Alaska earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 95 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 95 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Jul 21, 2020, 10:28 PM AKDT (06:28 UTC), 6 km (4 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
3.1 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-07-22 06:28:18 UTC
Depth
6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.535° N, 161.023° 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
19

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

After

  1. 3.260 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 23 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 3.277 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 15 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 3.891 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
  4. 3.195 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
  5. 3.489 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 27 km deep · 17 km away
  6. 2.646 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 22 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 3.7Alaska Peninsula · 2262 days ago · 34 km deep · 7 km away
  8. 4.2122 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 2.795 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
  10. 2.461 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
  11. 3.476 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
  12. 3.668 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  13. 2.560 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 20 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 2.578 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 3.363 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 21 km deep · 47 km away
  16. 3.057 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 24 km deep · 57 km away
  17. 2.179 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
  18. 3.056 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 21 km deep · 55 km away
  19. 2.784 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 14 km deep · 13 km away
  20. 1.661 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
  21. 2.460 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
  22. 4.156 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 52 km deep · 60 km away
  23. 2.999 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 11 km deep · 12 km away
  24. 2.050 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 23 km deep · 74 km away
  25. 2.480 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 15 km deep · 17 km away
  26. 1.860 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
  27. 3.379 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
  28. 3.449 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 23 km deep · 61 km away
  29. 3.549 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 30 km deep · 80 km away
  30. 3.657 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
  31. 3.183 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away
  32. 2.571 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
  33. 1.958 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 21 km deep · 76 km away
  34. 1.556 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
  35. 1.957 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 21 km deep · 58 km away
  36. 2.858 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
  37. 2.378 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away
  38. 2.587 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
  39. 2.679 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
  40. 2.956 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away
  41. 2.252 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 23 km deep · 61 km away
  42. 2.957 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 27 km deep · 56 km away
  43. 2.359 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 19 km deep · 54 km away
  44. 2.858 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 25 km deep · 56 km away
  45. 2.954 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 22 km deep · 41 km away
  46. 3.0104 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 28 km deep · 15 km away
  47. 3.182 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  48. 1.977 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
  49. 1.974 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 19 km deep · 24 km away
  50. 1.691 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 24 km deep · 92 km away
  51. 2.057 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
  52. 2.668 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 18 km deep · 57 km away
  53. 1.757 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 22 km deep · 57 km away
  54. 2.045 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 30 km deep · 80 km away
  55. 3.1south of Alaska · 2262 days ago · 23 km deep · 96 km away
  56. 3.080 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
  57. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 2262 days ago · 16 km deep · 20 km away
  58. 1.962 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
  59. 2.488 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 14 km deep · 10 km away
  60. 2.255 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 2.872 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 24 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 1.686 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 1.684 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 1.560 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 22 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 2.985 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 1.958 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 29 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 1.582 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2265 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  8. 1.961 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 50 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 2.634 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2267 days ago · 75 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 3.392 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2268 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 2.076 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2268 days ago · 22 km deep · 46 km away
  12. 2.180 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2269 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 2.043 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2269 days ago · 47 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 2.140 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2271 days ago · 87 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 1.676 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2271 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  16. 2.1142 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2272 days ago · 25 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 1.9105 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2272 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  18. 1.8102 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2272 days ago · 23 km deep · 30 km away
  19. 1.8108 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2272 days ago · 25 km deep · 52 km away
  20. 1.891 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2272 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away

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