Alaska earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 121 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 121 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Jul 22, 2020, 1:30 AM AKDT (09:30 UTC), 16 km (10 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
3.0 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-07-22 09:30:32 UTC
Depth
16.3 km (10.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.787° N, 158.856° 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
25

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 65 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.6101 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  2. 3.197 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 24 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 3.182 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 1.977 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 2.889 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 1.691 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 24 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 2.057 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 3.8113 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 18 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 2.668 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 18 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 4.798 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
  11. 4.798 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 37 km deep · 33 km away
  12. 1.757 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 2.045 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 30 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 3.1south of Alaska · 2264 days ago · 23 km deep · 48 km away
  15. 4.5134 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 18 km deep · 37 km away
  16. 3.080 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 2.8110 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 22 km deep · 34 km away
  18. 2.3110 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 21 km deep · 12 km away
  19. 1.962 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 2.793 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 17 km deep · 28 km away
  21. 2.255 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  22. 2.861 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
  23. 1.654 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
  24. 4.3118 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
  25. 3.0100 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away
  26. 1.861 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
  27. 2.6117 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 27 km deep · 56 km away
  28. 2.250 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
  29. 2.852 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 30 km deep · 73 km away
  30. 1.857 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away
  31. 1.664 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  32. 2.280 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 17 km deep · 51 km away
  33. 3.4112 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 19 km deep · 17 km away
  34. 2.067 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
  35. 2.5122 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 17 km deep · 26 km away
  36. 2.982 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
  37. 2.7south of Alaska · 2264 days ago · 15 km deep · 17 km away
  38. 3.553 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 29 km deep · 88 km away
  39. 3.5103 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
  40. 1.9101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
  41. 2.064 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
  42. 3.0101 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 18 km deep · 20 km away
  43. 1.557 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 21 km deep · 100 km away
  44. 2.253 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
  45. 3.1113 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
  46. 1.852 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 23 km deep · 96 km away
  47. 3.3108 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 16 km deep · 32 km away
  48. 3.3112 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 27 km deep · 29 km away
  49. 3.8127 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
  50. 4.4127 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 21 km deep · 31 km away
  51. 1.857 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 24 km deep · 94 km away
  52. 2.151 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 24 km deep · 78 km away
  53. 2.080 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 25 km deep · 48 km away
  54. 3.8126 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
  55. 2.057 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away
  56. 2.074 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 14 km deep · 52 km away
  57. 3.053 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
  58. 2.696 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  59. 3.159 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
  60. 1.854 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 2.858 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 2.359 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 3.3102 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 30 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 2.957 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 27 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 2.252 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 23 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 2.956 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 2.587 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 3.382 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  9. 2.465 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 23 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 2.858 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 1.957 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 21 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 1.556 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 1.958 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 3.0136 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 24 km deep · 44 km away
  15. 3.0107 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 12 km deep · 26 km away
  16. 2.677 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 18 km deep · 53 km away
  17. 3.657 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
  18. 3.549 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 30 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 3.597 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
  20. 2.994 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 3 km deep · 27 km away

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