Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 81 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 81 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Mon, Feb 10, 2020, 12:15 AM AKST (09:15 UTC), 27 km (17 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 32 km NE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-02-10 09:15:11 UTC
Depth
27.2 km (16.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.680° N, 161.046° 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
13

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 68 in the 60 days after this one and 42 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.759 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 17 km deep · 27 km away
  2. 2.158 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2423 days ago · 60 km deep · 22 km away
  3. 2.043 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2422 days ago · 52 km deep · 38 km away
  4. 1.991 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2420 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 1.989 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2420 days ago · 12 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 1.970 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2418 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
  7. 2.069 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2418 days ago · 15 km deep · 26 km away
  8. 2.765 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2417 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 1.959 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2417 days ago · 58 km deep · 37 km away
  10. 1.669 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2417 days ago · 25 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 2.238 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2416 days ago · 56 km deep · 67 km away
  12. 2.193 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2416 days ago · 26 km deep · 12 km away
  13. 2.564 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2416 days ago · 64 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 1.762 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2413 days ago · 145 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 1.957 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2413 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 2.189 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2412 days ago · 12 km deep · 43 km away
  17. 3.832 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2412 days ago · 111 km deep · 90 km away
  18. 2.285 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2411 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  19. 1.958 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 45 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 1.685 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away
  21. 1.556 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2409 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
  22. 2.479 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
  23. 2.243 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 66 km deep · 40 km away
  24. 1.962 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2405 days ago · 18 km deep · 25 km away
  25. 1.773 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2405 days ago · 34 km deep · 19 km away
  26. 2.5103 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2405 days ago · 12 km deep · 30 km away
  27. 3.180 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2403 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  28. 2.074 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
  29. 2.642 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
  30. 2.862 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2400 days ago · 24 km deep · 75 km away
  31. 1.884 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2400 days ago · 19 km deep · 50 km away
  32. 1.618 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 2399 days ago · 64 km deep · 73 km away
  33. 1.889 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2399 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  34. 2.174 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2398 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
  35. 2.590 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  36. 2.084 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
  37. 1.966 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 23 km deep · 100 km away
  38. 1.736 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 22 km deep · 56 km away
  39. 1.915 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 57 km deep · 88 km away
  40. 1.670 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 23 km deep · 27 km away
  41. 1.911 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 91 km deep · 82 km away
  42. 2.869 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2392 days ago · 72 km deep · 17 km away
  43. 1.759 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2389 days ago · 64 km deep · 38 km away
  44. 1.723 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2389 days ago · 81 km deep · 74 km away
  45. 1.790 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2389 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
  46. 2.6103 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2387 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  47. 1.999 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  48. 1.763 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 88 km deep · 88 km away
  49. 1.566 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2384 days ago · 24 km deep · 30 km away
  50. 2.1140 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2384 days ago · 29 km deep · 96 km away
  51. 1.975 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2383 days ago · 25 km deep · 28 km away
  52. 1.763 km SSE of King Cove, AK · 2381 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
  53. 1.863 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2381 days ago · 23 km deep · 53 km away
  54. 1.879 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2379 days ago · 21 km deep · 37 km away
  55. 2.939 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2379 days ago · 102 km deep · 92 km away
  56. 2.392 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2377 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
  57. 2.4116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2376 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away
  58. 3.426 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2376 days ago · 50 km deep · 59 km away
  59. 2.058 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2376 days ago · 19 km deep · 51 km away
  60. 2.137 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2374 days ago · 157 km deep · 98 km away

The first 60 of 68.

Before

  1. 1.568 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
  2. 2.633 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 63 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 2.1102 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  4. 2.01 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 63 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 3.359 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 73 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 2.359 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 2.054 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 38 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 4.291 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 34 km deep · 33 km away
  9. 2.17 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 74 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 2.062 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 3.099 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 17 km deep · 39 km away
  12. 2.470 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 2.185 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 18 km deep · 26 km away
  14. 2.164 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
  15. 2.056 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 19 km deep · 70 km away
  16. 2.382 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
  17. 2.791 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  18. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 2436 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away
  19. 2.152 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 60 km deep · 42 km away
  20. 2.783 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 22 km deep · 36 km away

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