Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 85 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 85 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Jan 21, 2020, 6:06 PM AKST (03:06 UTC), 43 km (27 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 south of Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-01-22 03:06:27 UTC
Depth
42.9 km (26.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.100° N, 159.227° 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
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.834 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 51 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 2.183 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 2.056 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 19 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 2.164 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 2.470 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  6. 2.17 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 74 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 2.311 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 2.054 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 38 km deep · 31 km away
  9. 2.359 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 2.01 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 63 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 2.036 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 14 km deep · 54 km away
  12. 2.633 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 63 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 1.759 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 3.1south of Alaska · 2423 days ago · 23 km deep · 28 km away
  15. 2.043 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2422 days ago · 52 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 3.1171 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2417 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 2.536 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2412 days ago · 55 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 1.556 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2409 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
  19. 2.243 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 66 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 2.074 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 17 km deep · 30 km away
  21. 2.642 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2401 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
  22. 2.862 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2400 days ago · 24 km deep · 51 km away
  23. 1.915 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 57 km deep · 70 km away
  24. 2.214 km WNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2389 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  25. 1.790 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
  26. 2.6110 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2386 days ago · 18 km deep · 38 km away
  27. 3.131 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2386 days ago · 61 km deep · 61 km away

Before

  1. 2.5113 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 2.959 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 29 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 2.963 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 24 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 2.453 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  5. 2.241 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 54 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 2.233 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 50 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 1.728 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 2.084 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 24 km deep · 5 km away
  9. 3.094 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 28 km deep · 38 km away
  10. 2.028 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 4.038 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 90 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 2.387 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 16 km deep · 44 km away
  13. 2.087 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 28 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 1.969 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
  15. 2.398 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
  16. 2.7119 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 3.186 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 24 km deep · 52 km away
  18. 2.6108 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 16 km deep · 55 km away
  19. 2.379 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  20. 2.371 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2468 days ago · 25 km deep · 23 km away

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