Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 59 km E of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 59 km E of Sand Point, Alaska on Thu, Jul 23, 2020, 7:11 AM AKDT (15:11 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
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-07-23 15:11:00 UTC
Depth
26.3 km (16.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.263° N, 159.577° 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
59

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 at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.964 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 2259 days ago · 30 km deep · 14 km away
  3. 2.7100 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 18 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 2.6137 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 42 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 2.556 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 1.658 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 1.967 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 30 km deep · 16 km away
  8. 1.970 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 25 km deep · 15 km away
  9. 2.497 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 37 km deep · 57 km away
  10. 2.877 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
  11. 2.251 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 25 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 1.760 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 41 km deep · 8 km away
  13. 1.894 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 31 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 2.498 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away
  15. 1.952 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
  16. 1.856 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 31 km deep · 15 km away
  17. 1.858 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 17 km deep · 8 km away
  18. 1.861 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 22 km deep · 6 km away
  19. 2.293 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  20. 1.653 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 23 km deep · 66 km away
  21. 2.7102 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 31 km deep · 59 km away
  22. 1.955 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away
  23. 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 2259 days ago · 22 km deep · 71 km away
  24. 1.767 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 24 km deep · 9 km away
  25. 1.566 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 18 km deep · 90 km away
  26. 1.751 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away
  27. 2.6110 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  28. 1.757 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
  29. 1.870 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
  30. 1.862 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 26 km deep · 12 km away
  31. 4.057 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 46 km deep · 13 km away
  32. 1.659 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  33. 1.560 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 19 km deep · 88 km away
  34. 1.662 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  35. 1.668 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
  36. 1.742 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 47 km deep · 85 km away
  37. 4.754 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 41 km deep · 83 km away
  38. 1.771 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  39. 1.873 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  40. 1.673 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 38 km deep · 14 km away
  41. 1.658 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 23 km deep · 68 km away
  42. 1.562 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 27 km deep · 88 km away
  43. 1.864 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 31 km deep · 22 km away
  44. 2.851 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  45. 2.062 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 41 km deep · 7 km away
  46. 2.357 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 40 km deep · 6 km away
  47. 1.959 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 40 km deep · 10 km away
  48. 3.466 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
  49. 1.664 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 18 km deep · 90 km away
  50. 2.998 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  51. 2.6105 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 15 km deep · 65 km away
  52. 1.9103 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 17 km deep · 62 km away
  53. 1.667 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
  54. 2.988 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 36 km deep · 34 km away
  55. 2.9103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
  56. 2.259 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away
  57. 1.956 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  58. 2.255 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 23 km deep · 68 km away
  59. 2.1south of Alaska · 2259 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  60. 1.764 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 1.767 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 36 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 4.1125 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 18 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 1.683 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 1.952 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
  5. 2.2south of Alaska · 2259 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 1.655 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 1.998 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 22 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 3.087 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 1.965 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
  10. 2.061 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 37 km deep · 9 km away
  11. 2.749 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 32 km deep · 29 km away
  12. 1.880 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 16 km deep · 27 km away
  13. 2.5126 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 1.653 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 24 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 1.955 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  16. 1.875 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 20 km deep · 17 km away
  17. 1.668 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 1.683 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 1.569 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 1.871 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 27 km deep · 65 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0209fa60a6. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 12:21 PM UTC.