Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 58 km E of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 58 km E of Sand Point, Alaska on Thu, Jul 23, 2020, 9:03 AM AKDT (17:03 UTC), 17 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
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-07-23 17:03:54 UTC
Depth
16.8 km (10.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.336° N, 159.575° 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 at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.861 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 22 km deep · 14 km away
  2. 2.293 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 1.653 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 23 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 2.7102 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 31 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 1.955 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
  6. 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 2257 days ago · 22 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 1.767 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 24 km deep · 14 km away
  8. 1.566 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 1.751 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
  10. 2.6110 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 1.757 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
  12. 1.870 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 18 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 1.862 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
  14. 4.057 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 46 km deep · 21 km away
  15. 1.659 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 1.560 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 19 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 1.662 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 1.668 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 1.742 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 47 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 4.754 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 41 km deep · 87 km away
  21. 1.771 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  22. 1.873 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  23. 1.673 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 38 km deep · 18 km away
  24. 1.658 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 23 km deep · 74 km away
  25. 1.562 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 27 km deep · 93 km away
  26. 1.864 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 31 km deep · 30 km away
  27. 2.851 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  28. 2.062 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 41 km deep · 15 km away
  29. 2.357 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 40 km deep · 13 km away
  30. 1.959 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 40 km deep · 18 km away
  31. 3.466 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
  32. 1.664 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
  33. 2.998 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  34. 2.6105 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
  35. 1.9103 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 17 km deep · 70 km away
  36. 1.667 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
  37. 2.988 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 36 km deep · 38 km away
  38. 2.259 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
  39. 1.956 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  40. 2.255 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away
  41. 2.1south of Alaska · 2257 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  42. 1.764 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  43. 1.764 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  44. 1.765 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 28 km deep · 94 km away
  45. 1.763 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  46. 1.979 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
  47. 2.762 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  48. 1.860 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
  49. 1.863 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  50. 1.855 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 24 km deep · 71 km away
  51. 1.856 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 24 km deep · 46 km away
  52. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 2257 days ago · 31 km deep · 28 km away
  53. 1.752 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 42 km deep · 65 km away
  54. 2.691 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
  55. 1.869 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
  56. 5.058 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 43 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1 · tsunami flag
  57. 4.559 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 44 km deep · 16 km away
  58. 3.060 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 35 km deep · 18 km away
  59. 1.852 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 24 km deep · 69 km away
  60. 1.762 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 1.856 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 31 km deep · 23 km away
  2. 1.952 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 3 km deep · 27 km away
  3. 2.498 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 1.894 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 31 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 1.760 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 41 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 2.251 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 2.877 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
  8. 2.497 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 37 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 1.970 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 25 km deep · 22 km away
  10. 1.967 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 30 km deep · 24 km away
  11. 1.658 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 2.556 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 16 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 2.7100 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 18 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 2257 days ago · 30 km deep · 21 km away
  15. 2.964 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 2.759 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
  17. 1.767 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 36 km deep · 27 km away
  18. 4.1125 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 18 km deep · 88 km away
  19. 1.952 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
  20. 2.2south of Alaska · 2257 days ago · 18 km deep · 76 km away

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