Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 84 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 84 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Sun, Jan 12, 2025, 9:24 PM AKST (06:24 UTC), 50 km (31 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 140 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2025-01-13 06:24:43 UTC
Depth
50.3 km (31.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.665° N, 161.128° 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
23

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 173 in the 60 days after this one and 61 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.6106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 625 days ago · 34 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 2.393 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 625 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 1.770 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 624 days ago · 34 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 2.240 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 624 days ago · 86 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 3.195 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 623 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 2.875 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 623 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
  7. 2.372 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 623 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 3.284 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 623 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 2.288 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 623 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 2.727 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 623 days ago · 118 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 2.389 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 623 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 1.850 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 623 days ago · 53 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 3.1113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 622 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 2.194 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 622 days ago · 39 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 2.195 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 622 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 2.869 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 622 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
  17. 2.896 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 622 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 2.484 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 621 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
  19. 2.5100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 621 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 2.565 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 620 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  21. 2.565 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 620 days ago · 72 km deep · 26 km away
  22. 1.981 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 619 days ago · 23 km deep · 6 km away
  23. 1.944 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 619 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  24. 2.051 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 619 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  25. 2.265 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 618 days ago · 21 km deep · 30 km away
  26. 2.283 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 617 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
  27. 2.281 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 617 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  28. 2.7101 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 617 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  29. 2.875 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 617 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  30. 3.0103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 615 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  31. 2.698 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 612 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  32. 2.960 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 612 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
  33. 2.881 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 610 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
  34. 1.874 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 610 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
  35. 2.571 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 609 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
  36. 2.977 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 609 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
  37. 2.180 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 609 days ago · 17 km deep · 41 km away
  38. 2.9107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 608 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  39. 1.966 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 608 days ago · 64 km deep · 81 km away
  40. 1.564 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 608 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
  41. 1.942 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 608 days ago · 86 km deep · 54 km away
  42. 2.129 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 608 days ago · 77 km deep · 77 km away
  43. 1.826 km NW of Sand Point, Alaska · 608 days ago · 75 km deep · 91 km away
  44. 2.975 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 607 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
  45. 1.988 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 607 days ago · 14 km deep · 44 km away
  46. 2.9109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 607 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  47. 2.181 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 606 days ago · 14 km deep · 9 km away
  48. 1.867 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 606 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
  49. 2.017 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 605 days ago · 108 km deep · 85 km away
  50. 2.762 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 605 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  51. 2.234 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 605 days ago · 74 km deep · 54 km away
  52. 2.2144 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 605 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  53. 2.188 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 604 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  54. 2.163 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 604 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
  55. 1.779 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 604 days ago · 18 km deep · 35 km away
  56. 1.975 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 603 days ago · 18 km deep · 22 km away
  57. 1.884 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 602 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
  58. 1.539 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 602 days ago · 21 km deep · 45 km away
  59. 1.784 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 602 days ago · 14 km deep · 42 km away
  60. 2.039 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 602 days ago · 14 km deep · 52 km away

The first 60 of 173.

Before

  1. 2.480 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 626 days ago · 19 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 2.335 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 626 days ago · 55 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 2.3113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 627 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 1.781 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 628 days ago · 17 km deep · 38 km away
  5. 2.2102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 630 days ago · 15 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 2.4132 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 631 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 2.694 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 631 days ago · 27 km deep · 40 km away
  8. 2.0101 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 631 days ago · 1 km deep · 23 km away
  9. 1.957 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 631 days ago · 21 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 2.881 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 632 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
  11. 2.148 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 632 days ago · 22 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 2.216 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 632 days ago · 50 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 2.982 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 632 days ago · 22 km deep · 35 km away
  14. 2.8112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 633 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 2.630 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 634 days ago · 88 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 1.923 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 634 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
  17. 2.294 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 635 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
  18. 2.957 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 635 days ago · 45 km deep · 28 km away
  19. 2.699 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 636 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 2.9116 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 637 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak025llpcle. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:30 AM UTC.