Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 46 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 46 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska on Fri, Jul 24, 2020, 4:28 PM AKDT (00:28 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
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-07-25 00:28:07 UTC
Depth
4.8 km (3.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.165° N, 159.831° 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
17

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 201 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.578 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 18 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 1.8101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 1.668 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 3.177 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 1.757 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 32 km deep · 12 km away
  6. 1.558 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 1.969 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 37 km deep · 23 km away
  8. 1.778 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
  9. 2.283 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 1.9117 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 27 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 1.756 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 2.898 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 1.652 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 23 km deep · 40 km away
  14. 2.1110 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 36 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 1.665 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 29 km deep · 19 km away
  16. 1.750 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
  17. 2.497 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 1.879 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 1.762 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 22 km deep · 18 km away
  20. 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 2262 days ago · 27 km deep · 19 km away
  21. 2.265 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 29 km deep · 20 km away
  22. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 2262 days ago · 22 km deep · 19 km away
  23. 1.581 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
  24. 2.096 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 28 km deep · 66 km away
  25. 2.092 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 21 km deep · 52 km away
  26. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 2261 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
  27. 1.979 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 28 km deep · 35 km away
  28. 1.663 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
  29. 1.667 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
  30. 1.778 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  31. 2.0124 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 21 km deep · 80 km away
  32. 1.572 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
  33. 3.4101 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 27 km deep · 89 km away
  34. 1.657 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 25 km deep · 14 km away
  35. 3.260 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 39 km deep · 15 km away
  36. 2.079 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  37. 1.562 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
  38. 2.255 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 19 km deep · 48 km away
  39. 1.857 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 39 km deep · 14 km away
  40. 1.587 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away
  41. 3.6105 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 30 km deep · 95 km away
  42. 1.659 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
  43. 2.784 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 30 km deep · 38 km away
  44. 1.654 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 22 km deep · 43 km away
  45. 2.263 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 36 km deep · 17 km away
  46. 1.755 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 42 km deep · 9 km away
  47. 1.556 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 36 km deep · 10 km away
  48. 2.850 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 28 km deep · 23 km away
  49. 1.9101 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
  50. 1.663 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 36 km deep · 17 km away
  51. 1.658 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 30 km deep · 47 km away
  52. 1.691 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  53. 1.662 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 31 km deep · 16 km away
  54. 1.752 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 29 km deep · 16 km away
  55. 2.279 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  56. 1.662 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 18 km deep · 72 km away
  57. 1.760 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 39 km deep · 15 km away
  58. 3.072 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
  59. 2.257 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  60. 2.255 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.856 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 21 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 1.963 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 1.656 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 21 km deep · 32 km away
  4. 2.2104 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 3.063 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 1.877 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 2.288 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 22 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 2.066 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 38 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 2.090 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 19 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 2.689 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 32 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 1.856 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 34 km deep · 14 km away
  12. 1.864 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 16 km deep · 71 km away
  13. 1.879 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 34 km deep · 34 km away
  14. 2.1108 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 22 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 1.654 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 19 km deep · 48 km away
  16. 2.196 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 30 km deep · 65 km away
  17. 2.080 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 2.682 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 24 km deep · 86 km away
  19. 1.561 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 29 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 1.766 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away

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