Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 50 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 50 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska on Thu, Jul 23, 2020, 8:05 PM AKDT (04:05 UTC), 42 km (26 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
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-07-24 04:05:49 UTC
Depth
42.0 km (26.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.969° N, 160.028° 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
13

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. 1.864 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 2257 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 1.863 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 17 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 2.2110 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 2.969 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 23 km deep · 26 km away
  6. 1.764 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 22 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 2.296 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 20 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 1.864 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
  9. 1.878 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 2.786 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 1.762 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 1.877 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 2.1106 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 1.958 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 23 km deep · 25 km away
  15. 2.958 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 31 km deep · 39 km away
  16. 1.653 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 15 km deep · 25 km away
  17. 1.656 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 23 km deep · 25 km away
  18. 1.761 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
  19. 2.068 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 32 km deep · 52 km away
  20. 2.892 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  21. 2.078 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 18 km deep · 55 km away
  22. 2.086 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  23. 2.094 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 20 km deep · 44 km away
  24. 1.880 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  25. 2.081 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
  26. 2.357 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
  27. 4.580 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 42 km deep · 57 km away
  28. 2.291 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away
  29. 1.971 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 18 km deep · 28 km away
  30. 1.751 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 19 km deep · 7 km away
  31. 1.655 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 21 km deep · 26 km away
  32. 1.755 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
  33. 1.655 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 24 km deep · 20 km away
  34. 1.854 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 34 km deep · 26 km away
  35. 3.4111 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
  36. 1.968 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 12 km deep · 21 km away
  37. 2.373 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
  38. 1.783 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  39. 2.068 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 29 km deep · 89 km away
  40. 3.286 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  41. 1.981 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 16 km deep · 41 km away
  42. 2.188 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  43. 1.868 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
  44. 1.887 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  45. 1.856 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 31 km deep · 37 km away
  46. 2.368 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  47. 1.973 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 25 km deep · 47 km away
  48. 1.655 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 22 km deep · 25 km away
  49. 1.552 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away
  50. 1.759 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 18 km deep · 46 km away
  51. 1.654 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
  52. 1.865 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 28 km deep · 35 km away
  53. 1.685 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 31 km deep · 98 km away
  54. 1.657 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 24 km deep · 21 km away
  55. 1.9102 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
  56. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 2257 days ago · 23 km deep · 52 km away
  57. 1.862 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 23 km deep · 46 km away
  58. 1.752 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 23 km deep · 17 km away
  59. 2.159 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 25 km deep · 23 km away
  60. 1.662 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 1.857 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away
  2. 1.761 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 1.871 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 1.762 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
  5. 1.852 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 24 km deep · 20 km away
  6. 3.060 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
  7. 4.559 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 44 km deep · 36 km away
  8. 5.058 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 43 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1 · tsunami flag
  9. 1.869 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 25 km deep · 42 km away
  10. 2.691 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 1.752 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 42 km deep · 16 km away
  12. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 2257 days ago · 31 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 1.856 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 24 km deep · 8 km away
  14. 1.855 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 24 km deep · 21 km away
  15. 1.8106 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 2.997 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 1.863 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
  18. 1.860 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
  19. 2.762 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
  20. 1.979 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away

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