M1.9 earthquake 48 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 48 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Sun, Aug 5, 2018, 11:04 PM AKDT (07:04 UTC), 20 km (12 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 114 km S of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- AACSE
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-08-06 07:04:07 UTC
- Depth
- 19.6 km (12.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.919° N, 160.301° 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
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 74 in the 60 days after this one and 64 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.087 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.286 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.914 km N of Sand Point, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 71 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.065 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.582 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 24 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.444 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 137 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.496 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.399 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 16 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.3106 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 40 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.846 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.974 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 19 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.946 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 65 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.948 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.463 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.9109 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 37 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.3109 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2964 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.859 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 23 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.427 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 62 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.091 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.937 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 88 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.164 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.747 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.268 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 24 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 2955 days ago · 73 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.363 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.195 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.994 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 29 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.592 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.774 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.796 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.747 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.854 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 43 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.954 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 19 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.754 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 17 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.561 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 22 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.982 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 25 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.3100 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.963 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 18 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.578 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 19 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.2142 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 43 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.796 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.888 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.566 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 23 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.584 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.755 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 24 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.188 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.317 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 70 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.26 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 76 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.894 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.874 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.5114 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 2936 days ago · 40 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.061 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.861 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 25 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.8105 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 1 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.042 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 64 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.851 km S of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 109 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 2934 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.3117 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 42 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.741 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 14 km deep · 17 km away
The first 60 of 74.
Before
- 1.994 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.099 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2979 days ago · 22 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.188 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2979 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.170 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 16 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.637 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2981 days ago · 55 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.3111 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 27 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.157 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.021 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 50 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.149 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 46 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.251 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.4122 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2983 days ago · 37 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.6south of Alaska · 2986 days ago · 47 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.991 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2987 days ago · 23 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.065 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2987 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.190 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2987 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.1101 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.775 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 24 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.774 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2989 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.096 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2989 days ago · 18 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.941 km S of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2989 days ago · 111 km deep · 95 km away
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