Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 37 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 37 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska on Fri, Dec 13, 2019, 12:36 PM AKST (21:36 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 87 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-12-13 21:36:12 UTC
Depth
6.7 km (4.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.076° N, 160.134° 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
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 67 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.684 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 2.2100 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 2.489 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 28 km deep · 56 km away
  4. 2.076 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 2.058 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 2.974 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 3.1119 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 2.459 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 19 km deep · 23 km away
  9. 2.767 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 65 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 2.289 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 2.661 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 52 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 3.0south of Alaska · 2473 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 4.187 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 3
  14. 2.371 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 25 km deep · 39 km away
  15. 2.379 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  16. 2.190 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 2.6108 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 16 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 3.493 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 14 km deep · 78 km away
  19. 1.868 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 23 km deep · 65 km away
  20. 3.186 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 24 km deep · 49 km away
  21. 2.398 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
  22. 2.6106 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
  23. 2.8100 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 22 km deep · 75 km away
  24. 1.969 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
  25. 2.087 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 28 km deep · 50 km away
  26. 2.387 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 16 km deep · 50 km away
  27. 4.038 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 90 km deep · 60 km away
  28. 2.028 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  29. 3.094 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 28 km deep · 58 km away
  30. 2.051 km E of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 18 km deep · 97 km away
  31. 1.722 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 78 km deep · 57 km away
  32. 1.777 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 30 km deep · 91 km away
  33. 2.084 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 24 km deep · 56 km away
  34. 1.728 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
  35. 2.687 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 27 km deep · 88 km away
  36. 2.191 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
  37. 1.862 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 57 km deep · 86 km away
  38. 2.233 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 50 km deep · 99 km away
  39. 2.241 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 54 km deep · 87 km away
  40. 2.453 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  41. 2.963 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 24 km deep · 43 km away
  42. 2.959 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 29 km deep · 31 km away
  43. 1.654 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 47 km deep · 100 km away
  44. 2.085 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 43 km deep · 58 km away
  45. 1.858 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 92 km deep · 84 km away
  46. 1.834 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 51 km deep · 10 km away
  47. 2.183 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  48. 1.857 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 37 km deep · 54 km away
  49. 1.852 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 60 km deep · 90 km away
  50. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 2439 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  51. 2.152 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 60 km deep · 91 km away
  52. 2.382 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  53. 2.056 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 19 km deep · 20 km away
  54. 2.164 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
  55. 2.185 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
  56. 2.470 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  57. 2.17 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 74 km deep · 44 km away
  58. 2.311 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
  59. 2.054 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 38 km deep · 28 km away
  60. 2.359 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 18 km deep · 23 km away

The first 60 of 67.

Before

  1. 2.633 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 52 km deep · 21 km away
  2. 1.948 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 61 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 2.083 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 1.942 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 46 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 2.574 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 23 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 2.212 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 61 km deep · 25 km away
  7. 2.1114 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 2.076 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 1.878 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 22 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 1.954 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 30 km deep · 19 km away
  11. 2.771 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 73 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 2.554 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 47 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 2.543 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2498 days ago · 68 km deep · 42 km away
  14. 2.893 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2500 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 2.985 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2500 days ago · 19 km deep · 68 km away
  16. 3.344 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2506 days ago · 54 km deep · 20 km away
  17. 2.265 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2507 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
  18. 1.681 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2509 days ago · 48 km deep · 76 km away
  19. 2.052 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2510 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
  20. 3.859 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2510 days ago · 16 km deep · 23 km away

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