Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 98 km S of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 98 km S of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Aug 8, 2017, 9:24 PM AKDT (05:24 UTC), 31 km (19 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
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-08-09 05:24:12 UTC
Depth
31.3 km (19.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.468° N, 160.780° 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: 56 in the 60 days after this one and 32 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.864 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 65 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 3340 days ago · 21 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 2.0109 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 3.997 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  5. 2.094 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 1.986 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 2.289 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 1.861 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
  9. 2.1101 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 1.635 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 22 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 2.880 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 17 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 2.755 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 24 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 2.1106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 2.051 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 37 km deep · 47 km away
  15. 2.039 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 2.185 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
  17. 1.926 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 75 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 2.153 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 44 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 2.470 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 18 km deep · 58 km away
  20. 2.338 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 79 km deep · 93 km away
  21. 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 3327 days ago · 30 km deep · 51 km away
  22. 3.265 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 21 km deep · 54 km away
  23. 2.041 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
  24. 3.585 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  25. 2.372 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
  26. 2.193 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
  27. 2.396 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
  28. 1.845 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 61 km deep · 96 km away
  29. 2.096 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
  30. 3.171 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 24 km deep · 27 km away
  31. 2.295 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 14 km deep · 13 km away
  32. 2.186 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
  33. 1.958 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 17 km deep · 67 km away
  34. 2.080 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away
  35. 1.957 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 32 km deep · 45 km away
  36. 2.948 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 71 km deep · 77 km away
  37. 3.062 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  38. 2.885 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
  39. 2.897 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 15 km deep · 30 km away
  40. 2.163 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 27 km deep · 38 km away
  41. 2.170 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
  42. 3.883 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 32 km deep · 50 km away
  43. 2.044 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 25 km deep · 57 km away
  44. 2.155 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 19 km deep · 52 km away
  45. 2.049 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 67 km deep · 76 km away
  46. 3.764 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3300 days ago · 64 km deep · 64 km away
  47. 2.4101 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3300 days ago · 27 km deep · 5 km away
  48. 2.393 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3300 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
  49. 2.1110 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 29 km deep · 98 km away
  50. 2.460 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 42 km deep · 42 km away
  51. 2.084 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
  52. 3.767 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3297 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
  53. 3.055 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 86 km deep · 62 km away
  54. 2.5108 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
  55. 4.281 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 19 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  56. 2.489 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3284 days ago · 19 km deep · 30 km away

Before

  1. 2.178 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 42 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 1.865 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 1.897 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away
  4. 2.753 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 81 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 3.769 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
  6. 2.278 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 51 km deep · 40 km away
  7. 2.281 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 19 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 3.089 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  9. 3.376 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 3.572 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 24 km deep · 48 km away
  11. 2.384 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 14 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 2.973 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 2.745 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 51 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 1.761 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 27 km deep · 40 km away
  15. 2.045 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 65 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 2.162 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 20 km deep · 57 km away
  17. 2.595 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
  18. 1.834 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3355 days ago · 70 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 3.072 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3355 days ago · 31 km deep · 46 km away
  20. 3.683 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3356 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away

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