Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 57 km E of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 57 km E of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Jul 22, 2020, 8:11 AM AKDT (16:11 UTC), 26 km (16 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
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-07-22 16:11:59 UTC
Depth
26.4 km (16.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.244° N, 159.615° 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
18

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 177 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.659 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 22 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 2.077 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 30 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 1.866 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 2.847 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 20 km deep · 23 km away
  5. 2.5138 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 21 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 2.074 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 20 km deep · 36 km away
  7. 2.280 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 15 km deep · 23 km away
  8. 2.274 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 1.866 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 20 km deep · 15 km away
  10. 2.3112 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 28 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 2260 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 1.947 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 2.9131 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 2.264 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away
  15. 2.164 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 2.1100 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 28 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 3.884 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 1.957 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 21 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 1.964 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 26 km deep · 12 km away
  20. 1.659 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away
  21. 1.961 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  22. 2.560 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 22 km deep · 66 km away
  23. 4.094 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 29 km deep · 56 km away
  24. 2.370 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  25. 2.063 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 23 km deep · 31 km away
  26. 2.2123 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 19 km deep · 88 km away
  27. 3.158 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  28. 1.862 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away
  29. 1.962 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  30. 2.851 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 28 km deep · 63 km away
  31. 1.663 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 24 km deep · 12 km away
  32. 1.872 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
  33. 3.780 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away
  34. 5.573 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 36 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 8 · tsunami flag
  35. 3.2107 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  36. 2.192 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 1 km deep · 57 km away
  37. 1.647 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 42 km deep · 48 km away
  38. 1.862 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 19 km deep · 12 km away
  39. 1.660 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 43 km deep · 75 km away
  40. 1.853 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 30 km deep · 27 km away
  41. 2.069 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 31 km deep · 53 km away
  42. 1.756 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 19 km deep · 62 km away
  43. 3.261 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 29 km deep · 71 km away
  44. 3.052 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  45. 1.862 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away
  46. 3.972 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 46 km deep · 76 km away
  47. 3.258 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 28 km deep · 66 km away
  48. 1.751 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  49. 2.2120 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 18 km deep · 68 km away
  50. 1.866 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 28 km deep · 84 km away
  51. 1.874 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 27 km deep · 18 km away
  52. 2.059 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 22 km deep · 65 km away
  53. 2.296 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 24 km deep · 53 km away
  54. 1.656 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 23 km deep · 62 km away
  55. 1.968 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 36 km deep · 15 km away
  56. 2.6101 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
  57. 2.5115 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 28 km deep · 87 km away
  58. 1.766 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 27 km deep · 13 km away
  59. 2.7132 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 19 km deep · 84 km away
  60. 4.085 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 38 km deep · 29 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.675 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
  2. 2.2119 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 27 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 1.555 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 19 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 3.289 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 1.851 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 21 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 2260 days ago · 22 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 4.184 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 38 km deep · 32 km away
  8. 2.572 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 3.772 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 30 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 2.5127 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 22 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 1.873 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 1.876 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 20 km deep · 20 km away
  13. 2.180 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 25 km deep · 24 km away
  14. 1.853 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
  15. 2.077 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 15 km deep · 21 km away
  16. 2.062 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 23 km deep · 11 km away
  17. 1.978 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 21 km deep · 56 km away
  18. 1.883 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 2.2123 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 18 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 2.266 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 25 km deep · 12 km away

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