M2.0 earthquake 69 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 69 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Fri, Jul 15, 2016, 2:12 PM AKDT (22:12 UTC), 20 km (12 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 82 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-07-15 22:12:41 UTC
- Depth
- 19.9 km (12.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.818° N, 159.894° 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.
- Stations used
- 10
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 36 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.660 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3732 days ago · 21 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.283 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3729 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.934 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3726 days ago · 46 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.875 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 16 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.054 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 39 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.945 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.669 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3721 days ago · 12 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.673 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3721 days ago · 28 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.864 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3721 days ago · 17 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.144 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 48 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.681 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3719 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.7123 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 19 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.962 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 32 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.195 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3716 days ago · 23 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.282 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3715 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.841 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3712 days ago · 71 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.163 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 61 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.1112 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 18 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.270 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3706 days ago · 14 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.353 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3706 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.333 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3704 days ago · 52 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.4111 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 22 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.381 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.919 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 72 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.241 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 87 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.044 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 15 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.361 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 24 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.663 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 21 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.882 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.970 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 30 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.659 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 28 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.1101 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.7104 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3681 days ago · 19 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.082 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3676 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.268 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3676 days ago · 18 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.698 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3676 days ago · 29 km deep · 53 km away
Before
- 2.438 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3733 days ago · 58 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.7116 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3735 days ago · 29 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.262 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3740 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.686 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3740 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.195 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3741 days ago · 11 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.961 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3741 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.829 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3742 days ago · 48 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 3745 days ago · 44 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.540 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3746 days ago · 73 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.360 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3746 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.525 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3747 days ago · 79 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.373 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3748 days ago · 52 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.356 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3750 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.064 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3757 days ago · 25 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.363 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3759 days ago · 14 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.171 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3761 days ago · 14 km deep · 21 km away
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