Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 93 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 93 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Fri, May 16, 2025, 11:55 PM AKDT (07:55 UTC), 15 km (9 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
2025-05-17 07:55:45 UTC
Depth
14.6 km (9.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.591° N, 159.840° 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: 106 in the 60 days after this one and 62 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.994 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 504 days ago · 18 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 4.9133 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 504 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1 · tsunami flag
  3. 1.56 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 504 days ago · 70 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 4.3156 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 503 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 4.1152 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 503 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 1.870 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 503 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 2.6162 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 503 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 1.769 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 503 days ago · 65 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 1.773 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 503 days ago · 48 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 1.667 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 503 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 3.0157 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 503 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 2.560 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 502 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 1.9108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 502 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away
  14. 3.2131 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 501 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  15. 2.2146 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 501 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
  16. 3.294 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 500 days ago · 30 km deep · 31 km away
  17. 1.8110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 498 days ago · 25 km deep · 20 km away
  18. 1.883 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 498 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 1.666 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 498 days ago · 22 km deep · 77 km away
  20. 2.750 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 497 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  21. 2.0103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 497 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
  22. 2.8103 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 497 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
  23. 2.4184 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 496 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
  24. 2.2149 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 496 days ago · 24 km deep · 68 km away
  25. 2.8159 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 496 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  26. 1.679 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 495 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
  27. 1.924 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 495 days ago · 53 km deep · 69 km away
  28. 1.947 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 495 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  29. 2.7129 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 493 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
  30. 2.8104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 492 days ago · 27 km deep · 13 km away
  31. 2.994 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 491 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  32. 3.469 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 491 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  33. 2.281 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 491 days ago · 20 km deep · 57 km away
  34. 2.084 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 491 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  35. 1.983 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 491 days ago · 21 km deep · 59 km away
  36. 1.720 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 491 days ago · 49 km deep · 83 km away
  37. 2.054 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 491 days ago · 60 km deep · 94 km away
  38. 2.0103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 490 days ago · 17 km deep · 11 km away
  39. 2.079 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 490 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  40. 1.774 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 490 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  41. 2.232 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 490 days ago · 54 km deep · 80 km away
  42. 2.375 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 488 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
  43. 2.499 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 487 days ago · 15 km deep · 8 km away
  44. 2.4107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 487 days ago · 22 km deep · 15 km away
  45. 2.4116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 487 days ago · 21 km deep · 24 km away
  46. 2.8106 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 486 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
  47. 2.2106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 485 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away
  48. 2.079 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 484 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
  49. 2.6175 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 484 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  50. 2.8101 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 484 days ago · 30 km deep · 35 km away
  51. 1.927 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 482 days ago · 60 km deep · 75 km away
  52. 1.978 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 481 days ago · 18 km deep · 78 km away
  53. 1.922 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 481 days ago · 89 km deep · 96 km away
  54. 2.081 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 480 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  55. 2.174 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 479 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
  56. 3.063 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 479 days ago · 19 km deep · 90 km away
  57. 1.660 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 479 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
  58. 1.812 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 477 days ago · 44 km deep · 80 km away
  59. 2.5130 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 476 days ago · 29 km deep · 78 km away
  60. 3.758 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 474 days ago · 52 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 4

The first 60 of 106.

Before

  1. 2.5113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 504 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
  2. 1.9104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 504 days ago · 18 km deep · 12 km away
  3. 2.5120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 507 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  4. 3.0131 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 508 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  5. 2.070 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 508 days ago · 41 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 2.4109 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 510 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 3.0142 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 511 days ago · 27 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 2.8128 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 511 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 2.5138 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 513 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 2.2138 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 513 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 3.173 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 513 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 2.2161 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 513 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 1.7104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 513 days ago · 20 km deep · 12 km away
  14. 2.4146 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 513 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 1.846 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 514 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 2.3124 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 514 days ago · 12 km deep · 31 km away
  17. 2.5125 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 514 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  18. 4.3150 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 514 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 1.673 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 514 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 2.784 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 514 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0256ap4gre. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:06 PM UTC.