Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 59 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 59 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska on Thu, Apr 16, 2020, 8:51 PM AKDT (04:51 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 96 km S of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-04-17 04:51:08 UTC
Depth
9.5 km (5.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.081° N, 159.685° 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
19

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 28 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.765 km SSE of Sand Point, AK · 2357 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 1.631 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2357 days ago · 55 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 2.5104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2355 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 1.660 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2355 days ago · 27 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 1.940 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2354 days ago · 76 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 1.767 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2353 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 1.657 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 1.869 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 20 km deep · 15 km away
  9. 1.721 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 76 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 2.343 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 49 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 1.8118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 2.858 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2349 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 1.650 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2348 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  14. 1.655 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2347 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 1.963 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2347 days ago · 12 km deep · 10 km away
  16. 1.719 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2345 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 1.716 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2345 days ago · 72 km deep · 83 km away
  18. 2.951 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2345 days ago · 63 km deep · 33 km away
  19. 2.660 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2344 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  20. 1.959 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2343 days ago · 36 km deep · 46 km away
  21. 1.772 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2343 days ago · 11 km deep · 17 km away
  22. 1.663 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2342 days ago · 28 km deep · 65 km away
  23. 1.788 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2342 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  24. 2.339 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2341 days ago · 61 km deep · 82 km away
  25. 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 2341 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  26. 2.075 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2340 days ago · 42 km deep · 29 km away
  27. 2.581 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
  28. 1.616 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  29. 2.268 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2337 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away
  30. 2.043 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2333 days ago · 41 km deep · 76 km away
  31. 1.662 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2333 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
  32. 1.946 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2333 days ago · 86 km deep · 83 km away
  33. 1.719 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2333 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
  34. 2.699 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2332 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
  35. 1.955 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 28 km deep · 25 km away
  36. 1.721 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 55 km deep · 52 km away
  37. 1.950 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 25 km deep · 11 km away
  38. 1.859 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
  39. 1.769 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  40. 1.665 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 24 km deep · 45 km away
  41. 1.929 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 81 km deep · 70 km away
  42. 1.753 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2327 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
  43. 3.063 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2323 days ago · 50 km deep · 95 km away
  44. 1.964 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2322 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  45. 2.051 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2320 days ago · 91 km deep · 88 km away
  46. 2.138 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2320 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  47. 1.648 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2319 days ago · 54 km deep · 89 km away
  48. 1.859 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2318 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  49. 1.510 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2318 days ago · 83 km deep · 90 km away
  50. 3.896 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2318 days ago · 30 km deep · 74 km away
  51. 1.693 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 18 km deep · 72 km away
  52. 2.766 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  53. 2.836 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 52 km deep · 72 km away
  54. 2.263 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 17 km deep · 48 km away
  55. 1.995 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 19 km deep · 73 km away
  56. 3.133 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 62 km deep · 68 km away
  57. 3.140 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2312 days ago · 131 km deep · 100 km away
  58. 1.951 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2312 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
  59. 3.230 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2310 days ago · 49 km deep · 43 km away
  60. 1.664 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2309 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away

The first 60 of 68.

Before

  1. 1.880 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2359 days ago · 14 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 3.778 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  3. 2.979 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2362 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 2.184 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2364 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 2.2140 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2366 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 1.859 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2366 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
  7. 2.267 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2368 days ago · 16 km deep · 22 km away
  8. 2.975 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2372 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
  9. 1.956 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2373 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 2373 days ago · 17 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 2.3125 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2373 days ago · 38 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 1.839 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2374 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  13. 1.843 km NW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2374 days ago · 94 km deep · 100 km away
  14. 2.058 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2376 days ago · 19 km deep · 48 km away
  15. 3.426 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2376 days ago · 50 km deep · 50 km away
  16. 2.4116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2376 days ago · 23 km deep · 77 km away
  17. 2.392 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2376 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 2.939 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2378 days ago · 102 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 1.863 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2380 days ago · 23 km deep · 48 km away
  20. 2.016 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2381 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away

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