Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 36 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 36 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska on Mon, Jan 15, 2024, 6:41 AM AKST (15:41 UTC), 93 km (58 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 19 km E of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2024-01-15 15:41:48 UTC
Depth
92.9 km (57.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.488° N, 161.002° 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
24

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 84 in the 60 days after this one and 37 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.057 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 991 days ago · 21 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 3.254 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 990 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 2.536 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 990 days ago · 132 km deep · 34 km away
  4. 2.461 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 988 days ago · 128 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 3.110 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 987 days ago · 77 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 3.654 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 986 days ago · 54 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 2.226 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 984 days ago · 71 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 2.056 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 983 days ago · 73 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 2.166 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 983 days ago · 49 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 2.531 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 983 days ago · 109 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 1.763 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 983 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 1.935 km SSE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 983 days ago · 139 km deep · 25 km away
  13. 1.852 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 982 days ago · 50 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 2.330 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 981 days ago · 67 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 2.134 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 978 days ago · 67 km deep · 57 km away
  16. 3.158 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 977 days ago · 51 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 1.822 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 977 days ago · 52 km deep · 53 km away
  18. 1.949 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 976 days ago · 93 km deep · 18 km away
  19. 2.160 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 973 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 2.362 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 973 days ago · 40 km deep · 97 km away
  21. 2.532 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 973 days ago · 79 km deep · 63 km away
  22. 2.120 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 973 days ago · 56 km deep · 46 km away
  23. 2.040 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 972 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
  24. 2.221 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 972 days ago · 61 km deep · 33 km away
  25. 1.861 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 972 days ago · 36 km deep · 99 km away
  26. 2.811 km NNW of King Cove, Alaska · 972 days ago · 127 km deep · 96 km away
  27. 2.256 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 969 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  28. 2.881 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 968 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  29. 2.846 km NW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 967 days ago · 206 km deep · 98 km away
  30. 2.213 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 967 days ago · 74 km deep · 24 km away
  31. 3.248 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 967 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  32. 2.538 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 967 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  33. 3.041 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 966 days ago · 90 km deep · 69 km away
  34. 1.858 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 965 days ago · 22 km deep · 67 km away
  35. 1.737 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 964 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  36. 2.230 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 964 days ago · 49 km deep · 59 km away
  37. 2.482 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 960 days ago · 22 km deep · 94 km away
  38. 2.860 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 960 days ago · 125 km deep · 45 km away
  39. 2.566 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 959 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  40. 2.019 km N of Sand Point, Alaska · 959 days ago · 72 km deep · 28 km away
  41. 1.776 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 958 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
  42. 1.878 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 958 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  43. 1.676 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 958 days ago · 21 km deep · 80 km away
  44. 2.672 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 958 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  45. 1.964 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 957 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  46. 1.566 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 957 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  47. 1.949 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 957 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away
  48. 1.949 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 957 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  49. 2.477 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 956 days ago · 16 km deep · 90 km away
  50. 1.749 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 956 days ago · 30 km deep · 76 km away
  51. 2.147 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 954 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
  52. 3.472 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 953 days ago · 51 km deep · 86 km away
  53. 2.578 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 953 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  54. 1.836 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 953 days ago · 16 km deep · 72 km away
  55. 1.937 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 951 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
  56. 2.822 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 951 days ago · 146 km deep · 40 km away
  57. 2.417 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 949 days ago · 48 km deep · 54 km away
  58. 3.069 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 946 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  59. 1.878 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 946 days ago · 22 km deep · 94 km away
  60. 2.151 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 946 days ago · 123 km deep · 29 km away

The first 60 of 84.

Before

  1. 2.561 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 993 days ago · 120 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 2.03 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 993 days ago · 75 km deep · 37 km away
  3. 2.622 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 994 days ago · 111 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 1.957 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 998 days ago · 46 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 1.854 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 998 days ago · 65 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 1.974 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1002 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 2.155 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1002 days ago · 17 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 2.359 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1003 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 2.383 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1003 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
  10. 2.772 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1003 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 2.161 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1004 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 2.158 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1008 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 2.364 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1009 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 2.154 km N of Sand Point, Alaska · 1010 days ago · 118 km deep · 54 km away
  15. 2.016 km WNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1011 days ago · 0 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 2.040 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1011 days ago · 62 km deep · 72 km away
  17. 2.739 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1012 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  18. 2.216 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1012 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 2.419 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1012 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.837 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1012 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak024p28ma1. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:23 PM UTC.