Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 64 km S of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 64 km S of Sand Point, Alaska on Fri, Jun 5, 2020, 7:33 PM AKDT (03:33 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.1 75 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-06-06 03:33:41 UTC
Depth
25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.757° N, 160.530° 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: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 53 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.687 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2308 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 1.861 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2308 days ago · 19 km deep · 12 km away
  3. 1.687 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2308 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 2.595 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2308 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 1.680 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2307 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 2.689 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2306 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
  7. 4.7117 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2306 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 1.816 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2305 days ago · 78 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 2305 days ago · 51 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 3.671 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2303 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 1.754 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2303 days ago · 21 km deep · 40 km away
  12. 1.680 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2302 days ago · 27 km deep · 23 km away
  13. 2.671 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2299 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  14. 2.7132 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2297 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 1.576 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2297 days ago · 27 km deep · 35 km away
  16. 3.6132 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2294 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 1.754 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2292 days ago · 58 km deep · 51 km away
  18. 1.5109 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2292 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 1.566 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2291 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 2.766 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2289 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
  21. 1.874 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2288 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
  22. 1.675 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2288 days ago · 31 km deep · 50 km away
  23. 2.147 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2283 days ago · 34 km deep · 56 km away
  24. 1.634 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2282 days ago · 30 km deep · 32 km away
  25. 1.791 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2280 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
  26. 3.389 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2279 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  27. 1.9152 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2277 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
  28. 2.4145 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2277 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  29. 1.683 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2277 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  30. 1.6112 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2276 days ago · 19 km deep · 48 km away
  31. 2.4142 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2276 days ago · 22 km deep · 78 km away
  32. 2.3137 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2276 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  33. 2.0148 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2275 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  34. 1.945 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2275 days ago · 82 km deep · 85 km away
  35. 1.867 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2275 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  36. 1.853 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2275 days ago · 20 km deep · 14 km away
  37. 1.557 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2275 days ago · 19 km deep · 12 km away
  38. 1.672 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2275 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
  39. 2.8141 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2274 days ago · 29 km deep · 77 km away
  40. 2.3131 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2274 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  41. 2.194 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2273 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  42. 2.699 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2273 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  43. 2.6117 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2273 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  44. 3.8112 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2273 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  45. 1.891 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2273 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
  46. 1.8108 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2273 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
  47. 1.8102 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2273 days ago · 23 km deep · 70 km away
  48. 1.9105 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2273 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  49. 2.1142 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2273 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
  50. 1.676 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2272 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  51. 2.140 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2272 days ago · 87 km deep · 80 km away
  52. 2.043 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2270 days ago · 47 km deep · 47 km away
  53. 2.180 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2270 days ago · 12 km deep · 43 km away
  54. 2.076 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2269 days ago · 22 km deep · 84 km away
  55. 3.392 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2269 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  56. 2.634 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2268 days ago · 75 km deep · 59 km away
  57. 1.961 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2267 days ago · 50 km deep · 51 km away
  58. 2.1116 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2267 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
  59. 1.582 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  60. 2.985 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2265 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 3.230 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2311 days ago · 49 km deep · 37 km away
  2. 1.769 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 3.133 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 62 km deep · 38 km away
  4. 1.995 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 19 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 2.263 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 17 km deep · 19 km away
  6. 1.783 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 21 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 1.882 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 41 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 2.766 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
  9. 1.855 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 2318 days ago · 85 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 1.693 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2318 days ago · 18 km deep · 34 km away
  11. 3.163 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2318 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 3.896 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2318 days ago · 30 km deep · 37 km away
  13. 1.859 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2319 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
  14. 1.661 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2319 days ago · 73 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 1.648 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2319 days ago · 54 km deep · 47 km away
  16. 2.862 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2320 days ago · 69 km deep · 57 km away
  17. 2.138 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2321 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  18. 1.971 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2321 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 1.980 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2321 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 2.683 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2321 days ago · 24 km deep · 81 km away

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