M3.5 earthquake 62 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 62 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Mon, Apr 15, 2024, 1:32 AM AKDT (09:32 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 81 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

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.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
3.5	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.221 · 5 stations
3.4	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preliminary

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 110 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of at least 199.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000mc5l (also filed as ak0244vgin01). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:06 AM UTC.