Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 77 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 77 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Jul 22, 2020, 12:43 AM AKDT (08:43 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.6 44 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-07-22 08:43:36 UTC
Depth
17.6 km (10.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.186° N, 159.310° 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 61 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.0107 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 3.0136 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 24 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 2.571 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 1.958 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 21 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 1.556 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 1.957 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 21 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 2.858 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 2.465 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 23 km deep · 12 km away
  9. 3.382 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  10. 2.587 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 20 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 2.956 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 2.252 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 23 km deep · 71 km away
  13. 2.957 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 27 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 3.3102 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 30 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 2.359 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 19 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 2.858 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 3.0121 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 16 km deep · 53 km away
  18. 2.6101 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  19. 2.954 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 3.197 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 24 km deep · 53 km away
  21. 3.182 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  22. 1.977 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 20 km deep · 57 km away
  23. 2.889 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
  24. 1.691 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 24 km deep · 58 km away
  25. 2.057 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  26. 3.8113 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 18 km deep · 55 km away
  27. 2.668 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 18 km deep · 76 km away
  28. 4.798 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  29. 4.798 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 37 km deep · 41 km away
  30. 1.757 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 22 km deep · 75 km away
  31. 2.045 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 30 km deep · 53 km away
  32. 3.1south of Alaska · 2261 days ago · 23 km deep · 45 km away
  33. 4.5134 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 18 km deep · 78 km away
  34. 3.080 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
  35. 2.8110 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 22 km deep · 58 km away
  36. 2.3110 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 21 km deep · 42 km away
  37. 1.962 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
  38. 2.793 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 17 km deep · 30 km away
  39. 2.255 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
  40. 2.861 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
  41. 1.654 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
  42. 4.3118 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
  43. 4.956 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 43 km deep · 95 km away
  44. 3.558 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  45. 3.0100 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
  46. 1.861 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
  47. 2.6117 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 27 km deep · 79 km away
  48. 2.250 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 23 km deep · 76 km away
  49. 2.852 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 30 km deep · 45 km away
  50. 1.857 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 16 km deep · 48 km away
  51. 1.664 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
  52. 2.280 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 17 km deep · 5 km away
  53. 3.4112 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 19 km deep · 52 km away
  54. 2.067 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 15 km deep · 10 km away
  55. 2.5122 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 17 km deep · 63 km away
  56. 2.982 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
  57. 2.7south of Alaska · 2261 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
  58. 3.553 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 29 km deep · 67 km away
  59. 3.5103 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away
  60. 1.9101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 3.657 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 3.549 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 30 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 3.597 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 14 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 2.994 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
  5. 3.449 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 23 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 3.7115 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 19 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 3.4144 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 5.776 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 45 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 3
  9. 4.0Alaska Peninsula · 2261 days ago · 44 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 1.860 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 2.050 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 23 km deep · 58 km away
  12. 1.963 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 18 km deep · 15 km away
  13. 2.565 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 27 km deep · 14 km away
  14. 4.156 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 52 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 2.460 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 3.056 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 21 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 2.9104 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  18. 3.057 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 24 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 3.363 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 21 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 2.578 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away

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