Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 65 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 65 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Aug 8, 2017, 5:17 PM AKDT (01:17 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 81 km SE of King Cove, 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
2017-08-09 01:17:41 UTC
Depth
4.4 km (2.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.788° N, 160.143° 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
14

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 58 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.178 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 42 km deep · 17 km away
  2. 1.998 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 31 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 2.864 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 65 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 3343 days ago · 21 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 3.997 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 2.094 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 2.289 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 1.861 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
  9. 2.1101 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 2.1106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  11. 2.342 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  12. 1.840 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 1.941 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 2.051 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 37 km deep · 31 km away
  15. 2.185 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 1.831 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 1.926 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 75 km deep · 79 km away
  18. 3.265 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
  19. 2.041 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
  20. 3.585 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  21. 2.372 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
  22. 1.923 km NW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 90 km deep · 87 km away
  23. 2.193 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  24. 2.096 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
  25. 1.761 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
  26. 3.171 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 24 km deep · 33 km away
  27. 2.295 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 14 km deep · 60 km away
  28. 2.186 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  29. 1.958 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 17 km deep · 13 km away
  30. 2.384 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 52 km deep · 81 km away
  31. 2.080 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away
  32. 2.265 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 28 km deep · 60 km away
  33. 2.7104 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 21 km deep · 59 km away
  34. 2.198 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 36 km deep · 71 km away
  35. 2.136 km N of Sand Point, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 100 km deep · 100 km away
  36. 1.957 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 32 km deep · 19 km away
  37. 2.948 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 71 km deep · 94 km away
  38. 2.885 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 23 km deep · 40 km away
  39. 2.238 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 54 km deep · 93 km away
  40. 2.897 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away
  41. 2.163 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 27 km deep · 23 km away
  42. 2.170 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
  43. 3.883 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 32 km deep · 98 km away
  44. 2.044 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 25 km deep · 47 km away
  45. 2.155 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 19 km deep · 13 km away
  46. 2.049 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 67 km deep · 93 km away
  47. 3.764 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 64 km deep · 78 km away
  48. 2.4101 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 27 km deep · 55 km away
  49. 2.393 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  50. 2.1110 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 29 km deep · 58 km away
  51. 3.828 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 69 km deep · 61 km away
  52. 2.460 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 42 km deep · 19 km away
  53. 2.084 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
  54. 3.767 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3300 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
  55. 3.055 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 86 km deep · 66 km away
  56. 4.281 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3289 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  57. 1.630 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3288 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
  58. 2.489 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3287 days ago · 19 km deep · 73 km away

Before

  1. 1.897 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 3.769 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 2.278 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 51 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 3.376 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3349 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  5. 2.713 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 83 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 3.572 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 24 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 2.973 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 2.745 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 51 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 1.761 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 27 km deep · 24 km away
  10. 2.045 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 65 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 2.185 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3355 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 4.3103 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3356 days ago · 22 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 2.162 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3357 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 2.595 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3357 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 1.834 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3358 days ago · 70 km deep · 78 km away
  16. 3.072 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3358 days ago · 31 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 2.040 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3359 days ago · 63 km deep · 74 km away
  18. 3.683 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3359 days ago · 25 km deep · 28 km away
  19. 3.129 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3360 days ago · 69 km deep · 59 km away
  20. 1.764 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3361 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away

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