Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 16 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 16 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Jun 9, 2020, 6:22 PM AKDT (02:22 UTC), 78 km (49 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
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-06-10 02:22:45 UTC
Depth
78.3 km (48.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.381° N, 160.750° 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
15

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 201 in the 60 days after this one and 42 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.138 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2303 days ago · 84 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 2.315 km W of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2301 days ago · 191 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 3.671 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2301 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 1.754 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2300 days ago · 21 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 1.680 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2299 days ago · 27 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 2.671 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2296 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 1.576 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2294 days ago · 27 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 1.754 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2290 days ago · 58 km deep · 46 km away
  9. 1.828 km WNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2290 days ago · 112 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 2.766 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2287 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 1.945 km E of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2286 days ago · 133 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 1.675 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2286 days ago · 31 km deep · 82 km away
  13. 2.147 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2281 days ago · 34 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 1.846 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2281 days ago · 96 km deep · 43 km away
  15. 1.634 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2280 days ago · 30 km deep · 39 km away
  16. 2.628 km WSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2279 days ago · 193 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 3.389 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2276 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 2.622 km S of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2273 days ago · 157 km deep · 54 km away
  19. 1.945 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2273 days ago · 82 km deep · 61 km away
  20. 1.853 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2273 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away
  21. 1.557 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2273 days ago · 19 km deep · 67 km away
  22. 2.140 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2270 days ago · 87 km deep · 81 km away
  23. 1.939 km N of Sand Point, Alaska · 2268 days ago · 96 km deep · 36 km away
  24. 2.043 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2267 days ago · 47 km deep · 59 km away
  25. 2.180 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2267 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
  26. 1.749 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2267 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  27. 1.555 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2267 days ago · 16 km deep · 57 km away
  28. 2.634 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 75 km deep · 25 km away
  29. 1.539 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 89 km deep · 34 km away
  30. 1.961 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2265 days ago · 50 km deep · 54 km away
  31. 1.59 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 92 km deep · 97 km away
  32. 2.985 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  33. 1.560 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 22 km deep · 72 km away
  34. 2.872 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 24 km deep · 84 km away
  35. 3.195 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  36. 4.06 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  37. 3.260 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 23 km deep · 69 km away
  38. 3.277 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away
  39. 3.891 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  40. 3.195 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
  41. 3.489 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 27 km deep · 93 km away
  42. 2.646 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 22 km deep · 53 km away
  43. 3.7Alaska Peninsula · 2261 days ago · 34 km deep · 99 km away
  44. 2.795 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  45. 2.461 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  46. 3.476 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  47. 3.668 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  48. 2.560 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
  49. 2.578 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
  50. 3.363 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 21 km deep · 71 km away
  51. 3.057 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 24 km deep · 68 km away
  52. 2.179 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
  53. 3.056 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 21 km deep · 65 km away
  54. 2.784 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
  55. 1.661 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  56. 2.460 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
  57. 4.156 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 52 km deep · 66 km away
  58. 2.565 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 27 km deep · 82 km away
  59. 1.963 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 18 km deep · 80 km away
  60. 2.050 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 2.689 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2304 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 1.680 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2305 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 1.861 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2306 days ago · 19 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 1.836 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2306 days ago · 158 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 1.664 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2307 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 3.230 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2308 days ago · 49 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 3.140 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2310 days ago · 131 km deep · 37 km away
  8. 1.769 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2313 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 3.133 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2313 days ago · 62 km deep · 34 km away
  10. 2.263 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2314 days ago · 17 km deep · 74 km away
  11. 2.766 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 1.855 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 85 km deep · 58 km away
  13. 3.163 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 1.510 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 83 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 1.859 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 1.661 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 73 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 1.648 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 54 km deep · 42 km away
  18. 2.862 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 69 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 2.138 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2318 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  20. 2.051 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2318 days ago · 91 km deep · 55 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0207fydwhe. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:25 PM UTC.