Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 142 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 142 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Sun, Aug 25, 2024, 6:01 AM AKDT (14:01 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 95 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-08-25 14:01:36 UTC
Depth
26.0 km (16.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.110° N, 159.841° 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 7.9 km horizontally, 14.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
252°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 75 in the 60 days after this one and 57 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.6111 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 766 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
  2. 3.0125 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 765 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 5.195 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 765 days ago · 40 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2 · tsunami flag
  4. 3.0139 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 765 days ago · 31 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 3.8114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 764 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
  6. 1.959 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 764 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 3.197 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 764 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  8. 2.598 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 760 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
  9. 3.0112 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 760 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 2.499 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 760 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away
  11. 3.2108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 759 days ago · 37 km deep · 39 km away
  12. 2.3112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 759 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
  13. 2.192 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 759 days ago · 14 km deep · 57 km away
  14. 1.8107 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 758 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 2.0113 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 757 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
  16. 2.0111 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 755 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 2.3136 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 755 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  18. 2.2119 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 755 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
  19. 2.7109 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 755 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 3.3138 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 754 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  21. 2.3117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 753 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  22. 3.0133 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 753 days ago · 35 km deep · 9 km away
  23. 1.8134 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 752 days ago · 20 km deep · 23 km away
  24. 1.697 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 752 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  25. 1.875 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 752 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
  26. 2.3222 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 751 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
  27. 2.1121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 750 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
  28. 2.198 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 750 days ago · 25 km deep · 49 km away
  29. 2.793 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 749 days ago · 29 km deep · 52 km away
  30. 2.298 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 749 days ago · 25 km deep · 49 km away
  31. 2.5128 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 747 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
  32. 4.1120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 747 days ago · 36 km deep · 41 km away
  33. 2.3123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 746 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  34. 2.2116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 744 days ago · 25 km deep · 32 km away
  35. 2.7136 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 744 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  36. 3.1139 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 743 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  37. 2.9126 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 742 days ago · 30 km deep · 17 km away
  38. 2.3123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 742 days ago · 29 km deep · 19 km away
  39. 2.2120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 739 days ago · 20 km deep · 24 km away
  40. 3.2118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 739 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  41. 2.9118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 739 days ago · 14 km deep · 25 km away
  42. 3.3123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 738 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
  43. 2.8111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 738 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  44. 3.3133 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 738 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  45. 3.7101 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 736 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
  46. 2.8229 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 734 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  47. 2.999 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 733 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  48. 3.0110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 733 days ago · 28 km deep · 37 km away
  49. 3.0198 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 732 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  50. 2.2100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 731 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
  51. 3.3123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 731 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  52. 2.3112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 731 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  53. 2.4103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 730 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
  54. 2.5114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 729 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  55. 2.4134 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 729 days ago · 12 km deep · 13 km away
  56. 3.2114 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 726 days ago · 29 km deep · 71 km away
  57. 2.3116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 725 days ago · 20 km deep · 27 km away
  58. 2.6209 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 724 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  59. 3.3207 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 723 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  60. 2.0107 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 721 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away

The first 60 of 75.

Before

  1. 1.997 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 768 days ago · 22 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 2.0217 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 768 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 1.8120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 768 days ago · 24 km deep · 26 km away
  4. 1.995 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 769 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 2.8215 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 771 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 3.0122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 773 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
  7. 1.9146 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 778 days ago · 18 km deep · 8 km away
  8. 2.1156 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 778 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
  9. 3.2134 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 778 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  10. 2.747 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 779 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 3.1101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 779 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 2.2113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 779 days ago · 24 km deep · 31 km away
  13. 2.4148 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 782 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 2.4220 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 783 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 1.994 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 783 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
  16. 1.9103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 783 days ago · 25 km deep · 42 km away
  17. 2.1132 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 784 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  18. 2.7140 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 784 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  19. 1.776 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 785 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 2.1140 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 785 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000nwf0 (also filed as ak024axu8zuf). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:55 AM UTC.