Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 58 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 58 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Sep 5, 2017, 6:24 PM AKDT (02:24 UTC), 17 km (10 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
2017-09-06 02:24:54 UTC
Depth
16.5 km (10.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.886° N, 160.033° 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
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 39 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.384 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 52 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 2.080 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 2.265 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 28 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 2.7104 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 21 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 2.198 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 36 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 2.136 km N of Sand Point, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 100 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 1.957 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 32 km deep · 27 km away
  8. 2.948 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 71 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 2.885 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 23 km deep · 34 km away
  10. 2.238 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 54 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 2.897 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 2.163 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3307 days ago · 27 km deep · 33 km away
  13. 2.170 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
  14. 2.044 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away
  15. 2.155 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 19 km deep · 19 km away
  16. 2.049 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 67 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 3.764 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 64 km deep · 83 km away
  18. 2.4101 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 27 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 2.1110 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 29 km deep · 56 km away
  20. 3.828 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3300 days ago · 69 km deep · 50 km away
  21. 2.460 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 42 km deep · 28 km away
  22. 2.084 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  23. 3.767 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
  24. 3.055 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 86 km deep · 70 km away
  25. 4.281 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3287 days ago · 19 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  26. 1.630 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away
  27. 2.489 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away
  28. 3.680 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3278 days ago · 22 km deep · 73 km away
  29. 1.757 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 15 km deep · 39 km away
  30. 2.142 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 52 km deep · 93 km away
  31. 2.5126 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3274 days ago · 40 km deep · 96 km away
  32. 1.754 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 19 km deep · 18 km away
  33. 3.068 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  34. 2.163 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
  35. 2.282 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  36. 3.163 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 68 km deep · 86 km away
  37. 1.572 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 12 km deep · 26 km away
  38. 1.773 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  39. 1.741 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 116 km deep · 96 km away

Before

  1. 2.295 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 3.171 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 24 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 1.761 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 3319 days ago · 21 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 2.193 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 1.923 km NW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 90 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 2.372 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
  7. 3.585 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 2.041 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  9. 3.265 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 21 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 1.926 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 75 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 1.831 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 2.051 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 37 km deep · 36 km away
  13. 1.941 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  14. 1.840 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 2.342 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  16. 2.1106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  17. 1.861 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
  18. 2.864 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 65 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 1.998 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 31 km deep · 67 km away
  20. 2.178 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3343 days ago · 42 km deep · 20 km away

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