Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 29 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 29 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska on Thu, Sep 26, 2019, 8:27 PM AKDT (04:27 UTC), 53 km (33 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 21 km SSE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-09-27 04:27:10 UTC
Depth
53.4 km (33.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.274° N, 160.052° 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
19

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 38 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.061 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2558 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 2.168 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 38 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 2.139 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  4. 2.181 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 1.974 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2550 days ago · 18 km deep · 45 km away
  6. 1.872 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2550 days ago · 27 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 1.873 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2549 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 1.987 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2548 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 3.336 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 48 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 2.760 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 106 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 2.120 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2540 days ago · 56 km deep · 28 km away
  12. 2.455 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2539 days ago · 17 km deep · 29 km away
  13. 2.131 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2536 days ago · 17 km deep · 11 km away
  14. 2.174 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2534 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
  15. 2.038 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2534 days ago · 116 km deep · 60 km away
  16. 2.278 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2533 days ago · 16 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 2.945 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2532 days ago · 28 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 2.779 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2532 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
  19. 1.946 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2526 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away
  20. 2.235 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2525 days ago · 48 km deep · 44 km away
  21. 1.953 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2524 days ago · 49 km deep · 71 km away
  22. 1.933 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2523 days ago · 79 km deep · 45 km away
  23. 2.066 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2522 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
  24. 1.826 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2519 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  25. 1.959 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2514 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
  26. 2.062 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2513 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  27. 2.565 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2512 days ago · 27 km deep · 40 km away
  28. 2.625 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2511 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away
  29. 3.859 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2510 days ago · 16 km deep · 44 km away
  30. 2.052 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2510 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
  31. 2.339 km E of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2509 days ago · 140 km deep · 83 km away
  32. 1.681 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2508 days ago · 48 km deep · 93 km away
  33. 2.265 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2507 days ago · 11 km deep · 38 km away
  34. 2.648 km E of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2506 days ago · 139 km deep · 81 km away
  35. 3.344 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2505 days ago · 54 km deep · 17 km away
  36. 4.021 km SSE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2503 days ago · 169 km deep · 89 km away
  37. 2.985 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2500 days ago · 19 km deep · 89 km away
  38. 2.893 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2500 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away

Before

  1. 1.820 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2560 days ago · 66 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 2.381 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 1.851 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2569 days ago · 16 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 3.149 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2569 days ago · 29 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 2.158 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 2570 days ago · 65 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 1.761 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2571 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 2.134 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2573 days ago · 18 km deep · 23 km away
  8. 1.867 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 24 km deep · 39 km away
  9. 2.729 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 58 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 2.671 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 28 km deep · 43 km away
  11. 2.075 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 36 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 4.770 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
  13. 3.283 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 2.374 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2588 days ago · 29 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 1.556 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2588 days ago · 36 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 2.675 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away

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