Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 87 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 87 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Jan 7, 2026, 8:31 PM AKST (05:31 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2026-01-08 05:31:07 UTC
Depth
1.6 km (1.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.572° N, 160.193° 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.

Location uncertainty
About 8.7 km horizontally, 5.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Station coverage gap
267°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 186 in the 60 days after this one and 56 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.887 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 267 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 2.724 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 266 days ago · 65 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 2.821 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 266 days ago · 29 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 2.799 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 264 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
  5. 2.992 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 263 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  6. 2.690 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 263 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 2.8112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 263 days ago · 2 km deep · 29 km away
  8. 2.791 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 262 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 2.595 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 262 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 2.685 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 262 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 2.7109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 261 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
  12. 3.299 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 261 days ago · 1 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 2.769 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 260 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
  14. 2.798 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 260 days ago · 0 km deep · 18 km away
  15. 2.8115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 260 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
  16. 2.676 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 260 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 2.997 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 259 days ago · 19 km deep · 12 km away
  18. 2.864 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 259 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 3.2105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 259 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  20. 2.677 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 258 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  21. 3.5127 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 257 days ago · 20 km deep · 44 km away
  22. 3.784 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 257 days ago · 20 km deep · 13 km away
  23. 2.5109 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 257 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
  24. 2.690 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 257 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
  25. 2.495 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 256 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  26. 2.595 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 256 days ago · 35 km deep · 9 km away
  27. 2.698 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 255 days ago · 22 km deep · 12 km away
  28. 2.4121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 255 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  29. 3.0118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 255 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
  30. 2.256 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 254 days ago · 40 km deep · 53 km away
  31. 2.994 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 254 days ago · 35 km deep · 8 km away
  32. 2.590 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 254 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  33. 2.367 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 254 days ago · 18 km deep · 39 km away
  34. 2.164 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 253 days ago · 14 km deep · 32 km away
  35. 2.084 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 253 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  36. 3.194 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 253 days ago · 15 km deep · 29 km away
  37. 2.6109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 253 days ago · 20 km deep · 28 km away
  38. 2.4104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 253 days ago · 20 km deep · 34 km away
  39. 2.293 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 253 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  40. 5.2123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 252 days ago · 36 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
  41. 3.3124 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 252 days ago · 19 km deep · 38 km away
  42. 3.4125 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 252 days ago · 37 km deep · 39 km away
  43. 3.0129 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 252 days ago · 34 km deep · 43 km away
  44. 2.6113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 252 days ago · 15 km deep · 27 km away
  45. 2.9126 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 252 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
  46. 2.9125 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 252 days ago · 38 km deep · 39 km away
  47. 2.2121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 252 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  48. 2.3107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 252 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
  49. 3.1144 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 252 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  50. 2.2125 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 252 days ago · 20 km deep · 38 km away
  51. 3.2130 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 252 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
  52. 2.8129 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 252 days ago · 24 km deep · 44 km away
  53. 2.3121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 252 days ago · 20 km deep · 35 km away
  54. 2.296 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 252 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  55. 2.383 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 252 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  56. 2.5126 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 252 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  57. 2.7124 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 252 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  58. 2.2107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 252 days ago · 28 km deep · 28 km away
  59. 2.5136 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 252 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  60. 3.3122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 252 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away

The first 60 of 186.

Before

  1. 2.890 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 269 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 2.534 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 271 days ago · 22 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 2.8118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 271 days ago · 20 km deep · 32 km away
  4. 2.798 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 271 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  5. 2.8107 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 271 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  6. 2.794 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 272 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
  7. 3.3107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 272 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
  8. 2.598 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 272 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 2.462 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 272 days ago · 27 km deep · 25 km away
  10. 2.697 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 272 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  11. 2.5103 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 272 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
  12. 2.7101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 272 days ago · 27 km deep · 36 km away
  13. 2.687 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 272 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  14. 3.191 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 272 days ago · 0 km deep · 34 km away
  15. 2.455 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 273 days ago · 74 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 2.496 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 273 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  17. 2.276 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 273 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 2.5105 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 273 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 2.497 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 273 days ago · 21 km deep · 10 km away
  20. 3.290 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 273 days ago · 15 km deep · 12 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak2026anhbup. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:41 AM UTC.