Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 99 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 99 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Fri, Sep 27, 2024, 9:28 AM AKDT (17:28 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 36 km S of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-09-27 17:28:41 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.563° N, 159.720° 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 4.5 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
207°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
43

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 109 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.0110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 733 days ago · 28 km deep · 14 km away
  2. 2.2100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 731 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away
  3. 3.3123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 731 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  4. 1.935 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 731 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 2.3112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 730 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 2.4103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 730 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
  7. 2.5114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 729 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  8. 2.4134 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 729 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away
  9. 2.067 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 729 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 3.2114 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 726 days ago · 29 km deep · 34 km away
  11. 2.3116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 725 days ago · 20 km deep · 34 km away
  12. 2.0107 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 721 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 4.736 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 721 days ago · 53 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 159
  14. 2.7129 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 719 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
  15. 2.5133 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 718 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
  16. 2.734 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 718 days ago · 51 km deep · 67 km away
  17. 2.338 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 718 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away
  18. 2.987 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 717 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 3.193 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 717 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  20. 3.3116 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 715 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  21. 2.181 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 715 days ago · 12 km deep · 24 km away
  22. 2.193 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 715 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away
  23. 3.669 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 715 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  24. 1.954 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 715 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  25. 2.123 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 715 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  26. 3.973 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 714 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
  27. 2.6123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 714 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  28. 2.742 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 713 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  29. 2.962 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 713 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  30. 2.069 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 712 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
  31. 2.396 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 712 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
  32. 3.0105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 712 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  33. 2.977 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 711 days ago · 31 km deep · 23 km away
  34. 2.268 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 711 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  35. 1.9104 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 710 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  36. 2.071 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 710 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
  37. 2.8117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 710 days ago · 27 km deep · 26 km away
  38. 2.262 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 709 days ago · 0 km deep · 71 km away
  39. 3.1117 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 708 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  40. 2.4113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 707 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
  41. 2.6116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 705 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  42. 2.3102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 705 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
  43. 2.7125 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 704 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  44. 2.391 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 704 days ago · 18 km deep · 9 km away
  45. 3.336 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 704 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  46. 2.296 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 703 days ago · 28 km deep · 4 km away
  47. 3.735 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 703 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
  48. 2.258 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 701 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  49. 2.8125 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 701 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
  50. 2.9117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 700 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
  51. 2.680 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 700 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
  52. 2.4123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 699 days ago · 24 km deep · 32 km away
  53. 2.677 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 699 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  54. 3.388 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 698 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away
  55. 2.147 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 697 days ago · 60 km deep · 81 km away
  56. 2.661 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 695 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
  57. 3.2116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 693 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  58. 3.036 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 693 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  59. 3.530 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 693 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  60. 3.3122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 691 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away

The first 60 of 109.

Before

  1. 2.5125 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 734 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 2.988 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 735 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 3.7101 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 736 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 2.741 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 736 days ago · 59 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 3.3133 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 738 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 2.8111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 738 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  7. 3.3123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 738 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
  8. 2.9118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 739 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
  9. 3.2118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 739 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 2.2120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 739 days ago · 20 km deep · 27 km away
  11. 1.844 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 740 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 2.3123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 742 days ago · 29 km deep · 34 km away
  13. 2.9126 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 742 days ago · 30 km deep · 35 km away
  14. 3.1139 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 743 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 2.7136 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 744 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 2.2116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 744 days ago · 25 km deep · 19 km away
  17. 2.3123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 746 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  18. 4.1120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 746 days ago · 36 km deep · 21 km away
  19. 2.5128 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 747 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
  20. 2.298 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 749 days ago · 25 km deep · 4 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000npy2 (also filed as ak024cggxi7n). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:33 AM UTC.