Earthquake · automatic estimate, may change
M 2.4ml
Earthquake near Sand Point, AK
USGS: 48 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska
- When
- 11:09 am AKDT on 30 September 2026 ()
- Where
- 50 km (31 mi) NNE of Sand Point, AK · earthquakes near Sand Point
- Magnitude
- M 2.4 (ml)
- Depth
- 88 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Aleutians East Borough, 126 km WSW
- Status
- Automatic — a machine’s first estimate, which may change
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2 days ago
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake was recorded 50 km (31 mi) NNE of Sand Point, AK, at 11:09 am AKDT on 30 September 2026 (19:09 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 120 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 130,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 89,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 7.9× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.4 about 120 lb of TNT
Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.0 on 2020-01-09 — about 250 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 55.7540, -160.2150. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aleutians East Borough, AK | 126 km (78 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Aleutians East Borough |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
2 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.
Revisions
USGS refines a solution as more stations report. Every change we have seen is listed here.
| What changed | From | To | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| longitude | -160.22 | -160.21 | |
| latitude | 55.76 | 55.75 | |
| depth | 88.6 | 88.3 | |
| magnitude | 2.2 | 2.4 |
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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