Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 146 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 146 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, May 20, 2025, 12:41 PM AKDT (20:41 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M7.3 2025 Sand Point, Alaska Earthquake. 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
2025-05-20 20:41:36 UTC
Depth
13.8 km (8.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.090° N, 159.787° 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: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 44 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.294 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 502 days ago · 30 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 1.8110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 500 days ago · 25 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 2.0103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 499 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 2.8103 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 498 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 2.4184 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 498 days ago · 16 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 2.2149 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 498 days ago · 24 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 2.8159 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 498 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 1.947 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 496 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 2.7129 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 495 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 2.8104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 494 days ago · 27 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 2.994 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 493 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 2.6222 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 492 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 2.0103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 492 days ago · 17 km deep · 45 km away
  14. 2.499 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 489 days ago · 15 km deep · 48 km away
  15. 2.4107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 489 days ago · 22 km deep · 44 km away
  16. 2.4116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 489 days ago · 21 km deep · 38 km away
  17. 2.8106 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 488 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 2.2106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 487 days ago · 15 km deep · 44 km away
  19. 2.6175 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 486 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  20. 2.8101 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 485 days ago · 30 km deep · 75 km away
  21. 2.892 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 473 days ago · 24 km deep · 76 km away
  22. 3.0127 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 472 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  23. 2.362 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 472 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  24. 2.4133 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 471 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
  25. 2.498 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 471 days ago · 19 km deep · 55 km away
  26. 2.446 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 470 days ago · 39 km deep · 100 km away
  27. 2.0117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 469 days ago · 2 km deep · 29 km away
  28. 2.385 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 468 days ago · 18 km deep · 66 km away
  29. 2.870 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 468 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
  30. 2.283 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 467 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
  31. 2.092 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 467 days ago · 24 km deep · 56 km away
  32. 1.799 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 465 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
  33. 2.395 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 464 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
  34. 1.8119 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 462 days ago · 25 km deep · 52 km away
  35. 3.2210 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 462 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  36. 1.962 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 461 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
  37. 3.081 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 456 days ago · 29 km deep · 71 km away
  38. 1.990 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 456 days ago · 21 km deep · 64 km away
  39. 1.875 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 454 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
  40. 2.894 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 453 days ago · 16 km deep · 54 km away
  41. 2.9131 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 453 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
  42. 2.4116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 452 days ago · 19 km deep · 30 km away
  43. 2.256 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 451 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
  44. 1.6108 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 449 days ago · 25 km deep · 58 km away
  45. 2.157 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 449 days ago · 22 km deep · 91 km away
  46. 1.876 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 449 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  47. 1.799 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 447 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  48. 2.2149 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 446 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
  49. 1.952 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 446 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  50. 7.32025 Sand Point, Alaska Earthquake · 445 days ago · 38 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 192 · tsunami flag
  51. 5.493 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 445 days ago · 44 km deep · 56 km away
  52. 3.7104 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 445 days ago · 38 km deep · 46 km away
  53. 4.388 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 445 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  54. 4.296 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 445 days ago · 23 km deep · 54 km away
  55. 3.896 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 445 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  56. 3.2101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 445 days ago · 36 km deep · 45 km away
  57. 3.4101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 445 days ago · 28 km deep · 44 km away
  58. 3.799 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 445 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
  59. 3.6100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 445 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
  60. 3.589 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 445 days ago · 24 km deep · 60 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 3.2131 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 503 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  2. 1.9108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 504 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
  3. 2.560 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 504 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 3.0157 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 505 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 2.0162 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 505 days ago · 18 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 1.667 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 505 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 2.6162 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 505 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 4.1152 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 505 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 4.3156 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 505 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 4.9133 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 506 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1 · tsunami flag
  11. 1.994 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 506 days ago · 18 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 1.793 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 506 days ago · 15 km deep · 56 km away
  13. 2.5113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 506 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
  14. 1.9104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 506 days ago · 18 km deep · 44 km away
  15. 2.5120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 508 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  16. 3.0131 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 510 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  17. 2.4109 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 511 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 3.1212 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 512 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 3.0142 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 513 days ago · 27 km deep · 79 km away
  20. 2.8128 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 513 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0256fve4ex. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:13 AM UTC.