Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 56 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 56 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Thu, Apr 2, 2020, 8:56 PM AKDT (04:56 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 68 km SE of King Cove, 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
2020-04-03 04:56:10 UTC
Depth
25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.839° N, 160.314° 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
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 98 in the 60 days after this one and 36 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.975 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2373 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 1.978 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2370 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 1.662 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2370 days ago · 18 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 3.285 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2370 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 1.879 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2369 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 2.267 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2369 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 2.8104 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2368 days ago · 14 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 1.859 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2367 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 1.549 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2367 days ago · 83 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 2.2140 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2367 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 2.598 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2366 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 2.184 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2365 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  13. 2.0107 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2363 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 2.5116 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2363 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  15. 1.8117 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2363 days ago · 58 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 1.880 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2360 days ago · 14 km deep · 31 km away
  17. 2.259 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2359 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  18. 1.765 km SSE of Sand Point, AK · 2358 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
  19. 1.631 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2357 days ago · 55 km deep · 45 km away
  20. 2.5104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2356 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
  21. 2.682 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2356 days ago · 30 km deep · 56 km away
  22. 1.660 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2356 days ago · 27 km deep · 17 km away
  23. 1.886 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2355 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  24. 1.767 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2354 days ago · 25 km deep · 19 km away
  25. 1.679 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2353 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  26. 1.667 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2353 days ago · 21 km deep · 76 km away
  27. 1.657 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2351 days ago · 15 km deep · 2 km away
  28. 1.869 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2351 days ago · 20 km deep · 63 km away
  29. 2.343 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 49 km deep · 46 km away
  30. 1.8118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
  31. 2.858 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
  32. 1.8122 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
  33. 1.650 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2349 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  34. 1.655 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2347 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
  35. 1.963 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2347 days ago · 12 km deep · 43 km away
  36. 2.972 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2347 days ago · 30 km deep · 66 km away
  37. 2.7102 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2347 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  38. 1.869 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2347 days ago · 18 km deep · 94 km away
  39. 2.951 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2346 days ago · 63 km deep · 72 km away
  40. 2.691 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2346 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  41. 2.660 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2345 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
  42. 1.959 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2344 days ago · 36 km deep · 94 km away
  43. 1.772 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2344 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away
  44. 1.663 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2343 days ago · 28 km deep · 17 km away
  45. 1.788 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2342 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
  46. 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 2342 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
  47. 2.075 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2340 days ago · 42 km deep · 77 km away
  48. 1.555 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2340 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
  49. 2.581 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2339 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
  50. 1.616 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2339 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  51. 2.268 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 25 km deep · 19 km away
  52. 1.992 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  53. 1.887 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2336 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  54. 1.776 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2335 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  55. 1.662 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2333 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
  56. 1.955 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2332 days ago · 28 km deep · 24 km away
  57. 1.960 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2332 days ago · 29 km deep · 90 km away
  58. 1.721 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 55 km deep · 36 km away
  59. 1.950 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 25 km deep · 38 km away
  60. 1.859 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away

The first 60 of 98.

Before

  1. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 2374 days ago · 17 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 2.3125 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2374 days ago · 38 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 1.839 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2374 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 1.843 km NW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2375 days ago · 94 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 2.058 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2376 days ago · 19 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 3.426 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2376 days ago · 50 km deep · 31 km away
  7. 2.4116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2377 days ago · 23 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 2.392 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2377 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
  9. 2.939 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2379 days ago · 102 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 1.879 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2380 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 1.863 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2381 days ago · 23 km deep · 7 km away
  12. 1.763 km SSE of King Cove, AK · 2382 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 1.647 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2382 days ago · 52 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 1.975 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2383 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 1.539 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2383 days ago · 73 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 2.1140 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2384 days ago · 29 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 1.566 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 24 km deep · 79 km away
  18. 2.997 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 22 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 1.999 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 3.131 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2386 days ago · 61 km deep · 66 km away

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