Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 54 km S of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 54 km S of Sand Point, Alaska on Mon, Apr 8, 2019, 2:04 PM AKDT (22:04 UTC), 20 km (12 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 112 km SE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
AACSE
Local time
UTC
2019-04-08 22:04:24 UTC
Depth
19.7 km (12.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.853° N, 160.569° 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
25

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 100 in the 60 days after this one and 44 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.771 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2734 days ago · 29 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 2.5102 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2734 days ago · 68 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 2.497 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2733 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 3.143 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2733 days ago · 76 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 2.7137 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2732 days ago · 30 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 2.647 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2731 days ago · 62 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 2.588 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2730 days ago · 23 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 2.075 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2729 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 3.192 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2729 days ago · 12 km deep · 41 km away
  10. 2.063 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2727 days ago · 41 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 3.279 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2726 days ago · 80 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 1.626 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2725 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 1.9102 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2723 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 3.9112 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2722 days ago · 42 km deep · 82 km away
  15. 2.5102 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2722 days ago · 22 km deep · 87 km away
  16. 1.996 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2722 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 2.1101 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2722 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 2.166 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2722 days ago · 54 km deep · 46 km away
  19. 2.655 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2721 days ago · 25 km deep · 27 km away
  20. 2.125 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2720 days ago · 47 km deep · 35 km away
  21. 2.037 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2718 days ago · 43 km deep · 18 km away
  22. 2.146 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2718 days ago · 75 km deep · 54 km away
  23. 2.187 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2717 days ago · 24 km deep · 72 km away
  24. 2.175 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2716 days ago · 20 km deep · 22 km away
  25. 2.380 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2716 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
  26. 2.075 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2716 days ago · 18 km deep · 22 km away
  27. 2.177 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2716 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
  28. 2.587 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2716 days ago · 36 km deep · 72 km away
  29. 2.4116 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2714 days ago · 50 km deep · 63 km away
  30. 2.744 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2714 days ago · 91 km deep · 79 km away
  31. 2.233 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2714 days ago · 86 km deep · 85 km away
  32. 3.6102 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2714 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  33. 3.137 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2714 days ago · 100 km deep · 89 km away
  34. 2.5115 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2713 days ago · 50 km deep · 63 km away
  35. 3.539 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2713 days ago · 125 km deep · 96 km away
  36. 2.162 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2712 days ago · 16 km deep · 8 km away
  37. 3.643 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2712 days ago · 61 km deep · 47 km away
  38. 1.626 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2710 days ago · 51 km deep · 28 km away
  39. 1.914 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2710 days ago · 62 km deep · 67 km away
  40. 2.059 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2707 days ago · 42 km deep · 6 km away
  41. 2.989 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2706 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
  42. 3.0Alaska Peninsula · 2705 days ago · 43 km deep · 48 km away
  43. 2.7100 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2704 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
  44. 1.996 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  45. 2.258 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
  46. 2.296 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 39 km deep · 77 km away
  47. 3.056 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 35 km deep · 5 km away
  48. 2.174 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2700 days ago · 24 km deep · 35 km away
  49. 2.2117 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2700 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
  50. 1.88 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2698 days ago · 72 km deep · 60 km away
  51. 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 2696 days ago · 110 km deep · 89 km away
  52. 2.2105 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2696 days ago · 67 km deep · 100 km away
  53. 2.535 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 2696 days ago · 79 km deep · 58 km away
  54. 2.0143 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2696 days ago · 48 km deep · 89 km away
  55. 1.576 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2696 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
  56. 1.991 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2696 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  57. 1.881 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2696 days ago · 21 km deep · 29 km away
  58. 2.890 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 32 km deep · 45 km away
  59. 2.025 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away
  60. 1.880 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 24 km deep · 77 km away

The first 60 of 100.

Before

  1. 2.5100 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2735 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 2.1117 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2735 days ago · 37 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 1.860 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 2735 days ago · 107 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 1.9100 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2735 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 4.4105 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2735 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 3.293 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2740 days ago · 30 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 2.143 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2740 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 2.965 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2741 days ago · 31 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 2.576 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2741 days ago · 24 km deep · 37 km away
  10. 2.393 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2742 days ago · 32 km deep · 43 km away
  11. 2.051 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2742 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  12. 2.475 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2742 days ago · 23 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 2.166 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2742 days ago · 27 km deep · 15 km away
  14. 1.935 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2742 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  15. 2.547 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2743 days ago · 107 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 1.970 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2743 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 4.080 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2746 days ago · 29 km deep · 27 km away
  18. 2.753 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2746 days ago · 89 km deep · 62 km away
  19. 2.650 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
  20. 2.2103 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 42 km deep · 82 km away

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