Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 63 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 63 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Thu, Jul 23, 2020, 8:18 PM AKDT (04:18 UTC), 17 km (10 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 04:18:08 UTC
Depth
16.8 km (10.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.775° N, 160.702° 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
18

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. 2.969 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 23 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 1.764 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 22 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 1.864 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
  4. 1.878 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 1.762 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
  6. 1.877 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 35 km deep · 18 km away
  7. 2.1106 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
  8. 1.958 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 23 km deep · 25 km away
  9. 2.958 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 31 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 1.653 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 15 km deep · 23 km away
  11. 1.656 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 23 km deep · 24 km away
  12. 1.761 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 26 km deep · 3 km away
  13. 2.068 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 32 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 2.086 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
  15. 2.094 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
  16. 1.880 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
  17. 2.081 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 2.357 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
  19. 1.971 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 18 km deep · 74 km away
  20. 1.751 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 19 km deep · 41 km away
  21. 1.655 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 21 km deep · 23 km away
  22. 1.755 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
  23. 1.655 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 24 km deep · 29 km away
  24. 1.854 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 34 km deep · 74 km away
  25. 1.968 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
  26. 2.373 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
  27. 1.783 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
  28. 2.068 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 29 km deep · 43 km away
  29. 1.981 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 16 km deep · 87 km away
  30. 2.188 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  31. 1.868 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
  32. 1.887 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
  33. 1.856 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 31 km deep · 84 km away
  34. 1.973 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
  35. 1.655 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 22 km deep · 23 km away
  36. 1.552 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
  37. 1.759 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 18 km deep · 5 km away
  38. 1.654 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
  39. 1.865 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 28 km deep · 83 km away
  40. 1.685 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 31 km deep · 50 km away
  41. 1.657 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 24 km deep · 29 km away
  42. 1.9102 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away
  43. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 2259 days ago · 23 km deep · 100 km away
  44. 1.862 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 23 km deep · 3 km away
  45. 1.752 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 23 km deep · 31 km away
  46. 2.159 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 25 km deep · 28 km away
  47. 1.662 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
  48. 1.757 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 22 km deep · 28 km away
  49. 1.753 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 27 km deep · 34 km away
  50. 1.872 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 31 km deep · 100 km away
  51. 1.983 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  52. 1.661 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 19 km deep · 2 km away
  53. 1.656 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 23 km deep · 25 km away
  54. 1.756 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away
  55. 1.662 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 18 km deep · 2 km away
  56. 1.752 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 17 km deep · 31 km away
  57. 4.480 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
  58. 1.656 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
  59. 1.662 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 20 km deep · 3 km away
  60. 1.879 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 2259 days ago · 26 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 1.864 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 26 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 1.850 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 42 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 1.857 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 1.761 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
  6. 1.871 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
  7. 1.762 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
  8. 1.852 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 24 km deep · 28 km away
  9. 3.060 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 4.559 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 44 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 5.058 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 43 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1 · tsunami flag
  12. 1.869 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 25 km deep · 14 km away
  13. 1.752 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 42 km deep · 33 km away
  14. 1.856 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 24 km deep · 55 km away
  15. 1.855 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 24 km deep · 28 km away
  16. 1.8106 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 2.997 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
  18. 1.863 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
  19. 1.860 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 25 km deep · 8 km away
  20. 2.762 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 35 km deep · 8 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0209gr73pl. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:17 AM UTC.