Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 56 km S of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 56 km S of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Jul 22, 2020, 1:12 AM AKDT (09:12 UTC), 15 km (9 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
2.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-07-22 09:12:57 UTC
Depth
14.5 km (9.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.836° N, 160.348° 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 202 in the 60 days after this one and 101 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.252 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 23 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 2.957 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 27 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 2.359 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 19 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 2.858 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 25 km deep · 3 km away
  5. 3.0121 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 2.6101 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 2.954 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 22 km deep · 26 km away
  8. 3.0104 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 28 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 3.197 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 24 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 3.182 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
  11. 1.977 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 20 km deep · 35 km away
  12. 2.889 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 1.974 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 19 km deep · 31 km away
  14. 1.691 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 24 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 2.057 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
  16. 2.668 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 18 km deep · 13 km away
  17. 1.757 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 22 km deep · 3 km away
  18. 2.045 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 30 km deep · 26 km away
  19. 3.1south of Alaska · 2266 days ago · 23 km deep · 47 km away
  20. 3.080 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
  21. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 2266 days ago · 16 km deep · 35 km away
  22. 2.3110 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 21 km deep · 87 km away
  23. 1.962 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 15 km deep · 6 km away
  24. 2.793 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 17 km deep · 73 km away
  25. 2.488 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 14 km deep · 54 km away
  26. 2.255 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
  27. 2.861 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 25 km deep · 5 km away
  28. 1.654 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 14 km deep · 2 km away
  29. 4.956 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 43 km deep · 21 km away
  30. 3.558 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
  31. 1.861 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 20 km deep · 12 km away
  32. 2.250 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 23 km deep · 6 km away
  33. 2.852 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 30 km deep · 31 km away
  34. 2.466 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
  35. 1.857 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 16 km deep · 29 km away
  36. 1.664 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
  37. 2.280 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 17 km deep · 81 km away
  38. 3.4112 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 19 km deep · 81 km away
  39. 2.067 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 15 km deep · 67 km away
  40. 2.6101 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 28 km deep · 54 km away
  41. 2.7south of Alaska · 2266 days ago · 15 km deep · 79 km away
  42. 1.780 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
  43. 3.553 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 29 km deep · 10 km away
  44. 1.9101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
  45. 2.064 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  46. 3.0101 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 18 km deep · 77 km away
  47. 1.557 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 21 km deep · 4 km away
  48. 2.253 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 26 km deep · 4 km away
  49. 1.852 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 23 km deep · 4 km away
  50. 3.688 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
  51. 2.374 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  52. 1.857 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 24 km deep · 2 km away
  53. 1.887 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
  54. 2.151 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 24 km deep · 24 km away
  55. 2.080 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
  56. 3.267 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 21 km deep · 16 km away
  57. 2.057 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 21 km deep · 24 km away
  58. 2.074 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
  59. 3.053 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 20 km deep · 5 km away
  60. 2.696 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 2.679 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
  2. 2.587 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 3.382 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 2.378 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 2.465 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 23 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 2.858 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 26 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 1.957 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 21 km deep · 5 km away
  8. 1.556 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 14 km deep · 3 km away
  9. 1.958 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 21 km deep · 23 km away
  10. 2.571 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
  11. 3.0107 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 2.677 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 18 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 3.183 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
  14. 3.657 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
  15. 3.549 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 30 km deep · 26 km away
  16. 2.994 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 3.449 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 23 km deep · 8 km away
  18. 3.7115 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 19 km deep · 85 km away
  19. 3.379 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
  20. 5.776 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 45 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 3

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0209dj2e7i. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 12:59 AM UTC.