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M 3.3ml

Earthquake near Sand Point, AK

No earthquake was likely felt in Sand Point in the 24 hours to 3:45 pm AKST (00:45 UTC). The last one was M 4.2, 99 km (61 mi) SE, at 10:44 pm AKDT on 22 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Sand Point

This page: a magnitude 3.3 earthquake was recorded 49 km (31 mi) south-southwest of Sand Point, AK, at 3:31 pm AKST on 7 February 2025 (00:31 UTC), 83 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 49 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska

3:31 pm AKST, Feb 7, 2025 · · 83 km deep · released about 1.3 tons of TNT

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When
3:31 pm AKST on 7 February 2025 ()
Where
49 km (31 mi) south-southwest of Sand Point, AK · earthquakes near Sand Point
Magnitude
M 3.3 (ml)
Depth
83 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Aleutians East Borough, 84 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 566 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Sand Point, 49 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 1.3 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 130,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 5,600× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 4,000× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.3 about 1.3 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 2.8× more

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 6.1 on 2020-07-28 — about 16,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 45 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 7.1 90 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 44 km SSW of this epicentre
  2. 6.9 17 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 35 km NE of this epicentre
  3. 6.8 73 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 29 km WSW of this epicentre
  4. 6.4 85 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 39 km SW of this epicentre
  5. 6.2 35 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 21 km ENE of this epicentre

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 54.9255, -160.7953. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Aleutians East Borough, AK 84 km (52 mi) WNW earthquakes near Aleutians East Borough

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

54 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 1.9 22 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska
  2. 1.9 27 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska
  3. 2.3 75 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska
  4. 2.0 54 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska
  5. 1.7 20 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska
  6. 1.9 47 km S of Sand Point, Alaska
  7. 1.9 24 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska
  8. 1.6 79 km SE of King Cove, Alaska
  9. 1.6 66 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska
  10. 2.5 60 km S of Sand Point, Alaska
  11. 1.6 67 km S of Sand Point, Alaska
  12. 1.7 69 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska
  13. 2.7 84 km SE of King Cove, Alaska
  14. 1.8 82 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska
  15. 1.5 31 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska

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.

On USGS

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