Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 110 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 110 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Sun, Dec 15, 2024, 1:19 PM AKST (22:19 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 140 km SSE of King Cove, 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
2024-12-15 22:19:23 UTC
Depth
6.9 km (4.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.379° N, 160.986° 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: 134 in the 60 days after this one and 93 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.656 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 658 days ago · 42 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 2.662 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 658 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 2.496 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 658 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 2.140 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 657 days ago · 40 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 2.182 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 655 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away
  6. 2.769 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 654 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 2.2100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 653 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 2.2101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 653 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 2.052 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 653 days ago · 41 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 2.178 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 652 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 1.962 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 652 days ago · 49 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 2.395 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 652 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 2.765 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 652 days ago · 62 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 1.847 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 652 days ago · 50 km deep · 67 km away
  15. 1.737 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 651 days ago · 54 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 2.3101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 650 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 1.780 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 650 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
  18. 2.358 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 649 days ago · 31 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 2.4100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 649 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 2.145 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 648 days ago · 34 km deep · 71 km away
  21. 1.851 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 648 days ago · 47 km deep · 65 km away
  22. 2.4140 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 647 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
  23. 2.257 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 647 days ago · 63 km deep · 61 km away
  24. 2.892 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 647 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
  25. 2.288 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 647 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  26. 1.833 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 647 days ago · 20 km deep · 77 km away
  27. 2.887 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 647 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
  28. 2.096 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 646 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
  29. 2.8120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 646 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  30. 2.173 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 645 days ago · 18 km deep · 42 km away
  31. 3.181 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 645 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  32. 3.054 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 645 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
  33. 2.047 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 644 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
  34. 2.446 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 644 days ago · 49 km deep · 74 km away
  35. 3.1121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 644 days ago · 30 km deep · 73 km away
  36. 2.497 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 643 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
  37. 2.173 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 642 days ago · 16 km deep · 54 km away
  38. 2.9116 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 642 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  39. 2.699 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 641 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
  40. 2.957 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 640 days ago · 45 km deep · 58 km away
  41. 2.294 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 639 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
  42. 1.923 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 639 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
  43. 2.630 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 638 days ago · 88 km deep · 84 km away
  44. 2.8112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 637 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  45. 2.982 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 637 days ago · 22 km deep · 38 km away
  46. 2.216 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 637 days ago · 50 km deep · 100 km away
  47. 2.148 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 637 days ago · 22 km deep · 83 km away
  48. 2.881 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 636 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
  49. 1.957 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 635 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away
  50. 2.0101 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 635 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away
  51. 2.694 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 635 days ago · 27 km deep · 32 km away
  52. 2.4132 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 635 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
  53. 2.2102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 635 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
  54. 1.781 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 633 days ago · 17 km deep · 41 km away
  55. 2.3113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 632 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  56. 2.335 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 631 days ago · 55 km deep · 77 km away
  57. 2.480 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 630 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
  58. 2.384 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 630 days ago · 50 km deep · 33 km away
  59. 2.6106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 630 days ago · 34 km deep · 88 km away
  60. 2.393 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 629 days ago · 14 km deep · 80 km away

The first 60 of 134.

Before

  1. 2.574 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 659 days ago · 14 km deep · 39 km away
  2. 1.977 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 660 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
  3. 1.929 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 660 days ago · 57 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 2.683 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 660 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 2.089 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 661 days ago · 16 km deep · 30 km away
  6. 2.596 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 662 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
  7. 3.140 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 663 days ago · 64 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 2.169 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 663 days ago · 19 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 2.686 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 664 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
  10. 2.031 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 664 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 2.6105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 664 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 2.918 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 664 days ago · 61 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 2.794 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 664 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 2.5106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 664 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 5.097 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 664 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  16. 3.973 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 665 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  17. 2.993 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 666 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  18. 1.956 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 666 days ago · 63 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 2.178 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 666 days ago · 19 km deep · 37 km away
  20. 1.574 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 667 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak024g37b4lf. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:48 AM UTC.