Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 69 km S of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 69 km S of Sand Point, Alaska on Thu, Dec 19, 2024, 7:51 AM AKST (16:51 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 62 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-12-19 16:51:39 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.720° N, 160.629° 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 6.0 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
246°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
12

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 156 in the 60 days after this one and 97 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.2100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 649 days ago · 12 km deep · 54 km away
  2. 2.163 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 649 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 2.2101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 649 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 2.052 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 649 days ago · 41 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 2.178 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 648 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 1.962 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 648 days ago · 49 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 2.395 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 648 days ago · 12 km deep · 54 km away
  8. 2.765 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 648 days ago · 62 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 1.847 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 648 days ago · 50 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 2.068 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 647 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 2.063 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 647 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 1.937 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 647 days ago · 92 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 1.737 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 646 days ago · 54 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 2.3101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 646 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  15. 1.780 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 646 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 2.358 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 645 days ago · 31 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 2.4100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 645 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
  18. 2.145 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 644 days ago · 34 km deep · 27 km away
  19. 1.851 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 644 days ago · 47 km deep · 78 km away
  20. 2.4140 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 643 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
  21. 2.257 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 643 days ago · 63 km deep · 78 km away
  22. 2.288 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 643 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  23. 1.833 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 643 days ago · 20 km deep · 38 km away
  24. 2.887 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 643 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  25. 2.096 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 642 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  26. 2.8120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 642 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  27. 2.173 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 641 days ago · 18 km deep · 59 km away
  28. 3.054 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 640 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  29. 2.047 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 640 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
  30. 2.446 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 640 days ago · 49 km deep · 89 km away
  31. 3.1121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 640 days ago · 30 km deep · 67 km away
  32. 2.497 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 639 days ago · 14 km deep · 52 km away
  33. 2.173 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 638 days ago · 16 km deep · 80 km away
  34. 2.9116 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 638 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  35. 2.699 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 637 days ago · 25 km deep · 57 km away
  36. 2.167 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 636 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  37. 2.957 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 636 days ago · 45 km deep · 31 km away
  38. 2.294 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 635 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
  39. 1.923 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 635 days ago · 20 km deep · 57 km away
  40. 2.630 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 634 days ago · 88 km deep · 46 km away
  41. 2.8112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 633 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  42. 2.982 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 633 days ago · 22 km deep · 66 km away
  43. 2.216 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 633 days ago · 50 km deep · 56 km away
  44. 2.148 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 633 days ago · 22 km deep · 40 km away
  45. 2.881 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 632 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  46. 1.951 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 632 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  47. 1.957 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 631 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away
  48. 2.0101 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 631 days ago · 1 km deep · 36 km away
  49. 2.694 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 631 days ago · 27 km deep · 68 km away
  50. 2.4132 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 631 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  51. 2.2102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 631 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away
  52. 1.746 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 630 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  53. 1.781 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 629 days ago · 17 km deep · 69 km away
  54. 2.3113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 628 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  55. 2.335 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 627 days ago · 55 km deep · 40 km away
  56. 2.480 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 626 days ago · 19 km deep · 60 km away
  57. 2.384 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 626 days ago · 50 km deep · 33 km away
  58. 2.6106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 626 days ago · 34 km deep · 67 km away
  59. 2.393 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 625 days ago · 14 km deep · 55 km away
  60. 1.770 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 625 days ago · 34 km deep · 36 km away

The first 60 of 156.

Before

  1. 2.182 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 651 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 2.681 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 652 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 2.140 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 653 days ago · 40 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 2.496 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 654 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 2.662 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 654 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 1.656 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 654 days ago · 42 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 2.1110 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 654 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  8. 2.574 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 655 days ago · 14 km deep · 6 km away
  9. 2.024 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 656 days ago · 57 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 1.977 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 656 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  11. 1.929 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 656 days ago · 57 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 2.089 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 657 days ago · 16 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 2.596 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 658 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  14. 3.140 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 658 days ago · 64 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 2.169 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 659 days ago · 19 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 2.686 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 660 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
  17. 2.031 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 660 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  18. 2.488 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 660 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 2.6105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 660 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 2.918 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 660 days ago · 61 km deep · 51 km away

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