Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 62 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 62 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska on Fri, Jul 24, 2020, 11:39 PM AKDT (07:39 UTC), 26 km (16 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
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-07-25 07:39:24 UTC
Depth
25.5 km (15.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.180° N, 159.559° 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
14

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

After

  1. 2.255 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 19 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 1.857 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 39 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 1.587 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 3.6105 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 30 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 1.659 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 2.784 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 30 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 1.654 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 22 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 2.263 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 36 km deep · 5 km away
  9. 1.755 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 42 km deep · 10 km away
  10. 1.556 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 36 km deep · 8 km away
  11. 2.850 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 28 km deep · 36 km away
  12. 1.9101 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 1.663 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 36 km deep · 10 km away
  14. 1.658 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 30 km deep · 32 km away
  15. 1.691 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  16. 1.662 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 31 km deep · 11 km away
  17. 1.752 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 29 km deep · 27 km away
  18. 2.279 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  19. 1.662 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 18 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 1.760 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 39 km deep · 2 km away
  21. 2.6118 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 43 km deep · 92 km away
  22. 3.072 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
  23. 2.257 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  24. 2.255 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  25. 1.549 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  26. 1.576 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  27. 1.963 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
  28. 1.580 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 19 km deep · 84 km away
  29. 2.098 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 36 km deep · 49 km away
  30. 1.899 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 47 km deep · 73 km away
  31. 1.929 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 71 km deep · 70 km away
  32. 2.1120 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
  33. 1.7103 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
  34. 1.757 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
  35. 2.373 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  36. 2.375 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  37. 2.881 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away
  38. 1.650 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 23 km deep · 52 km away
  39. 1.654 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 23 km deep · 55 km away
  40. 1.670 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
  41. 1.564 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 24 km deep · 4 km away
  42. 1.873 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 18 km deep · 78 km away
  43. 1.764 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 25 km deep · 3 km away
  44. 1.664 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 25 km deep · 5 km away
  45. 3.371 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 19 km deep · 87 km away
  46. 2.588 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
  47. 2.282 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 18 km deep · 83 km away
  48. 1.955 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
  49. 2.0101 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
  50. 1.760 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  51. 2.1103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
  52. 2.163 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 21 km deep · 85 km away
  53. 2.861 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  54. 1.658 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away
  55. 2.0102 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  56. 2.081 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away
  57. 2.063 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 26 km deep · 3 km away
  58. 1.762 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 17 km deep · 85 km away
  59. 1.661 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 24 km deep · 64 km away
  60. 2.6111 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 18 km deep · 73 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 2.079 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  2. 3.260 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 39 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 1.657 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 25 km deep · 5 km away
  4. 3.4101 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 27 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 2.0124 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 21 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 1.778 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 1.667 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 1.663 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 35 km deep · 2 km away
  9. 1.979 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 28 km deep · 17 km away
  10. 2.092 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 21 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 2.096 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 28 km deep · 49 km away
  12. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 2256 days ago · 22 km deep · 5 km away
  13. 2.265 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 29 km deep · 5 km away
  14. 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 2256 days ago · 27 km deep · 6 km away
  15. 1.762 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 22 km deep · 1 km away
  16. 1.879 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 2.497 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 1.750 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  19. 1.665 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 29 km deep · 5 km away
  20. 2.1110 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 36 km deep · 76 km away

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