Alaska earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 56 km S of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 56 km S of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Jul 21, 2020, 11:31 PM AKDT (07:31 UTC), 21 km (13 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
3.0 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-07-22 07:31:46 UTC
Depth
20.8 km (12.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.841° N, 160.345° 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
21

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 69 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.784 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 14 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 1.661 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
  3. 2.460 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
  4. 4.156 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 52 km deep · 5 km away
  5. 2.999 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away
  6. 2.565 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 27 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 1.963 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 18 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 2.050 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 23 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 2.480 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 15 km deep · 38 km away
  10. 1.860 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
  11. 4.0Alaska Peninsula · 2263 days ago · 44 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 5.776 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 45 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 3
  13. 3.379 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
  14. 3.7115 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 19 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 3.449 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 23 km deep · 7 km away
  16. 2.994 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 3.549 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 30 km deep · 25 km away
  18. 3.657 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
  19. 3.183 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
  20. 2.677 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 18 km deep · 76 km away
  21. 3.0107 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
  22. 2.571 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
  23. 1.958 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 21 km deep · 22 km away
  24. 1.556 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 14 km deep · 3 km away
  25. 1.957 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 21 km deep · 4 km away
  26. 2.858 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 26 km deep · 3 km away
  27. 2.465 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 23 km deep · 67 km away
  28. 2.378 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
  29. 3.382 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  30. 2.587 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
  31. 2.679 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
  32. 2.956 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 15 km deep · 1 km away
  33. 2.252 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 23 km deep · 6 km away
  34. 2.957 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 27 km deep · 2 km away
  35. 2.359 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 19 km deep · 4 km away
  36. 2.858 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 25 km deep · 4 km away
  37. 3.0121 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
  38. 2.6101 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  39. 2.954 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 22 km deep · 26 km away
  40. 3.0104 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 28 km deep · 58 km away
  41. 3.197 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 24 km deep · 61 km away
  42. 3.182 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
  43. 1.977 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 20 km deep · 35 km away
  44. 2.889 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
  45. 1.974 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 19 km deep · 31 km away
  46. 1.691 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 24 km deep · 49 km away
  47. 2.057 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
  48. 2.668 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 18 km deep · 13 km away
  49. 1.757 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 22 km deep · 3 km away
  50. 2.045 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 30 km deep · 25 km away
  51. 3.1south of Alaska · 2263 days ago · 23 km deep · 47 km away
  52. 3.080 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
  53. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 2263 days ago · 16 km deep · 35 km away
  54. 2.3110 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 21 km deep · 87 km away
  55. 1.962 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 15 km deep · 7 km away
  56. 2.793 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 17 km deep · 72 km away
  57. 2.488 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 14 km deep · 54 km away
  58. 2.255 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
  59. 2.861 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 25 km deep · 5 km away
  60. 1.654 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 14 km deep · 2 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 2.179 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 3.057 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 24 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 3.363 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 21 km deep · 9 km away
  4. 2.578 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 14 km deep · 32 km away
  5. 2.560 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 20 km deep · 4 km away
  6. 3.668 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  7. 3.476 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
  8. 2.461 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 26 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 2.795 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 4.2122 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 3.7Alaska Peninsula · 2263 days ago · 34 km deep · 54 km away
  12. 2.646 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 22 km deep · 14 km away
  13. 3.489 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 27 km deep · 42 km away
  14. 3.195 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 3.891 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  16. 4.086 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 41 km deep · 62 km away
  17. 3.277 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 15 km deep · 22 km away
  18. 3.260 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 23 km deep · 6 km away
  19. 4.2113 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 28 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
  20. 3.195 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away

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