Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 7 km E of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 7 km E of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Apr 1, 2025, 7:06 PM AKDT (03:06 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 69 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2025-04-02 03:06:07 UTC
Depth
6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.335° N, 160.375° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
2.8ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.081 · 20 stations
2.7ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreliminary

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.5 km horizontally, 9.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
207°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
26

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 94 in the 60 days after this one and 43 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 94.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000puki (also filed as ak0254879j0h). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 3:51 AM UTC.