Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 68 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 68 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska on Sun, Dec 22, 2024, 4:53 AM AKST (13:53 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 134 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2024-12-22 13:53:01 UTC
Depth
13.2 km (8.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.199° N, 159.449° 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
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 101 in the 60 days after this one and 63 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.915 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 649 days ago · 64 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 2.063 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 648 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
  3. 2.3101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 647 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 2.146 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 647 days ago · 15 km deep · 35 km away
  5. 2.358 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 646 days ago · 31 km deep · 39 km away
  6. 2.4100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 646 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 2.145 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 646 days ago · 34 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 1.732 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 645 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 1.72 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 645 days ago · 66 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 2.288 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 644 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 1.833 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 644 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 1.849 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 644 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
  13. 1.938 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 642 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
  14. 2.323 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 641 days ago · 73 km deep · 55 km away
  15. 2.497 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 640 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 3.025 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 640 days ago · 60 km deep · 67 km away
  17. 2.699 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 638 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
  18. 2.167 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 638 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away
  19. 1.923 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 636 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 2.630 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 636 days ago · 88 km deep · 86 km away
  21. 2.8112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 635 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  22. 2.216 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 634 days ago · 50 km deep · 58 km away
  23. 2.148 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 634 days ago · 22 km deep · 52 km away
  24. 1.951 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 633 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
  25. 3.587 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 632 days ago · 32 km deep · 97 km away
  26. 2.2102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 632 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
  27. 1.746 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 632 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
  28. 1.961 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 631 days ago · 20 km deep · 33 km away
  29. 2.3113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 629 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  30. 2.335 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 628 days ago · 55 km deep · 87 km away
  31. 2.480 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 628 days ago · 19 km deep · 49 km away
  32. 2.6106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 627 days ago · 34 km deep · 78 km away
  33. 2.393 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 627 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
  34. 2.042 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 626 days ago · 82 km deep · 77 km away
  35. 2.6114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 626 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  36. 3.195 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 625 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  37. 2.372 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 625 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
  38. 3.284 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 625 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  39. 2.288 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 625 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
  40. 2.389 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 625 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
  41. 2.160 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 625 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
  42. 3.1113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 624 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  43. 2.194 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 624 days ago · 39 km deep · 74 km away
  44. 2.195 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 624 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
  45. 2.357 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 624 days ago · 11 km deep · 11 km away
  46. 2.255 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 624 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  47. 2.896 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 624 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
  48. 2.647 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 623 days ago · 87 km deep · 40 km away
  49. 2.484 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 623 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  50. 2.5100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 623 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  51. 2.358 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 622 days ago · 41 km deep · 21 km away
  52. 2.565 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 622 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  53. 2.051 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 620 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  54. 2.017 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 620 days ago · 60 km deep · 59 km away
  55. 3.0103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 617 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  56. 2.249 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 615 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
  57. 2.250 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 614 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
  58. 2.698 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 614 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  59. 2.250 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 611 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
  60. 2.9107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 610 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away

The first 60 of 101.

Before

  1. 2.395 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 649 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 1.944 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 650 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  3. 2.2101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 650 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 2.028 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 650 days ago · 55 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 2.163 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 650 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  6. 2.2100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 651 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 2.769 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 652 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 2.553 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 653 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 2.681 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 653 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 2.263 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 654 days ago · 42 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 2.140 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 655 days ago · 40 km deep · 69 km away
  12. 2.496 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 655 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 2.574 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 656 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 2.024 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 657 days ago · 57 km deep · 48 km away
  15. 1.945 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 657 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
  16. 1.929 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 658 days ago · 57 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 2.050 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 658 days ago · 18 km deep · 28 km away
  18. 3.751 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 658 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  19. 2.644 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 658 days ago · 78 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 2.031 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 661 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away

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