Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 78 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 78 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Jul 22, 2020, 9:23 AM AKDT (17:23 UTC), 21 km (13 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
2.2 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-07-22 17:23:06 UTC
Depth
21.0 km (13.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.669° N, 160.903° 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
17

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 166 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.682 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 2260 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 1.582 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 16 km deep · 19 km away
  4. 1.947 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 2.164 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
  6. 2.796 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 29 km deep · 18 km away
  7. 3.884 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 25 km deep · 22 km away
  8. 1.957 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 21 km deep · 43 km away
  9. 1.659 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away
  10. 1.961 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
  11. 2.560 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 22 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 2.370 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
  13. 3.158 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  14. 1.862 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 16 km deep · 39 km away
  15. 2.087 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 18 km deep · 9 km away
  16. 1.962 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
  17. 2.851 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 28 km deep · 41 km away
  18. 1.872 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 14 km deep · 44 km away
  19. 3.780 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 25 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 1.647 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 42 km deep · 57 km away
  21. 1.862 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 19 km deep · 100 km away
  22. 1.660 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 43 km deep · 29 km away
  23. 1.853 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 30 km deep · 79 km away
  24. 2.069 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 31 km deep · 64 km away
  25. 1.756 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 19 km deep · 44 km away
  26. 3.261 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 29 km deep · 35 km away
  27. 3.052 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  28. 1.862 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 16 km deep · 19 km away
  29. 3.972 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 46 km deep · 37 km away
  30. 3.258 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 28 km deep · 40 km away
  31. 2.588 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
  32. 2.8101 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
  33. 1.751 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
  34. 2.4111 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
  35. 1.866 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 28 km deep · 21 km away
  36. 2.059 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 22 km deep · 42 km away
  37. 1.656 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 23 km deep · 44 km away
  38. 3.384 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  39. 3.284 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
  40. 1.759 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 19 km deep · 93 km away
  41. 2.182 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  42. 2.786 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
  43. 1.654 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away
  44. 1.764 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 18 km deep · 16 km away
  45. 1.961 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 18 km deep · 36 km away
  46. 2.354 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 24 km deep · 42 km away
  47. 1.662 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 26 km deep · 22 km away
  48. 1.663 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 28 km deep · 21 km away
  49. 1.662 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 18 km deep · 20 km away
  50. 2.057 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 22 km deep · 42 km away
  51. 2.587 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 18 km deep · 9 km away
  52. 1.648 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 12 km deep · 54 km away
  53. 1.786 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 17 km deep · 14 km away
  54. 1.792 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
  55. 1.767 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 20 km deep · 18 km away
  56. 1.672 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
  57. 1.968 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
  58. 1.9107 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  59. 1.559 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away
  60. 1.759 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 2.274 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 15 km deep · 44 km away
  2. 2.847 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 1.866 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
  4. 1.659 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 22 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 1.675 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 1.555 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 19 km deep · 40 km away
  7. 1.851 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 21 km deep · 39 km away
  8. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 2260 days ago · 22 km deep · 45 km away
  9. 2.572 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 15 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 1.995 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  11. 3.772 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 30 km deep · 21 km away
  12. 1.873 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away
  13. 1.853 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
  14. 2.062 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 23 km deep · 100 km away
  15. 1.978 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 21 km deep · 70 km away
  16. 1.883 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 14 km deep · 21 km away
  17. 3.073 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 1.768 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 24 km deep · 57 km away
  19. 1.862 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
  20. 2.185 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 16 km deep · 81 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0209dnw3su. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 12:10 PM UTC.