Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 39 km N of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 39 km N of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Jul 14, 2020, 12:13 PM AKDT (20:13 UTC), 96 km (60 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.7 76 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-07-14 20:13:02 UTC
Depth
96.1 km (59.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.690° N, 160.608° 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
24

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 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.043 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2267 days ago · 47 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 1.749 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 1.555 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 16 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 2.634 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2265 days ago · 75 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 1.539 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2265 days ago · 89 km deep · 4 km away
  6. 1.961 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 50 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 1.59 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 92 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 4.06 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 2.646 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 22 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 3.057 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 24 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 3.056 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 1.661 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 2.460 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 4.156 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 52 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 2.565 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 27 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 1.963 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 18 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 2.050 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 1.860 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 4.0Alaska Peninsula · 2260 days ago · 44 km deep · 100 km away
  20. 5.776 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 45 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 3
  21. 3.449 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away
  22. 3.549 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 30 km deep · 86 km away
  23. 3.657 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
  24. 2.677 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
  25. 1.958 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away
  26. 1.556 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
  27. 1.957 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 21 km deep · 97 km away
  28. 2.858 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  29. 2.465 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 23 km deep · 88 km away
  30. 2.956 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
  31. 2.252 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 23 km deep · 92 km away
  32. 2.957 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 27 km deep · 97 km away
  33. 2.359 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 19 km deep · 100 km away
  34. 2.858 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
  35. 2.954 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 22 km deep · 92 km away
  36. 2.057 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  37. 1.757 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 22 km deep · 97 km away
  38. 2.045 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 30 km deep · 83 km away
  39. 2.255 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  40. 1.654 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
  41. 4.956 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 43 km deep · 94 km away
  42. 3.558 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  43. 2.250 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away
  44. 2.852 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 30 km deep · 89 km away
  45. 1.857 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
  46. 2.067 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
  47. 3.553 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 29 km deep · 93 km away
  48. 2.064 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  49. 1.557 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 21 km deep · 97 km away
  50. 2.253 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  51. 1.852 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 23 km deep · 93 km away
  52. 1.857 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 24 km deep · 98 km away
  53. 2.151 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
  54. 2.057 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
  55. 2.074 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
  56. 3.053 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
  57. 3.159 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
  58. 1.854 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
  59. 3.670 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  60. 1.870 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.557 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2272 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 1.853 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2272 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 1.945 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2272 days ago · 82 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 2.622 km S of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2272 days ago · 157 km deep · 37 km away
  5. 2.628 km WSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2278 days ago · 193 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 1.634 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2279 days ago · 30 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 1.846 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2280 days ago · 96 km deep · 8 km away
  8. 2.147 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2280 days ago · 34 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 1.945 km E of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2285 days ago · 133 km deep · 35 km away
  10. 2.766 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2286 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 1.828 km WNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2289 days ago · 112 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 1.754 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2289 days ago · 58 km deep · 81 km away

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