Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 23 km NW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 23 km NW of Sand Point, Alaska on Mon, Aug 28, 2017, 12:17 AM AKDT (08:17 UTC), 90 km (56 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
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-08-28 08:17:45 UTC
Depth
89.6 km (55.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.488° N, 160.769° 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: 37 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.329 km WNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 119 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 3.171 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 24 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 2.7Alaska Peninsula · 3316 days ago · 167 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 2.830 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 161 km deep · 38 km away
  5. 1.958 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 17 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 2.59 km ESE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 157 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 2.265 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 28 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 2.136 km N of Sand Point, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 100 km deep · 28 km away
  9. 1.957 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 32 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 2.948 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 71 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 2.238 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 54 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 2.163 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 27 km deep · 82 km away
  13. 2.170 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 2.044 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 25 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 2.155 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 19 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 3.929 km ENE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 139 km deep · 100 km away
  17. 2.049 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 67 km deep · 74 km away
  18. 3.145 km E of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 143 km deep · 60 km away
  19. 3.764 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 64 km deep · 69 km away
  20. 1.87 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 102 km deep · 85 km away
  21. 3.828 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3300 days ago · 69 km deep · 48 km away
  22. 2.460 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 42 km deep · 80 km away
  23. 2.084 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  24. 3.767 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
  25. 3.055 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 86 km deep · 60 km away
  26. 2.055 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3294 days ago · 123 km deep · 67 km away
  27. 2.563 km WSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3288 days ago · 152 km deep · 97 km away
  28. 1.630 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 12 km deep · 34 km away
  29. 3.680 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 22 km deep · 89 km away
  30. 1.757 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
  31. 1.754 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 19 km deep · 78 km away
  32. 2.150 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 159 km deep · 55 km away
  33. 2.144 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3268 days ago · 65 km deep · 85 km away
  34. 2.163 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
  35. 2.282 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  36. 3.163 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 68 km deep · 75 km away
  37. 3.79 km SSE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 173 km deep · 54 km away

Before

  1. 2.372 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 2.041 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 3.265 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 21 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 3.363 km NE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 163 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 2.062 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 1.926 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 75 km deep · 19 km away
  7. 1.831 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 2.039 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 2.051 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 37 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 2.214 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 120 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 1.941 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 1.840 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 2.342 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 1.635 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 1.861 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 2.864 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 65 km deep · 65 km away
  17. 1.865 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  18. 3.769 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 2.278 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 51 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 3.376 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away

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