Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 161 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 161 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska on Thu, May 8, 2025, 2:21 AM AKDT (10:21 UTC), 6 km (4 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
2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2025-05-08 10:21:59 UTC
Depth
6.1 km (3.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.304° N, 158.728° 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
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 57 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.2138 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 512 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
  2. 2.5138 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 511 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  3. 2.8128 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 510 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  4. 3.0142 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 510 days ago · 27 km deep · 24 km away
  5. 3.0131 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 507 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 2.5120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 506 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 1.9104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 503 days ago · 18 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 2.5113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 503 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 1.793 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 503 days ago · 15 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 1.994 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 503 days ago · 18 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 4.9133 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 503 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1 · tsunami flag
  12. 4.3156 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 502 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  13. 4.1152 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 502 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  14. 2.6162 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 502 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  15. 3.0157 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 502 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  16. 1.9108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 501 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 3.2131 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 500 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 2.2146 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 500 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
  19. 3.294 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 499 days ago · 30 km deep · 67 km away
  20. 1.8110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 497 days ago · 25 km deep · 58 km away
  21. 1.883 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 497 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  22. 2.0103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 496 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
  23. 2.4184 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 495 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
  24. 2.2149 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 495 days ago · 24 km deep · 13 km away
  25. 2.8159 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 495 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  26. 2.7129 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 492 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  27. 2.8104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 491 days ago · 27 km deep · 66 km away
  28. 2.994 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 490 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  29. 2.7195 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 490 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  30. 2.281 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 490 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
  31. 2.084 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 490 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  32. 1.983 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 490 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
  33. 2.0103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 489 days ago · 17 km deep · 75 km away
  34. 2.499 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 486 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
  35. 2.4107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 486 days ago · 22 km deep · 67 km away
  36. 2.4116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 486 days ago · 21 km deep · 59 km away
  37. 2.2106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 484 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
  38. 2.079 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 483 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
  39. 2.6175 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 483 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  40. 2.8101 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 482 days ago · 30 km deep · 61 km away
  41. 2.6136 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 480 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
  42. 2.081 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 479 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  43. 2.174 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 478 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  44. 2.5130 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 475 days ago · 29 km deep · 52 km away
  45. 2.896 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 471 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
  46. 2.892 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 470 days ago · 24 km deep · 69 km away
  47. 2.498 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 468 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
  48. 2.0117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 466 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
  49. 2.385 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 466 days ago · 18 km deep · 80 km away
  50. 2.870 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 465 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  51. 2.283 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 464 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away
  52. 2.092 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 464 days ago · 24 km deep · 79 km away
  53. 1.799 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 462 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
  54. 2.395 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 461 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
  55. 3.2210 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 459 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  56. 3.081 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 453 days ago · 29 km deep · 82 km away
  57. 1.990 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 453 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away

Before

  1. 1.7104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 512 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 2.4146 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 512 days ago · 17 km deep · 15 km away
  3. 2.3124 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 513 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 2.5125 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 513 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  5. 4.3150 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 513 days ago · 12 km deep · 13 km away
  6. 3.2176 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 513 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  7. 2.477 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 514 days ago · 17 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 1.992 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 517 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 1.994 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 523 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 2.1142 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 523 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 2.1110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 525 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 2.1110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 526 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 2.7118 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 526 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  14. 3.0112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 526 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  15. 3.2111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 527 days ago · 29 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 3.295 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 527 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 2.1103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 527 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 2.096 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 528 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 2.895 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 528 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  20. 3.2145 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 530 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0255vuvdva. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:13 AM UTC.