Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Feb 17, 2026, 7:32 AM AKST (16:32 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 85 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2026-02-17 16:32:25 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.340° N, 160.097° 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
2.4ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.137 · 7 stations
2.7ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterReviewed · ±0.1 · 11 stations

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

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From the USGS event page for us6000sa37. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

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 6.5 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
236°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
19

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 195 in the 60 days after this one and 88 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 195.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000sa37 (also filed as ak2026djoapw). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:49 PM UTC.