Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 14 km N of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 14 km N of Sand Point, Alaska on Fri, Aug 10, 2018, 10:35 AM AKDT (18:35 UTC), 71 km (44 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 54 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, 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
2018-08-10 18:35:20 UTC
Depth
71.4 km (44.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.465° N, 160.508° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
1.9ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
1.9ML, local (Richter)AACSEPreliminary

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
13

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 55 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.065 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 3.0Alaska Peninsula · 2976 days ago · 132 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 2.582 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 24 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 2.325 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 94 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 2.444 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 137 km deep · 32 km away
  6. 2.338 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 125 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 2.846 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  8. 1.974 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 19 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 2.255 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 117 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 1.946 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 65 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 1.948 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 3.463 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 2.830 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 164 km deep · 44 km away
  14. 2.859 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 2.427 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2964 days ago · 62 km deep · 27 km away
  16. 1.937 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 88 km deep · 26 km away
  17. 2.164 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 2.747 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  19. 3.268 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 24 km deep · 76 km away
  20. 2.860 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 180 km deep · 93 km away
  21. 2.363 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
  22. 2.621 km NNW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 198 km deep · 94 km away
  23. 1.774 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  24. 1.747 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  25. 2.457 km WNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 153 km deep · 77 km away
  26. 1.954 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 19 km deep · 68 km away
  27. 1.754 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 17 km deep · 68 km away
  28. 2.561 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 22 km deep · 73 km away
  29. 1.963 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 18 km deep · 77 km away
  30. 1.578 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 19 km deep · 93 km away
  31. 2.151 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 23 km deep · 86 km away
  32. 2.553 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
  33. 1.566 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 23 km deep · 80 km away
  34. 1.584 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  35. 1.755 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away
  36. 2.317 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 70 km deep · 28 km away
  37. 2.26 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 76 km deep · 8 km away
  38. 1.874 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  39. 2.061 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
  40. 1.861 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
  41. 2.042 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 64 km deep · 98 km away
  42. 1.851 km S of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 109 km deep · 53 km away
  43. 1.925 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 110 km deep · 63 km away
  44. 1.741 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
  45. 2.266 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
  46. 2.872 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 31 km deep · 86 km away
  47. 1.718 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
  48. 1.543 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 78 km deep · 79 km away
  49. 2.079 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  50. 2.085 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 39 km deep · 99 km away
  51. 1.949 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 29 km deep · 64 km away
  52. 2.634 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 170 km deep · 82 km away
  53. 3.954 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 168 km deep · 89 km away
  54. 2.162 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 24 km deep · 76 km away
  55. 2.384 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away

Before

  1. 1.948 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2981 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 2.170 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 16 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 2.637 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2984 days ago · 55 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 2.021 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 50 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 2.149 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 46 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 2.251 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 2.065 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 1.775 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2991 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 1.941 km S of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2992 days ago · 111 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 3.026 km E of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2992 days ago · 181 km deep · 58 km away
  11. 3.174 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2993 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 2.563 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2997 days ago · 41 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 1.668 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2997 days ago · 23 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 2.643 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2998 days ago · 118 km deep · 54 km away
  15. 2.138 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2998 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  16. 1.826 km WNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2999 days ago · 1 km deep · 66 km away
  17. 2.284 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3000 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
  18. 2.210 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3000 days ago · 160 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 2.944 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3001 days ago · 58 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 1.971 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3002 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away

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