Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 33 km S of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 33 km S of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Aug 7, 2019, 1:28 AM AKDT (09:28 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 70 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-08-07 09:28:20 UTC
Depth
13.2 km (8.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.036° N, 160.490° 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
32

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 53 in the 60 days after this one and 34 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.879 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 30 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 2.6100 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 37 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 2.577 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 24 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 2.240 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 106 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 2.029 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 140 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 1.875 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 38 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 2.835 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 16 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 2.755 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 76 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 2.874 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 21 km deep · 41 km away
  10. 2.045 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 62 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 1.621 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 56 km deep · 32 km away
  12. 1.754 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 42 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 2.066 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2602 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 1.588 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2602 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
  15. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 2600 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 2.234 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2600 days ago · 68 km deep · 100 km away
  17. 1.874 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2600 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  18. 1.842 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2599 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 2.435 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2598 days ago · 66 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 2597 days ago · 16 km deep · 60 km away
  21. 1.843 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 63 km deep · 56 km away
  22. 1.931 km ESE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 159 km deep · 98 km away
  23. 1.6105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  24. 1.738 km N of Sand Point, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 124 km deep · 72 km away
  25. 1.860 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 116 km deep · 94 km away
  26. 1.881 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  27. 2.734 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 139 km deep · 89 km away
  28. 2.675 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
  29. 1.750 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 118 km deep · 97 km away
  30. 1.556 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 36 km deep · 23 km away
  31. 3.283 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 21 km deep · 57 km away
  32. 4.770 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
  33. 2.075 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 36 km deep · 47 km away
  34. 2.671 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 28 km deep · 65 km away
  35. 2.729 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 58 km deep · 92 km away
  36. 1.867 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 24 km deep · 60 km away
  37. 2.054 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
  38. 2.134 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2574 days ago · 18 km deep · 20 km away
  39. 3.282 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2574 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  40. 1.761 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2572 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
  41. 2.158 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 2570 days ago · 65 km deep · 58 km away
  42. 3.149 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2570 days ago · 29 km deep · 17 km away
  43. 1.851 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2570 days ago · 16 km deep · 18 km away
  44. 2.381 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
  45. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 2566 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  46. 1.820 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2561 days ago · 66 km deep · 40 km away
  47. 1.929 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2560 days ago · 53 km deep · 38 km away
  48. 3.9110 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2560 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  49. 3.061 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2558 days ago · 23 km deep · 29 km away
  50. 3.049 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2555 days ago · 27 km deep · 95 km away
  51. 2.139 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  52. 1.882 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 28 km deep · 64 km away
  53. 2.181 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away

Before

  1. 3.246 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2614 days ago · 54 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 1.5Alaska Peninsula · 2616 days ago · 66 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 2.172 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2616 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 1.975 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2617 days ago · 38 km deep · 50 km away
  5. 2.479 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2617 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 3.066 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2618 days ago · 17 km deep · 33 km away
  7. 2.667 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2618 days ago · 24 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 2.231 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2619 days ago · 98 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 2.356 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2621 days ago · 41 km deep · 23 km away
  10. 1.834 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2621 days ago · 53 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 2.052 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 2622 days ago · 101 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 2.051 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2624 days ago · 25 km deep · 21 km away
  13. 2.1103 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2626 days ago · 36 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 2.251 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2626 days ago · 37 km deep · 27 km away
  15. 1.9106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2626 days ago · 60 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 2.633 km N of Sand Point, Alaska · 2627 days ago · 96 km deep · 67 km away
  17. 1.735 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2627 days ago · 74 km deep · 42 km away
  18. 2.0111 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2627 days ago · 36 km deep · 86 km away
  19. 3.383 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2629 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
  20. 3.885 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2629 days ago · 45 km deep · 96 km away

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