Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 79 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 79 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Sun, Feb 25, 2024, 12:19 AM AKST (09:19 UTC), 19 km (12 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
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-02-25 09:19:00 UTC
Depth
18.6 km (11.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.725° N, 159.852° 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.

Location uncertainty
About 4.9 km horizontally, 13.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
243°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 182 in the 60 days after this one and 79 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.417 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 946 days ago · 48 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 2.4107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 944 days ago · 25 km deep · 28 km away
  3. 3.069 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 944 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 1.878 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 943 days ago · 22 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 2.6103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 943 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
  6. 3.2130 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 943 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 1.767 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 943 days ago · 42 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 1.959 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 943 days ago · 16 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 2.490 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 942 days ago · 16 km deep · 10 km away
  10. 2.5103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 941 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
  11. 2.2103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 941 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  12. 2.3106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 941 days ago · 23 km deep · 27 km away
  13. 1.961 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 940 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  14. 2.063 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 940 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 2.199 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 940 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  16. 2.2148 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 939 days ago · 22 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 2.0109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 939 days ago · 23 km deep · 33 km away
  18. 2.068 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 939 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
  19. 1.961 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 939 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  20. 2.1112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 939 days ago · 24 km deep · 33 km away
  21. 2.0106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 938 days ago · 0 km deep · 28 km away
  22. 2.3122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 938 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
  23. 2.590 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 938 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  24. 2.246 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 938 days ago · 68 km deep · 88 km away
  25. 2.149 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 937 days ago · 56 km deep · 91 km away
  26. 2.599 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 937 days ago · 17 km deep · 20 km away
  27. 2.0102 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 936 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
  28. 2.152 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 936 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
  29. 2.083 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 936 days ago · 31 km deep · 7 km away
  30. 2.065 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 935 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
  31. 2.04 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 935 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  32. 2.8115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 935 days ago · 27 km deep · 36 km away
  33. 2.5124 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 935 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  34. 2.0102 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 935 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
  35. 2.294 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 934 days ago · 11 km deep · 17 km away
  36. 2.496 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 934 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  37. 2.6109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 933 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  38. 2.3114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 932 days ago · 27 km deep · 37 km away
  39. 1.953 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 932 days ago · 23 km deep · 26 km away
  40. 2.181 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 931 days ago · 23 km deep · 93 km away
  41. 2.275 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 931 days ago · 21 km deep · 7 km away
  42. 2.6100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 931 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
  43. 2.6132 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 931 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  44. 2.0102 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 931 days ago · 27 km deep · 82 km away
  45. 2.196 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 931 days ago · 15 km deep · 18 km away
  46. 1.947 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 931 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
  47. 2.096 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 930 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
  48. 2.0124 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 930 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
  49. 2.0109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 930 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
  50. 1.682 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 930 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
  51. 1.9101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 930 days ago · 15 km deep · 24 km away
  52. 1.899 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 930 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  53. 1.876 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 929 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  54. 2.1127 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 929 days ago · 24 km deep · 51 km away
  55. 1.867 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 929 days ago · 19 km deep · 14 km away
  56. 2.1105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 928 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
  57. 2.034 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 928 days ago · 72 km deep · 100 km away
  58. 2.195 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 928 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  59. 2.080 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 928 days ago · 19 km deep · 4 km away
  60. 2.3151 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 928 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away

The first 60 of 182.

Before

  1. 2.094 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 949 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
  2. 1.937 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 949 days ago · 15 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 2.185 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 950 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
  4. 2.185 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 950 days ago · 32 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 1.836 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 950 days ago · 16 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 2.578 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 950 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 3.472 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 950 days ago · 51 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 2.6105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 951 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  9. 2.3104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 951 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
  10. 2.147 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 951 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 2.7103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 951 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  12. 3.0132 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 951 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
  13. 2.384 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 952 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
  14. 2.786 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 952 days ago · 35 km deep · 9 km away
  15. 2.090 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 953 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 1.749 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 953 days ago · 30 km deep · 40 km away
  17. 2.477 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 953 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 2.1124 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 953 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away
  19. 1.949 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 954 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
  20. 1.949 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 954 days ago · 18 km deep · 43 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000misi (also filed as ak0242krkf8d). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:23 AM UTC.