Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 74 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 74 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska on Sun, Oct 6, 2019, 10:10 AM AKDT (18:10 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 127 km SE of Perryville, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-10-06 18:10:50 UTC
Depth
18.2 km (11.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.148° N, 159.371° 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: 34 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.872 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2550 days ago · 27 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 1.873 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2549 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 1.987 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2548 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 3.336 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 48 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 2.655 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 2.120 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2540 days ago · 56 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 2.455 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2539 days ago · 17 km deep · 31 km away
  8. 2.131 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2536 days ago · 17 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 2.174 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2534 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
  10. 2.278 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2534 days ago · 16 km deep · 32 km away
  11. 2.945 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2532 days ago · 28 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 2.779 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2532 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 1.946 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2526 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 2.235 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2525 days ago · 48 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 1.933 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2523 days ago · 79 km deep · 61 km away
  16. 2.066 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2522 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
  17. 1.826 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2519 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  18. 5.0127 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2518 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 4
  19. 2.2106 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2518 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  20. 2.1122 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2518 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  21. 1.959 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2514 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  22. 2.452 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 2514 days ago · 41 km deep · 93 km away
  23. 2.062 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2513 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  24. 2.5133 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2513 days ago · 19 km deep · 65 km away
  25. 2.565 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2512 days ago · 27 km deep · 26 km away
  26. 2.625 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2511 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
  27. 3.859 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2510 days ago · 16 km deep · 50 km away
  28. 2.052 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2510 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
  29. 2.265 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2507 days ago · 11 km deep · 19 km away
  30. 3.344 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2505 days ago · 54 km deep · 31 km away
  31. 3.974 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 2501 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  32. 2.543 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 68 km deep · 41 km away
  33. 2.554 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 47 km deep · 49 km away
  34. 1.954 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 30 km deep · 53 km away

Before

  1. 2.139 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  2. 2.168 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2554 days ago · 38 km deep · 39 km away
  3. 2.2128 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2557 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 3.061 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2558 days ago · 23 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 1.929 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2559 days ago · 53 km deep · 45 km away
  6. 1.820 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2561 days ago · 66 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 3.9127 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2566 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 1.851 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2569 days ago · 16 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 3.149 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2569 days ago · 29 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 1.761 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2572 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 2.134 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2573 days ago · 18 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 1.867 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 24 km deep · 15 km away
  13. 2.729 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 58 km deep · 55 km away

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