Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 69 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 69 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska on Sat, Apr 25, 2020, 7:36 AM AKDT (15:36 UTC), 20 km (12 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
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-04-25 15:36:33 UTC
Depth
20.1 km (12.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.126° N, 159.470° 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
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 55 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.721 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 76 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 2.343 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 49 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 1.8118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 2.858 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2349 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 1.650 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2348 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  6. 1.655 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2347 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 1.963 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2346 days ago · 12 km deep · 20 km away
  8. 1.719 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2345 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 1.716 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2345 days ago · 72 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 2.951 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2345 days ago · 63 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 2.660 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2344 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 1.959 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2343 days ago · 36 km deep · 34 km away
  13. 1.772 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2343 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away
  14. 1.663 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2342 days ago · 28 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 2.339 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2341 days ago · 61 km deep · 70 km away
  16. 2.075 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2340 days ago · 42 km deep · 15 km away
  17. 2.581 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 1.616 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 2.268 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2337 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
  20. 2.043 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2333 days ago · 41 km deep · 64 km away
  21. 1.662 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2333 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  22. 1.946 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2333 days ago · 86 km deep · 85 km away
  23. 1.719 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2332 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
  24. 2.699 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2332 days ago · 25 km deep · 66 km away
  25. 1.955 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 28 km deep · 39 km away
  26. 1.721 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 55 km deep · 65 km away
  27. 1.950 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 25 km deep · 26 km away
  28. 1.859 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
  29. 1.769 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  30. 1.665 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 24 km deep · 58 km away
  31. 1.929 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 81 km deep · 68 km away
  32. 1.753 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2327 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
  33. 1.964 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2322 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
  34. 2.051 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2320 days ago · 91 km deep · 91 km away
  35. 2.138 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2320 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  36. 1.859 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2318 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
  37. 1.510 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2318 days ago · 83 km deep · 86 km away
  38. 3.896 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2318 days ago · 30 km deep · 85 km away
  39. 1.693 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 18 km deep · 83 km away
  40. 2.766 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  41. 2.836 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 52 km deep · 61 km away
  42. 2.263 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 17 km deep · 62 km away
  43. 1.995 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 19 km deep · 85 km away
  44. 3.133 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 62 km deep · 82 km away
  45. 1.951 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2312 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
  46. 3.230 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2310 days ago · 49 km deep · 57 km away
  47. 1.664 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2309 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  48. 1.815 km SE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2309 days ago · 68 km deep · 74 km away
  49. 1.861 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2308 days ago · 19 km deep · 68 km away
  50. 1.816 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2305 days ago · 78 km deep · 86 km away
  51. 2.138 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2305 days ago · 84 km deep · 76 km away
  52. 3.671 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2303 days ago · 35 km deep · 4 km away
  53. 1.754 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2302 days ago · 21 km deep · 40 km away
  54. 3.6132 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2294 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
  55. 2.667 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2292 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away

Before

  1. 1.657 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 15 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 1.767 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2353 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 1.940 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2354 days ago · 76 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 1.660 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2355 days ago · 27 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 2.5104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2355 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 1.631 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2357 days ago · 55 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 1.765 km SSE of Sand Point, AK · 2357 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
  8. 2.259 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2359 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  9. 1.880 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2359 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 3.778 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 17 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
  11. 2.979 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2362 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 2.2140 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2366 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 1.926 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 2366 days ago · 57 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 1.859 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2366 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
  15. 2.267 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2368 days ago · 16 km deep · 11 km away
  16. 2.975 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2372 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
  17. 1.956 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2373 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  18. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 2373 days ago · 17 km deep · 20 km away
  19. 2.3125 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2373 days ago · 38 km deep · 73 km away
  20. 1.839 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2374 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away

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