Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 61 km S of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 61 km S of Sand Point, Alaska on Sat, Sep 14, 2019, 4:49 PM AKDT (00:49 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 102 km S of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-09-15 00:49:56 UTC
Depth
13.2 km (8.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.796° N, 160.668° 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
15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 58 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.873 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2572 days ago · 27 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 2.158 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 2571 days ago · 65 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 3.149 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2570 days ago · 29 km deep · 21 km away
  4. 1.851 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2570 days ago · 16 km deep · 15 km away
  5. 2.381 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
  6. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 2566 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 2563 days ago · 79 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 1.820 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2561 days ago · 66 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 2.081 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2561 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 1.929 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2560 days ago · 53 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 3.9110 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2560 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 3.061 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2559 days ago · 23 km deep · 5 km away
  13. 3.049 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2555 days ago · 27 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 2.139 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2554 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 1.882 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 28 km deep · 40 km away
  16. 2.181 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away
  17. 2.167 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 1.974 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 1.872 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 27 km deep · 13 km away
  20. 1.579 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2550 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
  21. 1.996 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2550 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  22. 1.873 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2550 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  23. 1.987 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2549 days ago · 25 km deep · 56 km away
  24. 3.336 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 48 km deep · 25 km away
  25. 1.856 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 71 km deep · 61 km away
  26. 2.560 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 73 km deep · 60 km away
  27. 2.760 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2545 days ago · 106 km deep · 95 km away
  28. 3.0103 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2545 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  29. 2.187 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  30. 1.780 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
  31. 1.891 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
  32. 1.876 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2543 days ago · 16 km deep · 45 km away
  33. 2.075 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2543 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
  34. 2.120 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2541 days ago · 56 km deep · 80 km away
  35. 2.455 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2540 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
  36. 1.757 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2538 days ago · 53 km deep · 53 km away
  37. 1.837 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2537 days ago · 106 km deep · 93 km away
  38. 2.131 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2537 days ago · 17 km deep · 77 km away
  39. 1.885 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2536 days ago · 15 km deep · 67 km away
  40. 1.852 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2536 days ago · 46 km deep · 68 km away
  41. 1.764 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2536 days ago · 55 km deep · 48 km away
  42. 2.174 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2535 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
  43. 2.038 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2535 days ago · 116 km deep · 96 km away
  44. 2.278 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2534 days ago · 16 km deep · 71 km away
  45. 2.779 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2533 days ago · 20 km deep · 38 km away
  46. 4.3102 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2530 days ago · 30 km deep · 42 km away
  47. 2.590 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2527 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  48. 2.235 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2526 days ago · 48 km deep · 26 km away
  49. 1.953 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2525 days ago · 49 km deep · 29 km away
  50. 1.7100 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2524 days ago · 17 km deep · 42 km away
  51. 1.642 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2524 days ago · 65 km deep · 68 km away
  52. 2.066 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2523 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  53. 2.151 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2523 days ago · 59 km deep · 61 km away
  54. 1.826 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2520 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  55. 1.959 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2515 days ago · 26 km deep · 3 km away
  56. 2.062 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2514 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  57. 2.884 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2514 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
  58. 2.565 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2513 days ago · 27 km deep · 67 km away

Before

  1. 3.282 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2574 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 2.134 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2574 days ago · 18 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 2.054 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 22 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 1.867 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 24 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 2.671 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 28 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 2.075 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 36 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 4.770 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 3.283 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2588 days ago · 21 km deep · 32 km away
  9. 1.556 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 36 km deep · 10 km away
  10. 2.675 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
  11. 1.881 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 26 km deep · 22 km away
  12. 1.738 km N of Sand Point, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 124 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 1.6105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 1.843 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 63 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 2597 days ago · 16 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 1.874 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2600 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
  17. 2.234 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2600 days ago · 68 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 4.394 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 43 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
  19. 2.835 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 71 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 2.039 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2602 days ago · 87 km deep · 99 km away

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