Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 72 km E of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 72 km E of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Jun 21, 2017, 8:46 PM AKDT (04:46 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 103 km ESE of Sand Point, 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
2017-06-22 04:46:39 UTC
Depth
20.6 km (12.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.220° N, 159.373° 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
11

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 48 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.637 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 80 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 1.959 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 1.526 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3388 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 2.030 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3388 days ago · 53 km deep · 50 km away
  5. 1.930 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3382 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 3.029 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3381 days ago · 49 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 1.856 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3381 days ago · 28 km deep · 20 km away
  8. 1.98 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3381 days ago · 55 km deep · 79 km away
  9. 3.563 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3381 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  10. 2.147 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3378 days ago · 36 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 2.09 km NNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3377 days ago · 108 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 2.131 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3373 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 2.922 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3372 days ago · 52 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 1.635 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3370 days ago · 64 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 2.352 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3370 days ago · 61 km deep · 20 km away
  16. 2.063 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3368 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
  17. 1.766 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 27 km deep · 41 km away
  18. 2.070 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 2.453 km S of Chignik, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 42 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 1.538 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3364 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  21. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 3363 days ago · 52 km deep · 64 km away
  22. 2.75 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 93 km deep · 71 km away
  23. 3.01 km WNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3361 days ago · 100 km deep · 77 km away
  24. 2.464 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3361 days ago · 51 km deep · 22 km away
  25. 1.764 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3357 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  26. 3.129 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3357 days ago · 69 km deep · 43 km away
  27. 3.683 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3356 days ago · 25 km deep · 58 km away
  28. 2.040 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3356 days ago · 63 km deep · 41 km away
  29. 2.284 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3355 days ago · 48 km deep · 48 km away
  30. 2.5102 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3355 days ago · 25 km deep · 79 km away
  31. 4.3103 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 22 km deep · 40 km away
  32. 2.185 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  33. 1.761 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 27 km deep · 87 km away
  34. 2.745 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 51 km deep · 100 km away
  35. 2.713 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 83 km deep · 81 km away
  36. 3.376 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  37. 2.7127 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 31 km deep · 77 km away
  38. 3.769 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
  39. 1.865 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  40. 2.178 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 42 km deep · 64 km away
  41. 2.1106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  42. 2.342 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  43. 1.840 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  44. 1.941 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  45. 2.051 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 37 km deep · 87 km away
  46. 1.831 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
  47. 1.926 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 75 km deep · 99 km away
  48. 2.199 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 32 km deep · 64 km away

Before

  1. 1.958 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3391 days ago · 22 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 3.010 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3392 days ago · 71 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 2.449 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3392 days ago · 53 km deep · 23 km away
  4. 2.375 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3393 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 2.351 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3393 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  6. 3.267 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 14 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 1.533 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 1.731 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 2.361 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 1.928 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 3401 days ago · 51 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 2.061 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 2.056 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 1.731 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 1.522 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 59 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 2.253 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 23 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 2.574 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 19 km deep · 12 km away
  17. 2.073 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 16 km deep · 1 km away

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