M1.8 earthquake 81 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 81 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Aug 27, 2019, 12:20 AM AKDT (08:20 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 110 km SE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-08-27 08:20:29 UTC
- Depth
- 25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.639° N, 160.873° 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
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 51 in the 60 days after this one and 27 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.675 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.87 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 90 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.556 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 36 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.283 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 21 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.075 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 36 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.867 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.054 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 22 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.134 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2573 days ago · 18 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.282 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2573 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.761 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2572 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.873 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2572 days ago · 27 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.158 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 2570 days ago · 65 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.149 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2569 days ago · 29 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.851 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2569 days ago · 16 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.381 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 13 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 2565 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 2562 days ago · 79 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.820 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2561 days ago · 66 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.081 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2560 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.929 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2559 days ago · 53 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.9110 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2559 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.061 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2558 days ago · 23 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.049 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2554 days ago · 27 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.139 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.882 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 28 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.181 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.167 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.872 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2550 days ago · 27 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.579 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2550 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.996 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2550 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.873 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2549 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.987 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2548 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.336 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 48 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.856 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 71 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.560 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 73 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.0103 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.187 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2543 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.780 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2543 days ago · 11 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.184 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2543 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.891 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2543 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.876 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2542 days ago · 16 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.075 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2542 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.757 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2537 days ago · 53 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.837 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2536 days ago · 106 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.131 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2536 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.885 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2535 days ago · 15 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.852 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2535 days ago · 46 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.764 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2535 days ago · 55 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.174 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2534 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.278 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2534 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.779 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2532 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
Before
- 1.987 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.6105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 2596 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.874 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2599 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.234 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2600 days ago · 68 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.394 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2600 days ago · 43 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
- 2.835 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2600 days ago · 71 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.649 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.039 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 87 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.588 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2602 days ago · 15 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.066 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2602 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.621 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 56 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.874 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 21 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.079 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.755 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 76 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.877 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.240 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 106 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.577 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 24 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.879 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 30 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.733 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
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