M1.6 earthquake 21 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 21 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Aug 13, 2019, 4:30 PM AKDT (00:30 UTC), 56 km (35 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 70 km ESE 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
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-08-14 00:30:05 UTC
- Depth
- 56.4 km (35.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 55.267° N, 160.177° 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: 45 in the 60 days after this one and 38 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.915 km SW of Perryville, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 86 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.754 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 42 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 2601 days ago · 16 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.143 km E of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 143 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.09 km SE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2600 days ago · 85 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.029 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2600 days ago · 57 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.874 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2600 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.842 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2600 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.435 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2598 days ago · 66 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 2597 days ago · 16 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.843 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 63 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.931 km ESE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 159 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.6105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.738 km N of Sand Point, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 124 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.881 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.734 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 139 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.675 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.556 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 36 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.374 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 29 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.283 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2588 days ago · 21 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.770 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.075 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 36 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.671 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 28 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.729 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 58 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.867 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 24 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.134 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2574 days ago · 18 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.761 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2572 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.158 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 2571 days ago · 65 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.149 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2570 days ago · 29 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.851 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2570 days ago · 16 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.381 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.820 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2561 days ago · 66 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.929 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2560 days ago · 53 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.061 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2558 days ago · 23 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.168 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2554 days ago · 38 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.139 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2554 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.882 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 28 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.181 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.974 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 18 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.872 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 27 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.579 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2550 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.873 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2549 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.987 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2549 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.336 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 48 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.760 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2545 days ago · 106 km deep · 90 km away
Before
- 2.045 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 62 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.874 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 21 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.835 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 16 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.875 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 38 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.240 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 106 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.577 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 24 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.6100 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 37 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.914 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 93 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.733 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.015 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2612 days ago · 92 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.6119 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2612 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.224 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2614 days ago · 172 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.246 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2614 days ago · 54 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.5Alaska Peninsula · 2616 days ago · 66 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.172 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2617 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.975 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2617 days ago · 38 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.479 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2618 days ago · 16 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.066 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2618 days ago · 17 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.667 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2619 days ago · 24 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.840 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2620 days ago · 45 km deep · 75 km away
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