Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 56 km S of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 56 km S of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Aug 28, 2019, 7:22 PM AKDT (03:22 UTC), 36 km (23 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
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2019-08-29 03:22:38 UTC
Depth
36.4 km (22.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.829° N, 160.526° 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
1.5ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
1.5ML, 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
17

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 31 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.283 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 21 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 4.770 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 2.075 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 36 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 2.671 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 28 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 1.867 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 2.054 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 22 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 2.134 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 18 km deep · 36 km away
  8. 3.282 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 1.761 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2577 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
  10. 1.873 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2577 days ago · 27 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 2.158 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 2575 days ago · 65 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 3.149 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2575 days ago · 29 km deep · 11 km away
  13. 1.851 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2575 days ago · 16 km deep · 6 km away
  14. 2.381 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2572 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
  15. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 2571 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  16. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 2568 days ago · 79 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 1.820 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2566 days ago · 66 km deep · 61 km away
  18. 2.081 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2565 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 1.929 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2565 days ago · 53 km deep · 58 km away
  20. 3.9110 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2565 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  21. 3.061 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2563 days ago · 23 km deep · 7 km away
  22. 3.049 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2560 days ago · 27 km deep · 86 km away
  23. 2.139 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2558 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  24. 1.882 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2557 days ago · 28 km deep · 50 km away
  25. 2.181 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2557 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
  26. 2.167 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2556 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  27. 1.974 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2555 days ago · 18 km deep · 82 km away
  28. 1.872 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2555 days ago · 27 km deep · 16 km away
  29. 1.579 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2555 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  30. 1.996 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2555 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
  31. 1.873 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2554 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  32. 1.987 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2554 days ago · 25 km deep · 49 km away
  33. 3.336 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 48 km deep · 21 km away
  34. 1.856 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 71 km deep · 70 km away
  35. 2.560 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 73 km deep · 69 km away
  36. 2.760 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2549 days ago · 106 km deep · 98 km away
  37. 3.0103 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2549 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  38. 2.187 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2549 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
  39. 1.780 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2549 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
  40. 1.891 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2548 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  41. 1.876 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 16 km deep · 55 km away
  42. 2.075 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  43. 2.120 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 56 km deep · 74 km away
  44. 2.455 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 17 km deep · 84 km away
  45. 1.757 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2543 days ago · 53 km deep · 62 km away
  46. 1.837 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2541 days ago · 106 km deep · 98 km away
  47. 2.131 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2541 days ago · 17 km deep · 69 km away
  48. 1.885 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2540 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
  49. 1.852 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2540 days ago · 46 km deep · 77 km away
  50. 1.764 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2540 days ago · 55 km deep · 57 km away
  51. 2.174 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2539 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  52. 2.038 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2539 days ago · 116 km deep · 93 km away
  53. 2.278 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2539 days ago · 16 km deep · 62 km away
  54. 2.779 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2537 days ago · 20 km deep · 32 km away
  55. 4.3102 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2535 days ago · 30 km deep · 47 km away

Before

  1. 2.675 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
  2. 1.881 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 1.738 km N of Sand Point, Alaska · 2599 days ago · 124 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 1.6105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2599 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 1.843 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 63 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 2602 days ago · 16 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 1.874 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
  8. 2.234 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 68 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 4.394 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 43 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
  10. 1.588 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 2.066 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 1.621 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 56 km deep · 54 km away
  13. 2.045 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 62 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 2.874 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 21 km deep · 18 km away
  15. 2.079 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 2.755 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 76 km deep · 66 km away
  17. 2.835 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2613 days ago · 16 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 1.875 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2613 days ago · 38 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 2.240 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 2614 days ago · 106 km deep · 79 km away
  20. 2.577 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2615 days ago · 24 km deep · 29 km away

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