Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 34 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 34 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Jul 25, 2017, 4:51 PM AKDT (00:51 UTC), 70 km (43 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 29 km ENE of Cold Bay, 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
2017-07-26 00:51:30 UTC
Depth
69.9 km (43.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.272° N, 161.031° 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: 70 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.595 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3357 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 2.162 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3356 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 2.045 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 65 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 2.131 km E of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 152 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 1.761 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 27 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 2.745 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 51 km deep · 31 km away
  7. 1.543 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 2.973 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 3.572 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 24 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 2.713 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 83 km deep · 34 km away
  11. 3.376 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 2.278 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 51 km deep · 71 km away
  13. 3.769 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 1.865 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 2.178 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 42 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 1.998 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 31 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 2.864 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 65 km deep · 36 km away
  18. 1.861 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
  19. 1.635 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 22 km deep · 70 km away
  20. 2.880 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
  21. 2.755 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away
  22. 2.342 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  23. 1.840 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  24. 1.941 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  25. 2.214 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 120 km deep · 70 km away
  26. 2.051 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 37 km deep · 52 km away
  27. 2.039 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
  28. 2.185 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
  29. 1.831 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
  30. 1.926 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 75 km deep · 10 km away
  31. 2.470 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 18 km deep · 90 km away
  32. 2.338 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 79 km deep · 94 km away
  33. 2.062 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  34. 2.428 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 81 km deep · 98 km away
  35. 3.363 km NE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 163 km deep · 78 km away
  36. 3.265 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 21 km deep · 71 km away
  37. 2.041 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
  38. 3.585 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  39. 2.372 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  40. 1.923 km NW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 90 km deep · 29 km away
  41. 2.193 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  42. 3.171 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 24 km deep · 69 km away
  43. 2.7Alaska Peninsula · 3317 days ago · 167 km deep · 80 km away
  44. 2.295 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
  45. 2.186 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  46. 2.830 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 161 km deep · 63 km away
  47. 1.958 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 17 km deep · 77 km away
  48. 2.59 km ESE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 157 km deep · 79 km away
  49. 2.080 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
  50. 2.265 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 28 km deep · 98 km away
  51. 2.136 km N of Sand Point, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 100 km deep · 56 km away
  52. 1.957 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 32 km deep · 63 km away
  53. 2.948 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 71 km deep · 47 km away
  54. 2.238 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 54 km deep · 95 km away
  55. 2.897 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
  56. 2.163 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 27 km deep · 66 km away
  57. 2.170 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
  58. 3.883 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 32 km deep · 97 km away
  59. 2.044 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 25 km deep · 36 km away
  60. 2.155 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 19 km deep · 65 km away

The first 60 of 70.

Before

  1. 3.072 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3358 days ago · 31 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 2.040 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3359 days ago · 63 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 3.129 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3360 days ago · 69 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 1.663 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3360 days ago · 53 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 1.764 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3360 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 2.641 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3363 days ago · 158 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 2.167 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3368 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 2.341 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3368 days ago · 70 km deep · 10 km away
  9. 2.070 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3369 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 1.766 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3370 days ago · 27 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 1.783 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 34 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 2.063 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 2.352 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3373 days ago · 61 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 1.969 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3373 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 1.635 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3373 days ago · 64 km deep · 19 km away
  16. 3.456 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3374 days ago · 75 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 2.922 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3374 days ago · 52 km deep · 32 km away
  18. 2.791 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3374 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 2.131 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3376 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  20. 1.975 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3377 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away

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