Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 8 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 8 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Fri, Jun 30, 2017, 3:16 AM AKDT (11:16 UTC), 55 km (34 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 69 km S of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-06-30 11:16:19 UTC
Depth
54.9 km (34.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.303° N, 160.617° 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
15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 65 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.563 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3381 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 1.943 km NW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3381 days ago · 87 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 3.446 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 3379 days ago · 113 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 1.650 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3378 days ago · 59 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 2.423 km W of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3378 days ago · 185 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 1.948 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3377 days ago · 94 km deep · 40 km away
  7. 1.975 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3374 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 2.131 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3374 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  9. 2.791 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3372 days ago · 16 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 2.922 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3372 days ago · 52 km deep · 19 km away
  11. 3.456 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3372 days ago · 75 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 1.635 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 64 km deep · 27 km away
  13. 1.969 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 2.352 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3370 days ago · 61 km deep · 59 km away
  15. 2.063 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3369 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
  16. 1.783 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3368 days ago · 34 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 1.766 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3368 days ago · 27 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 2.070 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 2.341 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 70 km deep · 33 km away
  20. 2.167 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away
  21. 1.538 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  22. 2.75 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 93 km deep · 93 km away
  23. 3.01 km WNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 100 km deep · 97 km away
  24. 2.464 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 51 km deep · 97 km away
  25. 2.641 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3361 days ago · 158 km deep · 88 km away
  26. 1.764 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3358 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
  27. 3.129 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3357 days ago · 69 km deep · 37 km away
  28. 3.683 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3356 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
  29. 2.040 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3356 days ago · 63 km deep · 48 km away
  30. 3.072 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3356 days ago · 31 km deep · 83 km away
  31. 1.834 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3356 days ago · 70 km deep · 26 km away
  32. 2.162 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
  33. 2.185 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  34. 2.045 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 65 km deep · 77 km away
  35. 2.131 km E of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 152 km deep · 77 km away
  36. 1.761 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 27 km deep · 58 km away
  37. 2.745 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 51 km deep · 38 km away
  38. 1.543 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
  39. 2.973 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  40. 3.572 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
  41. 2.713 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 83 km deep · 16 km away
  42. 3.376 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  43. 2.278 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 51 km deep · 84 km away
  44. 3.769 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
  45. 1.865 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  46. 2.178 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 42 km deep · 79 km away
  47. 1.998 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 31 km deep · 93 km away
  48. 2.864 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 65 km deep · 56 km away
  49. 1.861 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
  50. 1.635 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
  51. 2.342 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  52. 1.840 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  53. 1.941 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  54. 2.214 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 120 km deep · 72 km away
  55. 2.051 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 37 km deep · 47 km away
  56. 2.039 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  57. 1.831 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
  58. 1.926 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 75 km deep · 19 km away
  59. 2.062 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  60. 3.265 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away

The first 60 of 65.

Before

  1. 1.856 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3381 days ago · 28 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 1.930 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3383 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 1.526 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 2.647 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 74 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 1.959 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 21 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 2.637 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 80 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 1.872 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 21 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 1.958 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3392 days ago · 22 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 3.010 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3392 days ago · 71 km deep · 10 km away
  10. 2.449 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3392 days ago · 53 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 2.375 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3393 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 2.351 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3393 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  13. 1.5Alaska Peninsula · 3395 days ago · 79 km deep · 62 km away
  14. 1.956 km WNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3398 days ago · 115 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 1.874 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3398 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 2.899 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 3.267 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 1.533 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  19. 1.731 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 14 km deep · 25 km away
  20. 2.361 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away

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