Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 64 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 64 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Jul 27, 2016, 11:00 AM AKDT (19:00 UTC), 17 km (10 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 59 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2016-07-27 19:00:02 UTC
Depth
16.7 km (10.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.188° N, 159.520° 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
12

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 45 in the 60 days after this one and 34 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.144 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 48 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 2.369 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 32 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 1.774 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 25 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 1.962 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3716 days ago · 32 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 2.849 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 3716 days ago · 46 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 3.477 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3713 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 2.377 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3711 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 2.841 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3711 days ago · 71 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 1.971 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 2.1112 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3707 days ago · 18 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 2.575 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3706 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 2.270 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3705 days ago · 14 km deep · 41 km away
  13. 2.353 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3705 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  14. 2.874 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3704 days ago · 17 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 2.333 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3704 days ago · 52 km deep · 73 km away
  16. 2.861 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 3.074 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 15 km deep · 79 km away
  18. 2.4111 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 22 km deep · 66 km away
  19. 2.346 km ESE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3694 days ago · 144 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 1.755 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 46 km deep · 67 km away
  21. 2.919 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 72 km deep · 84 km away
  22. 2.579 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
  23. 3.241 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 87 km deep · 65 km away
  24. 2.044 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away
  25. 2.361 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 24 km deep · 77 km away
  26. 1.663 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away
  27. 5.159 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 3
  28. 4.175 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  29. 3.882 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
  30. 2.970 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 30 km deep · 66 km away
  31. 2.659 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3684 days ago · 28 km deep · 35 km away
  32. 2.7104 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3681 days ago · 19 km deep · 99 km away
  33. 3.077 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
  34. 2.082 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3676 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  35. 2.268 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3675 days ago · 18 km deep · 4 km away
  36. 2.698 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3675 days ago · 29 km deep · 37 km away
  37. 4.3126 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 23 km deep · 77 km away
  38. 3.262 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 30 km deep · 81 km away
  39. 1.938 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  40. 3.4101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 21 km deep · 81 km away
  41. 2.584 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 11 km deep · 20 km away
  42. 2.727 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 73 km deep · 57 km away
  43. 1.874 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
  44. 3.320 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 58 km deep · 61 km away
  45. 2.053 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away

Before

  1. 3.673 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 28 km deep · 10 km away
  2. 2.669 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 12 km deep · 26 km away
  3. 1.945 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3721 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 2.054 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3721 days ago · 39 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 2.875 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3721 days ago · 16 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 2.7Alaska Peninsula · 3722 days ago · 23 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 2.459 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3725 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 1.934 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3725 days ago · 46 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 2.477 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3726 days ago · 17 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 1.821 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3730 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 1.863 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3731 days ago · 21 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 3.660 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3732 days ago · 21 km deep · 5 km away
  13. 2.069 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3732 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
  14. 2.438 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3732 days ago · 58 km deep · 37 km away
  15. 2.7116 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3734 days ago · 29 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 2.476 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3735 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 1.729 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3735 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 2.373 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3735 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
  19. 2.572 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3739 days ago · 27 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 2.262 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3739 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away

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