Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 70 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 70 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Fri, Jul 14, 2017, 11:36 AM AKDT (19:36 UTC), 11 km (7 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
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-07-14 19:36:08 UTC
Depth
11.1 km (6.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.732° N, 160.161° 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
19

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 66 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.341 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3368 days ago · 70 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 2.167 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3368 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 2.996 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 2.464 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3364 days ago · 51 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 2.1101 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3363 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 1.764 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3360 days ago · 13 km deep · 28 km away
  7. 3.129 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3360 days ago · 69 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 3.683 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3359 days ago · 25 km deep · 28 km away
  9. 2.040 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3359 days ago · 63 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 3.072 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3358 days ago · 31 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 1.834 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3358 days ago · 70 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 2.595 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3357 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 2.162 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3356 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 4.3103 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3356 days ago · 22 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 2.185 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  16. 2.045 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 65 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 1.761 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 27 km deep · 24 km away
  18. 2.745 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 51 km deep · 56 km away
  19. 2.973 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 3.572 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 24 km deep · 83 km away
  21. 2.713 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 83 km deep · 84 km away
  22. 3.376 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  23. 2.278 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 51 km deep · 75 km away
  24. 3.769 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
  25. 1.897 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
  26. 1.865 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
  27. 2.178 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 42 km deep · 17 km away
  28. 1.998 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 31 km deep · 50 km away
  29. 2.864 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 65 km deep · 80 km away
  30. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 3343 days ago · 21 km deep · 92 km away
  31. 3.997 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  32. 2.094 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  33. 1.986 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  34. 2.289 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  35. 1.861 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
  36. 2.1101 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  37. 2.880 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
  38. 2.1106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
  39. 2.342 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  40. 1.840 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  41. 1.941 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  42. 2.051 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 37 km deep · 33 km away
  43. 2.185 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
  44. 1.926 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 75 km deep · 83 km away
  45. 2.470 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
  46. 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 3329 days ago · 30 km deep · 100 km away
  47. 3.265 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 21 km deep · 87 km away
  48. 2.041 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
  49. 3.585 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  50. 2.372 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
  51. 1.923 km NW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 90 km deep · 93 km away
  52. 2.193 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  53. 2.396 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
  54. 2.096 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  55. 3.171 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 24 km deep · 30 km away
  56. 2.295 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 14 km deep · 57 km away
  57. 2.186 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  58. 1.958 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 17 km deep · 19 km away
  59. 2.384 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 52 km deep · 85 km away
  60. 2.080 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away

The first 60 of 66.

Before

  1. 1.766 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3370 days ago · 27 km deep · 34 km away
  2. 1.783 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 34 km deep · 37 km away
  3. 2.063 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
  4. 2.352 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3373 days ago · 61 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 1.969 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3373 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 1.635 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3373 days ago · 64 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 3.456 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3374 days ago · 75 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 2.922 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3374 days ago · 52 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 2.791 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3374 days ago · 16 km deep · 50 km away
  10. 2.131 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3376 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 1.975 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3376 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 1.948 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3380 days ago · 94 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 1.650 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3381 days ago · 59 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 3.563 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3383 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
  15. 1.98 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3383 days ago · 55 km deep · 70 km away
  16. 1.856 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3384 days ago · 28 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 2.076 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3386 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 1.978 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3387 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 2.092 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3390 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 1.959 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3391 days ago · 21 km deep · 34 km away

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