Alaska earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 83 km S of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 83 km S of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Jul 22, 2020, 12:40 AM AKDT (08:40 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
3.1 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2020-07-22 08:40:28 UTC
Depth
25.5 km (15.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.598° N, 160.724° 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
20

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 87 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.0107 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 2.571 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
  3. 1.958 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 21 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 1.556 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 14 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 1.957 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 21 km deep · 39 km away
  6. 2.858 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 2.378 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
  8. 2.587 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 2.679 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
  10. 2.956 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 15 km deep · 36 km away
  11. 2.252 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 23 km deep · 42 km away
  12. 2.957 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 27 km deep · 37 km away
  13. 2.359 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 19 km deep · 35 km away
  14. 2.858 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 25 km deep · 37 km away
  15. 2.954 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 22 km deep · 30 km away
  16. 3.0104 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 28 km deep · 22 km away
  17. 3.197 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 24 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 3.182 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
  19. 1.977 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
  20. 1.974 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 19 km deep · 10 km away
  21. 1.691 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 24 km deep · 72 km away
  22. 2.057 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
  23. 2.668 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 18 km deep · 36 km away
  24. 1.757 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 22 km deep · 38 km away
  25. 2.045 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 30 km deep · 62 km away
  26. 3.1south of Alaska · 2260 days ago · 23 km deep · 76 km away
  27. 3.080 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
  28. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 2260 days ago · 16 km deep · 7 km away
  29. 1.962 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 15 km deep · 33 km away
  30. 2.488 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 14 km deep · 24 km away
  31. 2.255 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
  32. 2.861 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 25 km deep · 32 km away
  33. 1.654 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 14 km deep · 37 km away
  34. 4.956 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 43 km deep · 27 km away
  35. 3.558 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
  36. 1.861 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 20 km deep · 44 km away
  37. 2.250 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 23 km deep · 39 km away
  38. 2.852 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 30 km deep · 67 km away
  39. 2.466 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
  40. 1.857 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 16 km deep · 64 km away
  41. 1.664 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
  42. 2.6101 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 28 km deep · 19 km away
  43. 1.780 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
  44. 3.553 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 29 km deep · 45 km away
  45. 1.9101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  46. 1.557 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 21 km deep · 32 km away
  47. 2.253 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
  48. 1.852 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 23 km deep · 39 km away
  49. 3.688 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
  50. 2.374 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  51. 1.857 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 24 km deep · 36 km away
  52. 1.887 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
  53. 2.151 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 24 km deep · 60 km away
  54. 3.267 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 21 km deep · 20 km away
  55. 2.057 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 21 km deep · 58 km away
  56. 3.053 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 20 km deep · 40 km away
  57. 3.159 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 15 km deep · 35 km away
  58. 1.854 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 25 km deep · 36 km away
  59. 4.275 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 22 km deep · 33 km away
  60. 1.771 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 25 km deep · 19 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 3.657 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
  2. 3.549 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 30 km deep · 61 km away
  3. 3.449 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 23 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 3.379 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
  5. 1.860 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
  6. 2.480 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 15 km deep · 8 km away
  7. 2.050 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 23 km deep · 54 km away
  8. 1.963 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 2.565 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 2.999 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 11 km deep · 18 km away
  11. 4.156 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 52 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 2.460 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
  13. 1.661 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
  14. 2.784 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 14 km deep · 24 km away
  15. 3.056 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 21 km deep · 36 km away
  16. 2.179 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 2 km deep · 37 km away
  17. 3.057 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 24 km deep · 38 km away
  18. 3.363 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 21 km deep · 28 km away
  19. 2.578 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
  20. 2.560 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 20 km deep · 34 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0209dimwf2. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 4:36 PM UTC.