Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Sun, Feb 11, 2024, 9:38 AM AKST (18:38 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 120 km SE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-02-11 18:38:10 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.446° N, 159.898° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
2.6ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.115 · 10 stations
2.4ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreliminary

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.0 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
246°, poorly surrounded by stations
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: 163 in the 60 days after this one and 57 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.187 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 963 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
  2. 2.2107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 963 days ago · 14 km deep · 7 km away
  3. 2.230 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 962 days ago · 49 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 3.0116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 961 days ago · 35 km deep · 18 km away
  5. 2.482 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 958 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 2.369 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 958 days ago · 36 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 2.566 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 957 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 1.776 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 956 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 1.878 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 956 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 1.676 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 956 days ago · 21 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 2.672 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 956 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
  12. 2.088 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 956 days ago · 15 km deep · 23 km away
  13. 1.964 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 955 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  14. 1.949 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 955 days ago · 18 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 1.949 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 955 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
  16. 2.1124 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 954 days ago · 20 km deep · 20 km away
  17. 2.477 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 954 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 1.749 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 954 days ago · 30 km deep · 59 km away
  19. 2.786 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 953 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
  20. 2.384 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 953 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
  21. 3.0132 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 952 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
  22. 2.7103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 952 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  23. 2.147 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 952 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
  24. 2.3104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 951 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
  25. 2.6105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 951 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  26. 3.472 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 951 days ago · 51 km deep · 98 km away
  27. 2.578 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 951 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  28. 1.836 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 951 days ago · 16 km deep · 76 km away
  29. 2.185 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 951 days ago · 32 km deep · 74 km away
  30. 2.185 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 950 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
  31. 1.937 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 950 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
  32. 2.094 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 949 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
  33. 2.579 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 949 days ago · 19 km deep · 31 km away
  34. 2.417 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 947 days ago · 48 km deep · 94 km away
  35. 2.4107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 945 days ago · 25 km deep · 21 km away
  36. 3.069 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 945 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  37. 1.878 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 944 days ago · 22 km deep · 94 km away
  38. 2.6103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 944 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
  39. 3.2130 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 944 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  40. 1.959 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 944 days ago · 16 km deep · 79 km away
  41. 2.490 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 943 days ago · 16 km deep · 24 km away
  42. 2.5103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 942 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away
  43. 2.2103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 942 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  44. 2.5196 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 942 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  45. 2.3106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 942 days ago · 23 km deep · 12 km away
  46. 1.961 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 941 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  47. 2.063 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 941 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  48. 2.199 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 941 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  49. 2.2148 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 940 days ago · 22 km deep · 44 km away
  50. 2.0109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 940 days ago · 23 km deep · 4 km away
  51. 1.961 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 939 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  52. 2.1112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 939 days ago · 24 km deep · 13 km away
  53. 2.0106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 939 days ago · 0 km deep · 8 km away
  54. 2.3122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 938 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
  55. 2.590 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 938 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  56. 2.599 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 937 days ago · 17 km deep · 23 km away
  57. 2.0102 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 937 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
  58. 2.152 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 937 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  59. 2.083 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 937 days ago · 31 km deep · 25 km away
  60. 2.065 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 936 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away

The first 60 of 163.

Before

  1. 2.184 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 963 days ago · 18 km deep · 29 km away
  2. 1.858 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 963 days ago · 22 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 2.276 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 963 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
  4. 2.180 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 963 days ago · 16 km deep · 27 km away
  5. 2.4113 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 964 days ago · 25 km deep · 37 km away
  6. 2.4104 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 965 days ago · 12 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 2.488 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 965 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
  8. 2.5124 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 965 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  9. 3.248 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 965 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 2.881 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 966 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 2.256 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 967 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 2.298 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 967 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
  13. 2.4110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 967 days ago · 34 km deep · 7 km away
  14. 2.889 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 967 days ago · 35 km deep · 18 km away
  15. 2.589 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 967 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
  16. 2.293 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 967 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
  17. 2.7112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 968 days ago · 35 km deep · 9 km away
  18. 2.4115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 969 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  19. 2.4106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 971 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
  20. 2.040 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 971 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away

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