Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake Alaska Peninsula

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck in the Alaska Peninsula on Tue, Oct 13, 2020, 7:04 PM AKDT (03:04 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 40 km S of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-10-14 03:04:19 UTC
Depth
15.9 km (9.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.509° N, 161.586° 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: 169 in the 60 days after this one and 121 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.866 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 18 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 1.945 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 58 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 1.990 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
  4. 1.871 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 21 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 1.747 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 63 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 1.781 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 20 km deep · 27 km away
  7. 2.663 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 2.184 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
  9. 1.991 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 3.185 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 21 km deep · 26 km away
  11. 2.598 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  12. 1.848 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 31 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 2.7118 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  14. 4.280 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 3.498 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 4.2114 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  17. 3.1102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 2.9113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 3.653 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 41 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 2.6106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  21. 3.697 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  22. 4.2117 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2168 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
  23. 2.7Alaska Peninsula · 2168 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
  24. 3.197 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2168 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  25. 2.896 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  26. 3.231 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 82 km deep · 88 km away
  27. 3.399 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  28. 2.081 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 18 km deep · 54 km away
  29. 3.753 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 31 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  30. 3.194 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
  31. 4.640 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 49 km deep · 91 km away
  32. 2.176 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 25 km deep · 27 km away
  33. 1.977 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2163 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
  34. 2.852 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2163 days ago · 29 km deep · 92 km away
  35. 1.950 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2163 days ago · 32 km deep · 95 km away
  36. 2.8109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2163 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  37. 3.288 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2163 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  38. 1.5108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 21 km deep · 97 km away
  39. 1.584 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  40. 1.856 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
  41. 2.892 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 22 km deep · 29 km away
  42. 2.5109 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 29 km deep · 32 km away
  43. 2.688 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  44. 1.680 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2161 days ago · 14 km deep · 26 km away
  45. 2.927 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2161 days ago · 77 km deep · 59 km away
  46. 2.785 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2160 days ago · 27 km deep · 25 km away
  47. 2.183.8 km NW of King Cove, AK · 2160 days ago · 15 km deep · 7 km away
  48. 1.980 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2159 days ago · 19 km deep · 26 km away
  49. 2.057 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2159 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away
  50. 2.159 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2158 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  51. 2.954 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2158 days ago · 31 km deep · 91 km away
  52. 2.1108 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2158 days ago · 25 km deep · 32 km away
  53. 2.239 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2158 days ago · 112 km deep · 74 km away
  54. 2.278 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2158 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
  55. 4.442 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2158 days ago · 41 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  56. 3.055 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2157 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
  57. 3.084 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2157 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
  58. 1.859.3 km N of Sand Point, AK · 2157 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
  59. 2.3102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2157 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
  60. 1.783 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2157 days ago · 15 km deep · 6 km away

The first 60 of 169.

Before

  1. 1.562 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 18 km deep · 15 km away
  2. 1.688 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  3. 1.914 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 108 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 1.779 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 1.987 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
  6. 1.874 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 58 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 1.669 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 1.641 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 94 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 3.791 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  10. 3.7100 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 1.8107 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  12. 2.155 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 39 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 2.052 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 56 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 1.879 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 1.8108 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 2.679 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 29 km deep · 37 km away
  17. 1.637 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 83 km deep · 74 km away
  18. 1.660 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
  19. 2.754 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 24 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 2.253 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 22 km deep · 89 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak020d8cl5eq. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 9:41 PM UTC.