Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Apr 2, 2025, 3:05 AM AKDT (11:05 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 133 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2025-04-02 11:05:46 UTC
Depth
5.2 km (3.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.365° N, 159.839° 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.

Stations used
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 105 in the 60 days after this one and 37 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.693 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 547 days ago · 17 km deep · 26 km away
  2. 1.896 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 547 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 1.658 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 547 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 2.171 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 546 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 2.092 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 546 days ago · 34 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 2.3100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 546 days ago · 14 km deep · 18 km away
  7. 2.4104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 545 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
  8. 2.294 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 544 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 2.6127 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 544 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  10. 2.174 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 543 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 2.294 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 542 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
  12. 2.197 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 539 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
  13. 1.561 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 539 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
  14. 1.717 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 538 days ago · 53 km deep · 100 km away
  15. 1.8115 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 538 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
  16. 1.690 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 538 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 2.091 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 538 days ago · 12 km deep · 26 km away
  18. 1.966 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 537 days ago · 17 km deep · 69 km away
  19. 2.9135 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 536 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  20. 2.788 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 536 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
  21. 3.6159 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 535 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  22. 2.277 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 534 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  23. 2.7146 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 532 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  24. 2.2100 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 532 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
  25. 3.162 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 532 days ago · 44 km deep · 57 km away
  26. 1.864 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 531 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  27. 1.9108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 531 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away
  28. 1.655 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 531 days ago · 40 km deep · 65 km away
  29. 2.1105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 531 days ago · 14 km deep · 16 km away
  30. 1.9113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 531 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
  31. 3.6148 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 530 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  32. 2.7155 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 530 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  33. 3.2146 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 530 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  34. 2.8149 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 530 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  35. 3.2145 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 530 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  36. 2.0128 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 528 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  37. 2.895 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 528 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  38. 2.096 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 527 days ago · 14 km deep · 25 km away
  39. 2.1103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 526 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
  40. 3.295 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 526 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  41. 3.2111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 526 days ago · 29 km deep · 8 km away
  42. 3.0112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 526 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
  43. 2.7118 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 526 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  44. 2.1110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 525 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  45. 2.1110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 525 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
  46. 1.765 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 523 days ago · 17 km deep · 79 km away
  47. 2.1142 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 523 days ago · 12 km deep · 27 km away
  48. 1.994 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 522 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
  49. 1.727 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 522 days ago · 47 km deep · 95 km away
  50. 2.8196 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 522 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  51. 2.6112 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 517 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  52. 1.992 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 516 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  53. 1.882 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 515 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  54. 2.477 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 514 days ago · 17 km deep · 42 km away
  55. 3.2176 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 513 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  56. 2.784 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 513 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  57. 4.3150 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 512 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
  58. 2.5125 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 512 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  59. 2.3124 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 512 days ago · 12 km deep · 12 km away
  60. 2.4146 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 512 days ago · 17 km deep · 63 km away

The first 60 of 105.

Before

  1. 2.659 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 549 days ago · 30 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 1.738 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 554 days ago · 49 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 2.3147 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 555 days ago · 12 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 2.051 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 555 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 2.053 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 555 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 2.894 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 555 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 1.978 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 556 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 2.7126 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 556 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  9. 2.859 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 558 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 1.964 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 559 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 2.8112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 559 days ago · 14 km deep · 8 km away
  12. 2.892 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 560 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 2.283 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 561 days ago · 18 km deep · 35 km away
  14. 2.3113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 561 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
  15. 3.0121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 562 days ago · 20 km deep · 5 km away
  16. 2.191 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 562 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
  17. 2.8134 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 564 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
  18. 2.248 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 564 days ago · 41 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 1.9108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 564 days ago · 24 km deep · 10 km away
  20. 3.0102 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 565 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02548c0vaa. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:37 AM UTC.