Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 45 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 45 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Jul 22, 2020, 2:15 AM AKDT (10:15 UTC), 30 km (19 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
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-07-22 10:15:10 UTC
Depth
30.3 km (18.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.007° N, 160.076° 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
23

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 98 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.1south of Alaska · 2263 days ago · 23 km deep · 37 km away
  2. 3.080 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 2263 days ago · 16 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 2.3110 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 21 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 1.962 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 15 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 2.793 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 17 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 2.488 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 14 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 2.255 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
  9. 2.861 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 25 km deep · 30 km away
  10. 1.654 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 14 km deep · 25 km away
  11. 4.956 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 43 km deep · 43 km away
  12. 3.558 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
  13. 1.861 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 20 km deep · 22 km away
  14. 2.250 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 23 km deep · 24 km away
  15. 2.852 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 30 km deep · 9 km away
  16. 2.466 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
  17. 1.857 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 16 km deep · 12 km away
  18. 1.664 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
  19. 2.280 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 17 km deep · 57 km away
  20. 3.4112 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 19 km deep · 70 km away
  21. 2.067 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away
  22. 2.6101 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 28 km deep · 80 km away
  23. 2.7south of Alaska · 2263 days ago · 15 km deep · 67 km away
  24. 1.780 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
  25. 3.553 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 29 km deep · 17 km away
  26. 1.9101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
  27. 2.064 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
  28. 3.0101 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
  29. 1.557 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 21 km deep · 29 km away
  30. 2.253 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
  31. 1.852 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 23 km deep · 23 km away
  32. 3.3108 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
  33. 3.3112 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 27 km deep · 99 km away
  34. 3.688 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  35. 2.374 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  36. 1.857 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 24 km deep · 25 km away
  37. 1.887 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
  38. 2.151 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 24 km deep · 6 km away
  39. 2.080 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
  40. 3.267 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 21 km deep · 42 km away
  41. 2.057 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 21 km deep · 12 km away
  42. 2.074 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 14 km deep · 47 km away
  43. 3.053 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 20 km deep · 21 km away
  44. 2.696 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  45. 3.159 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 15 km deep · 27 km away
  46. 1.854 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 25 km deep · 25 km away
  47. 4.275 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 22 km deep · 38 km away
  48. 1.771 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 25 km deep · 60 km away
  49. 2.179 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 25 km deep · 66 km away
  50. 2.185 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 16 km deep · 40 km away
  51. 1.862 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
  52. 1.768 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 24 km deep · 25 km away
  53. 3.073 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  54. 3.670 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  55. 1.870 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
  56. 2.266 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
  57. 2.2123 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 18 km deep · 87 km away
  58. 1.883 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
  59. 1.978 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 21 km deep · 33 km away
  60. 2.062 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 23 km deep · 35 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 1.757 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 22 km deep · 24 km away
  2. 4.798 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 37 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 4.798 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 2.668 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 18 km deep · 31 km away
  5. 3.8113 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 18 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 2.057 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 1.691 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 24 km deep · 46 km away
  8. 1.974 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 19 km deep · 56 km away
  9. 2.889 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 1.977 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 20 km deep · 32 km away
  11. 3.182 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
  12. 3.197 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 24 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 3.0104 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 28 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 2.954 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 22 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 2.6101 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 3.0121 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 2.858 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 25 km deep · 25 km away
  18. 2.359 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 19 km deep · 27 km away
  19. 2.957 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 27 km deep · 25 km away
  20. 2.252 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 23 km deep · 20 km away

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