M1.8 earthquake 74 km E of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 74 km E of Sand Point, Alaska on Sun, Sep 18, 2016, 9:21 PM AKDT (05:21 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 108 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-09-19 05:21:05 UTC
- Depth
- 13.2 km (8.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 55.226° N, 159.345° 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: 32 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.320 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 58 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.053 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.060 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.279 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 27 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.965 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.483 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.4115 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 38 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.276 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 25 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.149 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.943 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3650 days ago · 121 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.562 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3646 days ago · 29 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.422 km N of Perryville, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 109 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.7108 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 23 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.733 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.523 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 106 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.331 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.425 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.533 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3632 days ago · 44 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.144 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3632 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.375 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3631 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.770 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 29 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.161 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3626 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.147 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3626 days ago · 53 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.29 km NE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3623 days ago · 107 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.170 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3622 days ago · 47 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.964 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3622 days ago · 25 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.179 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.678 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3620 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.653 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3617 days ago · 12 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 3614 days ago · 24 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.829 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.085 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
Before
- 2.727 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3668 days ago · 73 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.584 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3668 days ago · 11 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.4101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 21 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.938 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.262 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 30 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.3126 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 23 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.698 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3676 days ago · 29 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.268 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3676 days ago · 18 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.077 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3681 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.320 km N of Perryville, Alaska · 3681 days ago · 90 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.659 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 28 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.970 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 30 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.882 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.175 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
- 5.159 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 3
- 1.663 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.361 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.044 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.241 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 87 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.579 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
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