Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 62 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 62 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Mon, Mar 2, 2020, 12:55 AM AKST (09:55 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 26 km S of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-03-02 09:55:42 UTC
Depth
18.2 km (11.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.791° N, 160.699° 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
15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 83 in the 60 days after this one and 37 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.773 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2404 days ago · 34 km deep · 37 km away
  2. 2.5103 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2404 days ago · 12 km deep · 42 km away
  3. 3.180 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  4. 2.074 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2401 days ago · 17 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 2.642 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2401 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 2.862 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2399 days ago · 24 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 1.884 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2399 days ago · 19 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 1.618 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 2398 days ago · 64 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 1.889 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2398 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 2.590 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  11. 2.084 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
  12. 1.736 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 22 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 1.915 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2394 days ago · 57 km deep · 66 km away
  14. 1.670 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2394 days ago · 23 km deep · 51 km away
  15. 1.911 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2392 days ago · 91 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 2.869 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2391 days ago · 72 km deep · 27 km away
  17. 1.759 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 64 km deep · 61 km away
  18. 1.723 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 81 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 1.790 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
  20. 2.6103 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2386 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  21. 3.131 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 61 km deep · 81 km away
  22. 1.999 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2384 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  23. 2.997 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2384 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
  24. 1.763 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2384 days ago · 88 km deep · 88 km away
  25. 1.566 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2383 days ago · 24 km deep · 54 km away
  26. 2.1140 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2383 days ago · 29 km deep · 90 km away
  27. 1.975 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2382 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
  28. 1.763 km SSE of King Cove, AK · 2381 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  29. 1.863 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2380 days ago · 23 km deep · 29 km away
  30. 1.879 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2378 days ago · 21 km deep · 62 km away
  31. 2.939 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2378 days ago · 102 km deep · 83 km away
  32. 2.392 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2376 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away
  33. 2.4116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2376 days ago · 23 km deep · 77 km away
  34. 3.426 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2375 days ago · 50 km deep · 37 km away
  35. 2.058 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2375 days ago · 19 km deep · 26 km away
  36. 1.843 km NW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2374 days ago · 94 km deep · 95 km away
  37. 1.839 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2373 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  38. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 2373 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
  39. 1.956 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2372 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
  40. 2.975 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2372 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  41. 1.978 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2369 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  42. 1.662 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2369 days ago · 18 km deep · 72 km away
  43. 3.285 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2369 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  44. 1.879 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2368 days ago · 0 km deep · 72 km away
  45. 2.267 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2368 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
  46. 2.8104 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2367 days ago · 14 km deep · 42 km away
  47. 1.859 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2366 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
  48. 1.549 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2366 days ago · 83 km deep · 59 km away
  49. 2.598 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2365 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  50. 2.184 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2364 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  51. 2.0107 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2362 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  52. 2.5116 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2362 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
  53. 1.8117 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2362 days ago · 58 km deep · 66 km away
  54. 1.979 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2360 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  55. 1.880 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2359 days ago · 14 km deep · 20 km away
  56. 2.259 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2358 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  57. 1.765 km SSE of Sand Point, AK · 2357 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
  58. 1.631 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2356 days ago · 55 km deep · 38 km away
  59. 2.5104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2355 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away
  60. 2.682 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2355 days ago · 30 km deep · 31 km away

The first 60 of 83.

Before

  1. 2.243 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2406 days ago · 66 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 2.479 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2406 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 1.556 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2408 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away
  4. 1.685 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2409 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 2.285 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 3.832 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2411 days ago · 111 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 2.189 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2411 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 1.957 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2412 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 1.762 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2412 days ago · 145 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 2.193 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2415 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
  11. 2.238 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2415 days ago · 56 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 1.669 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2416 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away
  13. 1.959 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2416 days ago · 58 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 2.765 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2416 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
  15. 2.069 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2417 days ago · 15 km deep · 50 km away
  16. 1.970 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2418 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  17. 1.989 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2419 days ago · 12 km deep · 29 km away
  18. 1.991 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2419 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  19. 2.043 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2421 days ago · 52 km deep · 20 km away
  20. 2.158 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2422 days ago · 60 km deep · 13 km away

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