Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 63 km S of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 63 km S of Sand Point, Alaska on Sun, May 3, 2020, 2:42 PM AKDT (22:42 UTC), 28 km (17 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
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-05-03 22:42:23 UTC
Depth
27.6 km (17.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.762° N, 160.538° 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
18

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 82 in the 60 days after this one and 44 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.788 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2341 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
  2. 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 2340 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 2.075 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2339 days ago · 42 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 1.555 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 2.581 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2337 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
  6. 1.616 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2337 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 2.268 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2337 days ago · 25 km deep · 4 km away
  8. 1.992 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2336 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 1.887 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2334 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 1.776 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2333 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 1.662 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2332 days ago · 26 km deep · 1 km away
  12. 1.7100 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 1.955 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 28 km deep · 41 km away
  14. 1.960 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 29 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 1.721 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 55 km deep · 42 km away
  16. 1.950 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away
  17. 1.859 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
  18. 1.769 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
  19. 1.665 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 24 km deep · 25 km away
  20. 3.491 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  21. 1.983 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
  22. 1.989 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  23. 1.683 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
  24. 1.891 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  25. 2.794 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2327 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  26. 1.988 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2327 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
  27. 2.661 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2327 days ago · 29 km deep · 83 km away
  28. 1.753 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2326 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
  29. 3.069 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2324 days ago · 30 km deep · 60 km away
  30. 2.160 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 2324 days ago · 100 km deep · 93 km away
  31. 1.966 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2324 days ago · 21 km deep · 59 km away
  32. 2.298 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2323 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
  33. 4.068 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2323 days ago · 45 km deep · 60 km away
  34. 2.085 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2323 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  35. 3.063 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2322 days ago · 50 km deep · 42 km away
  36. 2.688 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2322 days ago · 27 km deep · 47 km away
  37. 1.964 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2322 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
  38. 2.683 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2320 days ago · 24 km deep · 80 km away
  39. 1.980 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2320 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  40. 1.971 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2320 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  41. 2.138 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2319 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  42. 2.862 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2319 days ago · 69 km deep · 57 km away
  43. 1.648 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2318 days ago · 54 km deep · 47 km away
  44. 1.661 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 73 km deep · 62 km away
  45. 1.859 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
  46. 3.896 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 30 km deep · 37 km away
  47. 3.163 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  48. 1.693 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 18 km deep · 35 km away
  49. 1.855 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 85 km deep · 66 km away
  50. 2.766 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 35 km deep · 9 km away
  51. 1.882 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 41 km deep · 84 km away
  52. 1.783 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 21 km deep · 74 km away
  53. 2.263 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 17 km deep · 19 km away
  54. 1.995 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2314 days ago · 19 km deep · 37 km away
  55. 3.133 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2314 days ago · 62 km deep · 38 km away
  56. 1.769 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2314 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
  57. 3.230 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2310 days ago · 49 km deep · 36 km away
  58. 1.664 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2308 days ago · 26 km deep · 1 km away
  59. 1.687 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2307 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  60. 1.861 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2307 days ago · 19 km deep · 12 km away

The first 60 of 82.

Before

  1. 1.772 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2342 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 2.660 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2343 days ago · 35 km deep · 6 km away
  3. 2.691 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2344 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 2.951 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2344 days ago · 63 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 1.869 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2345 days ago · 18 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 2.7102 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2345 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 2.972 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2345 days ago · 30 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 1.963 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2346 days ago · 12 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 1.655 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2346 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
  10. 2.762 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2346 days ago · 29 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 1.650 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2347 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 1.8122 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2348 days ago · 25 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 2.858 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2348 days ago · 35 km deep · 6 km away
  14. 1.8118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2349 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 2.343 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2349 days ago · 49 km deep · 40 km away
  16. 1.869 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2349 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 1.657 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
  18. 2.054 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2351 days ago · 38 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 1.667 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2352 days ago · 21 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 1.679 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2352 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away

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