Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 57 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 57 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Jan 16, 2024, 7:27 AM AKST (16:27 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 54 km E of Sand Point, 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
2024-01-16 16:27:43 UTC
Depth
20.7 km (12.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.221° N, 159.619° 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: 135 in the 60 days after this one and 54 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.254 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 989 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 2.536 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 989 days ago · 132 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 2.9105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 988 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 2.288 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 987 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 3.110 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 986 days ago · 77 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 2.9110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 986 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 2.7105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 986 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 2.9111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 986 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 2.368 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 985 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  10. 3.654 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 985 days ago · 54 km deep · 5 km away
  11. 2.470 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 984 days ago · 19 km deep · 51 km away
  12. 2.226 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 983 days ago · 71 km deep · 56 km away
  13. 2.262 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 983 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away
  14. 1.866 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 982 days ago · 19 km deep · 20 km away
  15. 1.763 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 982 days ago · 20 km deep · 15 km away
  16. 2.2108 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 981 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 2.495 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 980 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 2.330 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 980 days ago · 67 km deep · 46 km away
  19. 3.091 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 978 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 2.2117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 977 days ago · 23 km deep · 97 km away
  21. 2.134 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 977 days ago · 67 km deep · 47 km away
  22. 2.187 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 976 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
  23. 2.292 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 976 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
  24. 1.822 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 976 days ago · 52 km deep · 53 km away
  25. 2.295 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 975 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away
  26. 2.4112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 975 days ago · 34 km deep · 93 km away
  27. 2.7126 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 972 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  28. 2.160 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 972 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  29. 2.4100 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 972 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  30. 2.362 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 972 days ago · 40 km deep · 5 km away
  31. 2.532 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 972 days ago · 79 km deep · 34 km away
  32. 2.120 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 972 days ago · 56 km deep · 61 km away
  33. 2.040 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 971 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
  34. 2.4106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 971 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  35. 2.221 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 971 days ago · 61 km deep · 73 km away
  36. 2.373 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 970 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  37. 2.4115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 970 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  38. 2.7112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 969 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  39. 2.589 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 968 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  40. 2.889 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 968 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  41. 2.4110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 968 days ago · 34 km deep · 89 km away
  42. 2.298 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 968 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  43. 2.256 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 968 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  44. 2.213 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 966 days ago · 74 km deep · 70 km away
  45. 3.248 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 966 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
  46. 2.538 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 966 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  47. 2.488 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 966 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  48. 2.180 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 964 days ago · 16 km deep · 71 km away
  49. 2.276 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 964 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
  50. 1.858 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 964 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
  51. 2.184 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 964 days ago · 18 km deep · 59 km away
  52. 2.6106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 964 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  53. 2.141 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 964 days ago · 40 km deep · 73 km away
  54. 2.187 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 964 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  55. 2.2107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 963 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
  56. 2.076 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 963 days ago · 11 km deep · 40 km away
  57. 1.737 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 963 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  58. 2.230 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 963 days ago · 49 km deep · 56 km away
  59. 3.0116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 962 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  60. 2.934 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 960 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away

The first 60 of 135.

Before

  1. 2.8114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 991 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 2.0101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 991 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 1.836 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 991 days ago · 93 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 2.03 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 992 days ago · 75 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 1.957 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 997 days ago · 46 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 3.0104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 998 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 3.6112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 998 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 2.997 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 998 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 2.155 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1001 days ago · 17 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 2.359 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1002 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  11. 2.772 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1002 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 1.617 km NE of Perryville, Alaska · 1003 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 2.158 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1007 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
  14. 2.398 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1007 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 3.399 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1007 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  16. 2.438 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 1007 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 2.5113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1007 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  18. 2.364 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1007 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  19. 3.0113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1008 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 2.154 km N of Sand Point, Alaska · 1009 days ago · 118 km deep · 82 km away

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