Alaska earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 71 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 71 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Nov 19, 2024, 4:23 AM AKST (13:23 UTC), 30 km (19 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2024-11-19 13:23:25 UTC
Depth
29.9 km (18.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.924° N, 159.632° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

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.ScaleComputed byNotes
3.0ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.091 · 16 stations
2.4ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreliminary

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 5.3 km horizontally, 15.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
236°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 129 in the 60 days after this one and 51 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 129.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000p0x2 (also filed as ak024ew2029n). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:47 PM UTC.