Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 104 km S of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 104 km S of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Jan 17, 2024, 2:41 PM AKST (23:41 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 77 km SE 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
2024-01-17 23:41:30 UTC
Depth
9.4 km (5.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.401° N, 160.664° 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
15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 176 in the 60 days after this one and 57 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.9105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 986 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 2.288 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 986 days ago · 12 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 2.088 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 986 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 2.085 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 985 days ago · 16 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 2.9110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 984 days ago · 16 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 2.7105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 984 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
  7. 2.9111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 984 days ago · 16 km deep · 50 km away
  8. 2.470 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 983 days ago · 19 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 2.6123 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 981 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
  10. 2.056 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 981 days ago · 73 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 2.166 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 981 days ago · 49 km deep · 69 km away
  12. 1.882 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 981 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
  13. 1.866 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 980 days ago · 19 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 2.5101 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 980 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  15. 1.852 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 979 days ago · 50 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 2.087 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 979 days ago · 14 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 2.495 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 979 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 2.386 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 979 days ago · 12 km deep · 55 km away
  19. 1.983 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 976 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  20. 3.091 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 976 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
  21. 2.2117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 976 days ago · 23 km deep · 55 km away
  22. 2.187 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 975 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
  23. 3.158 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 975 days ago · 51 km deep · 71 km away
  24. 2.292 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 974 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  25. 1.766 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 974 days ago · 19 km deep · 67 km away
  26. 1.822 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 974 days ago · 52 km deep · 84 km away
  27. 1.875 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 974 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  28. 2.295 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 974 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
  29. 2.6149 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 974 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  30. 2.4112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 974 days ago · 34 km deep · 52 km away
  31. 1.8122 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 973 days ago · 24 km deep · 25 km away
  32. 1.693 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 973 days ago · 12 km deep · 54 km away
  33. 2.084 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 972 days ago · 16 km deep · 58 km away
  34. 2.184 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 972 days ago · 16 km deep · 58 km away
  35. 1.957 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 970 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
  36. 2.120 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 970 days ago · 56 km deep · 85 km away
  37. 2.040 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 970 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away
  38. 2.4106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 970 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  39. 2.221 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 970 days ago · 61 km deep · 91 km away
  40. 1.861 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 969 days ago · 36 km deep · 70 km away
  41. 2.4115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 968 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  42. 2.7112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 967 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  43. 2.293 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 967 days ago · 25 km deep · 19 km away
  44. 2.589 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 967 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  45. 2.889 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 967 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
  46. 2.4110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 967 days ago · 34 km deep · 56 km away
  47. 2.298 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 966 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  48. 2.256 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 966 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  49. 2.881 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 965 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
  50. 3.248 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 965 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  51. 2.5124 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 965 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  52. 2.488 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 964 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  53. 2.876 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 964 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  54. 2.4104 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 964 days ago · 12 km deep · 4 km away
  55. 2.4113 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 963 days ago · 25 km deep · 18 km away
  56. 2.076 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 963 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
  57. 2.180 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 963 days ago · 16 km deep · 45 km away
  58. 2.276 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 963 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
  59. 1.858 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 963 days ago · 22 km deep · 58 km away
  60. 2.184 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 962 days ago · 18 km deep · 66 km away

The first 60 of 176.

Before

  1. 2.2122 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 988 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  2. 3.254 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 988 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 1.958 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 988 days ago · 21 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 2.5127 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 988 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
  5. 2.8114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 989 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 2.0101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 989 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 2.7117 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 990 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
  8. 2.7133 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 990 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  9. 2.2146 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 990 days ago · 24 km deep · 42 km away
  10. 1.9130 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 990 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
  11. 2.2128 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 990 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
  12. 4.176 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 995 days ago · 46 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.957 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 995 days ago · 46 km deep · 48 km away
  14. 1.854 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 996 days ago · 65 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 3.0104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 996 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
  16. 3.6112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 996 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  17. 2.997 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 996 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
  18. 1.974 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1000 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  19. 2.155 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1000 days ago · 17 km deep · 54 km away
  20. 2.383 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1001 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak024si2q0f. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:42 AM UTC.