M1.8 earthquake 58 km W of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 58 km W of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Jan 22, 2020, 5:19 AM AKST (14:19 UTC), 92 km (57 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 91 km SE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-01-22 14:19:06 UTC
- Depth
- 92.0 km (57.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 55.282° N, 161.413° 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: 61 in the 60 days after this one and 39 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.834 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 51 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.857 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 37 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.852 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 60 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 2440 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.783 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 22 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.152 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 60 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.611 km SW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 112 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.382 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.056 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.246 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 175 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.164 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.185 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 18 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.062 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.17 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 74 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.291 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 34 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.359 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 73 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.01 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 63 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.1102 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.633 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 63 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.568 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.781 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 27 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.759 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 17 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.158 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2421 days ago · 60 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.043 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2421 days ago · 52 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.015 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2421 days ago · 110 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.989 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2419 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.970 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2417 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.069 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2416 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.765 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2416 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.959 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2416 days ago · 58 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.669 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2415 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.238 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2415 days ago · 56 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.193 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2414 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.952 km W of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2414 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.762 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2412 days ago · 145 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.957 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2411 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.189 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.832 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 111 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.685 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2408 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.556 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2408 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.479 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2406 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.243 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2406 days ago · 66 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.962 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2404 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.773 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2403 days ago · 34 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.227 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 2403 days ago · 151 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.180 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2401 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.642 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2400 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.884 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2399 days ago · 19 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.618 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 2398 days ago · 64 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.518 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 109 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.590 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.084 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.736 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2394 days ago · 22 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.915 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 57 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.670 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 23 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.911 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2391 days ago · 91 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.611 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2391 days ago · 183 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.869 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 72 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.759 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 64 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.723 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2387 days ago · 81 km deep · 64 km away
The first 60 of 61.
Before
- 1.654 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 47 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.786 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.483 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 48 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.678 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.959 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 29 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.963 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 24 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.055 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 152 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.859 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.862 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 57 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.191 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.687 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 27 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.728 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.777 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 30 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.180 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.722 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 78 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.890 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.031 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 88 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.051 km E of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 18 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.864 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 19 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.028 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
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