M1.7 earthquake 72 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 72 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska on Sat, May 2, 2020, 4:07 PM AKDT (00:07 UTC), 11 km (7 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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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-05-03 00:07:30 UTC
- Depth
- 11.0 km (6.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.939° N, 159.602° 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
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 48 in the 60 days after this one and 31 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.663 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2343 days ago · 28 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.788 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2343 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.339 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2342 days ago · 61 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 2342 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.075 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2341 days ago · 42 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.581 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2339 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.616 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2339 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.268 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.043 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2334 days ago · 41 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.662 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2334 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.946 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2333 days ago · 86 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.699 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2333 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.955 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2332 days ago · 28 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.721 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 55 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.950 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 25 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.859 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.769 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.665 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 24 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.929 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 81 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.753 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.063 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2324 days ago · 50 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.964 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2323 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.138 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2321 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.648 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2320 days ago · 54 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.859 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2319 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.896 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2319 days ago · 30 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.693 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2318 days ago · 18 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.766 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2318 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.836 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 52 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.263 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 17 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.995 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 19 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.133 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 62 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.951 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2313 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.230 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2311 days ago · 49 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.664 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2310 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.815 km SE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2309 days ago · 68 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.861 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2309 days ago · 19 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.689 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2307 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.816 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2306 days ago · 78 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.138 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2306 days ago · 84 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.671 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2304 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.754 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2303 days ago · 21 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.680 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2302 days ago · 27 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.7132 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2297 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.576 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2297 days ago · 27 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.6132 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2295 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.667 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2293 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.766 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2290 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
Before
- 1.959 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2344 days ago · 36 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.660 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2345 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.951 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2346 days ago · 63 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.716 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2346 days ago · 72 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.719 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2346 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.7102 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2347 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.963 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2347 days ago · 12 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.655 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2347 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.650 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2349 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.858 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.8118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2351 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.343 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2351 days ago · 49 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.721 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2351 days ago · 76 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.869 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2351 days ago · 20 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.657 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2351 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.767 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2354 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.940 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2355 days ago · 76 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.660 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2356 days ago · 27 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.5104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2356 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.631 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2358 days ago · 55 km deep · 81 km away
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