Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 65 km SSE of Sand Point, AK

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 65 km SSE of Sand Point, AK on Sat, Apr 18, 2020, 12:35 PM AKDT (20:35 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 117 km SE 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
2020-04-18 20:35:33 UTC
Depth
26.1 km (16.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.797° N, 160.096° 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
12

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 77 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.631 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2356 days ago · 55 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 2.5104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2355 days ago · 20 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 2.682 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2355 days ago · 30 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 1.660 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2355 days ago · 27 km deep · 30 km away
  5. 1.767 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2353 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 1.679 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2352 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 1.667 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2352 days ago · 21 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 1.657 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 15 km deep · 17 km away
  9. 1.869 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
  10. 2.343 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2349 days ago · 49 km deep · 61 km away
  11. 1.8118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2349 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 2.858 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2348 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
  13. 1.8122 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2348 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 1.650 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2347 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 1.655 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2346 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
  16. 1.963 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2346 days ago · 12 km deep · 34 km away
  17. 2.972 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2346 days ago · 30 km deep · 79 km away
  18. 2.7102 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2346 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  19. 2.951 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2344 days ago · 63 km deep · 70 km away
  20. 2.691 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2344 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  21. 2.660 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2343 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
  22. 1.959 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2343 days ago · 36 km deep · 87 km away
  23. 1.772 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2342 days ago · 11 km deep · 35 km away
  24. 1.663 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2341 days ago · 28 km deep · 29 km away
  25. 1.788 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2341 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  26. 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 2341 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  27. 2.075 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2339 days ago · 42 km deep · 69 km away
  28. 2.581 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
  29. 1.616 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  30. 2.268 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2337 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away
  31. 1.662 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2332 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
  32. 1.955 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 28 km deep · 17 km away
  33. 1.721 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 55 km deep · 46 km away
  34. 1.950 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 25 km deep · 33 km away
  35. 1.859 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
  36. 1.769 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
  37. 1.665 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 24 km deep · 4 km away
  38. 3.491 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  39. 1.983 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
  40. 1.989 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  41. 1.891 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  42. 1.988 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2327 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
  43. 1.753 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2326 days ago · 26 km deep · 12 km away
  44. 3.069 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2324 days ago · 30 km deep · 89 km away
  45. 1.966 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2324 days ago · 21 km deep · 87 km away
  46. 2.298 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2323 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  47. 4.068 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2323 days ago · 45 km deep · 89 km away
  48. 3.063 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2323 days ago · 50 km deep · 68 km away
  49. 2.688 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2322 days ago · 27 km deep · 75 km away
  50. 1.964 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2322 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
  51. 1.980 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2320 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  52. 2.138 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2320 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  53. 2.862 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2319 days ago · 69 km deep · 84 km away
  54. 1.648 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2318 days ago · 54 km deep · 68 km away
  55. 1.661 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2318 days ago · 73 km deep · 91 km away
  56. 1.859 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2318 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
  57. 3.896 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 30 km deep · 35 km away
  58. 3.163 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  59. 1.693 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 18 km deep · 32 km away
  60. 1.855 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 85 km deep · 90 km away

The first 60 of 77.

Before

  1. 2.259 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2358 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 1.880 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2359 days ago · 14 km deep · 39 km away
  3. 1.8117 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2362 days ago · 58 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 2.5116 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2362 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 2.0107 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2362 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 2.184 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2363 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 2.2140 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2365 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 1.549 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2366 days ago · 83 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 1.859 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2366 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
  10. 2.8104 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2367 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 2.267 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2368 days ago · 16 km deep · 63 km away
  12. 3.285 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2369 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 2.975 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2372 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
  14. 1.956 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2372 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
  15. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 2373 days ago · 17 km deep · 70 km away
  16. 2.3125 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2373 days ago · 38 km deep · 66 km away
  17. 1.839 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2373 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  18. 2.058 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2375 days ago · 19 km deep · 13 km away
  19. 3.426 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2375 days ago · 50 km deep · 41 km away
  20. 2.4116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2375 days ago · 23 km deep · 51 km away

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