  42. 2.047 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 639 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  43. 2.323 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 639 days ago · 73 km deep · 55 km away
  44. 2.497 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 638 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
  45. 3.025 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 638 days ago · 60 km deep · 74 km away
  46. 2.699 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 636 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
  47. 2.167 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 635 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
  48. 2.957 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 635 days ago · 45 km deep · 89 km away
  49. 1.923 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 634 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
  50. 2.630 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 633 days ago · 88 km deep · 69 km away
  51. 2.8112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 632 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  52. 2.216 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 632 days ago · 50 km deep · 41 km away
  53. 2.148 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 632 days ago · 22 km deep · 42 km away
  54. 1.951 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 631 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  55. 2.2102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 630 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
  56. 1.746 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 630 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
  57. 1.961 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 629 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
  58. 2.3113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 627 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  59. 2.335 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 626 days ago · 55 km deep · 71 km away
  60. 2.480 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 626 days ago · 19 km deep · 50 km away

The first 60 of 102.

Before

  1. 2.1100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 662 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 1.764 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 663 days ago · 21 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 3.2107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 663 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 2.156 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 663 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 2.652 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 663 days ago · 29 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 1.993 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 664 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 1.744 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 664 days ago · 80 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 2.7108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 666 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 2.05 km N of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 666 days ago · 100 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 2.196 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 667 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 1.733 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 667 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 2.099 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 667 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 2.161 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 667 days ago · 11 km deep · 24 km away
  14. 2.693 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 668 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 2.994 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 671 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  16. 3.978 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 671 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 3.1109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 671 days ago · 40 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 2.120 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 671 days ago · 55 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 2.253 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 672 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  20. 2.887 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 672 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak024fprc2o3. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:06 AM UTC.