Alaska earthquakes

M3.3 earthquake 111 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 111 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Thu, Jul 23, 2020, 3:27 PM AKDT (23:27 UTC), 5 km (3 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
3.3 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-07-23 23:27:54 UTC
Depth
4.5 km (2.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.378° N, 161.006° 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
47

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. 2.9103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 2.259 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 1.956 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 1.889 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 22 km deep · 29 km away
  5. 2.255 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 23 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 1.764 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 1.764 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 1.765 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 28 km deep · 48 km away
  9. 1.763 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  10. 2.762 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 1.860 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away
  12. 1.863 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  13. 2.997 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away
  14. 1.8106 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away
  15. 1.855 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 24 km deep · 70 km away
  16. 1.856 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 1.752 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 42 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 1.869 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 25 km deep · 49 km away
  19. 5.058 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 43 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1 · tsunami flag
  20. 1.852 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 24 km deep · 72 km away
  21. 1.762 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  22. 1.871 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
  23. 1.761 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  24. 1.857 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  25. 1.850 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 42 km deep · 91 km away
  26. 1.864 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  27. 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 2263 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  28. 1.863 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 17 km deep · 48 km away
  29. 2.969 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 23 km deep · 68 km away
  30. 1.764 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 22 km deep · 48 km away
  31. 1.864 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
  32. 1.878 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
  33. 1.762 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  34. 1.877 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
  35. 2.1106 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
  36. 1.958 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 23 km deep · 66 km away
  37. 1.653 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 15 km deep · 67 km away
  38. 1.656 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 23 km deep · 67 km away
  39. 1.761 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  40. 2.086 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
  41. 2.094 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
  42. 1.880 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
  43. 2.357 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  44. 1.751 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 19 km deep · 84 km away
  45. 1.655 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 21 km deep · 66 km away
  46. 1.755 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  47. 1.655 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 24 km deep · 71 km away
  48. 2.373 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
  49. 1.783 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
  50. 2.068 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 29 km deep · 49 km away
  51. 1.868 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  52. 1.887 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
  53. 1.655 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 22 km deep · 67 km away
  54. 1.552 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  55. 1.759 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 18 km deep · 53 km away
  56. 1.654 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  57. 1.685 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 31 km deep · 28 km away
  58. 1.657 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 24 km deep · 70 km away
  59. 1.9102 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 12 km deep · 9 km away
  60. 1.862 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 23 km deep · 50 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 1.667 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 25 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 1.664 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 18 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 2.851 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 1.562 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 27 km deep · 50 km away
  5. 1.658 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 23 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 4.754 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 41 km deep · 57 km away
  7. 1.742 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 47 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 1.668 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 15 km deep · 44 km away
  9. 2.376 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
  10. 1.662 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 1.560 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 19 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 2264 days ago · 16 km deep · 44 km away
  13. 3.291 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 15 km deep · 23 km away
  14. 1.659 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  15. 1.870 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 18 km deep · 66 km away
  16. 2.5107 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
  17. 1.566 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 18 km deep · 46 km away
  18. 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 2264 days ago · 22 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 1.653 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 23 km deep · 69 km away
  20. 2.275 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away

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