Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Oct 16, 2024, 7:21 PM AKDT (03:21 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 125 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-10-17 03:21:34 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.308° N, 159.785° 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 3.7 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
219°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
18

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 95 in the 60 days after this one and 37 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.742 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 713 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 2.069 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 712 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 2.396 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 712 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 3.0105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 712 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 2.977 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 711 days ago · 31 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 2.268 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 711 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 1.9104 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 710 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 2.071 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 710 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 2.8117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 710 days ago · 27 km deep · 6 km away
  10. 2.262 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 709 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 3.1117 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 708 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 2.4113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 707 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
  13. 2.6116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 705 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  14. 2.3102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 705 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
  15. 2.7125 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 704 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  16. 2.391 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 704 days ago · 18 km deep · 34 km away
  17. 2.296 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 703 days ago · 28 km deep · 33 km away
  18. 3.735 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 703 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 2.8125 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 701 days ago · 35 km deep · 7 km away
  20. 2.9117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 700 days ago · 35 km deep · 8 km away
  21. 2.680 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 700 days ago · 15 km deep · 79 km away
  22. 2.4123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 699 days ago · 24 km deep · 7 km away
  23. 3.388 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 698 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
  24. 2.147 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 697 days ago · 60 km deep · 96 km away
  25. 3.2207 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 696 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  26. 3.2116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 693 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  27. 3.036 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 693 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  28. 3.3122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 691 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  29. 2.7123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 691 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  30. 4.3125 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 691 days ago · 23 km deep · 2 km away
  31. 3.6117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 691 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  32. 2.7123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 691 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  33. 2.7129 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 691 days ago · 27 km deep · 8 km away
  34. 2.4133 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 691 days ago · 26 km deep · 12 km away
  35. 2.8146 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 691 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  36. 2.7111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 690 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away
  37. 3.094 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 689 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  38. 1.956 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 688 days ago · 23 km deep · 80 km away
  39. 2.282 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 688 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  40. 2.291 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 687 days ago · 23 km deep · 41 km away
  41. 2.287 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 687 days ago · 24 km deep · 45 km away
  42. 2.1121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 686 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
  43. 2.784 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 685 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  44. 3.294 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 684 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
  45. 2.057 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 683 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away
  46. 3.4209 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 682 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  47. 3.071 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 681 days ago · 30 km deep · 69 km away
  48. 2.532 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 680 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away
  49. 1.962 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 680 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  50. 3.098 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 680 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
  51. 1.983 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 678 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
  52. 1.992 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 678 days ago · 11 km deep · 33 km away
  53. 4.2108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 678 days ago · 32 km deep · 15 km away
  54. 1.9118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 678 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
  55. 1.7118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 677 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
  56. 1.562 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 677 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  57. 1.896 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 677 days ago · 25 km deep · 31 km away
  58. 3.058 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 677 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  59. 2.1112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 677 days ago · 27 km deep · 11 km away
  60. 1.748 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 677 days ago · 32 km deep · 75 km away

The first 60 of 95.

Before

  1. 3.973 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 714 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
  2. 3.669 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 715 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 2.193 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 715 days ago · 11 km deep · 33 km away
  4. 2.181 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 715 days ago · 12 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 3.3116 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 715 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 3.193 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 717 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  7. 2.987 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 717 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 2.338 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 718 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 2.734 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 718 days ago · 51 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 2.5133 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 718 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away
  11. 2.7129 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 719 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
  12. 4.736 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 721 days ago · 53 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 159
  13. 2.0107 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 721 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 2.6209 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 724 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 2.3116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 725 days ago · 20 km deep · 17 km away
  16. 3.2114 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 726 days ago · 29 km deep · 52 km away
  17. 2.4134 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 729 days ago · 12 km deep · 11 km away
  18. 2.5114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 729 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  19. 2.4103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 730 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
  20. 2.3112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 730 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000p764 (also filed as ak024ddbauvt). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:35 AM UTC.