Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 88 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 88 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Sun, Jul 26, 2020, 6:42 PM AKDT (02:42 UTC), 13 km (8 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), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-07-27 02:42:16 UTC
Depth
13.1 km (8.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.580° N, 160.922° 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
15

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. 2.179 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
  2. 1.548 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 24 km deep · 47 km away
  3. 4.052 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 47 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 2.138 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 46 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 1.899 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  6. 2.851 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 24 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 2.155 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 24 km deep · 46 km away
  8. 1.969 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 1.656 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 1.654 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 1.8123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 24 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 1.681 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
  13. 1.5117 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
  14. 1.656 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 39 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 3.684 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 43 km deep · 14 km away
  16. 1.584 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 12 km deep · 5 km away
  17. 1.6101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 22 km deep · 83 km away
  18. 2.188 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  19. 1.887 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 18 km deep · 20 km away
  20. 1.997 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 18 km deep · 97 km away
  21. 5.546 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 37 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 10 · tsunami flag
  22. 3.153 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
  23. 3.155 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 27 km deep · 48 km away
  24. 1.556 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 32 km deep · 86 km away
  25. 2.057 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 24 km deep · 47 km away
  26. 1.755 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  27. 3.851 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 40 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  28. 1.565 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
  29. 1.754 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 24 km deep · 49 km away
  30. 2.555 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 23 km deep · 47 km away
  31. 2.056 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 27 km deep · 48 km away
  32. 2.954 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 19 km deep · 47 km away
  33. 1.653 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  34. 1.651 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 36 km deep · 84 km away
  35. 1.886 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 22 km deep · 21 km away
  36. 1.995 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  37. 1.555 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 14 km deep · 45 km away
  38. 1.589 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
  39. 2.654 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  40. 2.750 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 29 km deep · 53 km away
  41. 6.175 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 17 · tsunami flag
  42. 3.175 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 25 km deep · 24 km away
  43. 2.593 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 19 km deep · 8 km away
  44. 2.877 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
  45. 2.986 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 12 km deep · 11 km away
  46. 1.587 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 25 km deep · 8 km away
  47. 2.797 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  48. 3.563 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 42 km deep · 45 km away
  49. 3.377 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
  50. 2.355 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 23 km deep · 49 km away
  51. 1.686 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
  52. 1.952 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 24 km deep · 50 km away
  53. 1.882 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 27 km deep · 10 km away
  54. 2.551 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away
  55. 1.981 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
  56. 4.354 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 42 km deep · 49 km away
  57. 1.984 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
  58. 1.784 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
  59. 2.753 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  60. 1.883 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 25 km deep · 20 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 2.8111 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 32 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 1.556 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 21 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 2.9104 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
  4. 1.692 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 11 km deep · 27 km away
  5. 1.682 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 16 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 2.649 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 2.0south of Alaska · 2254 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 4.968 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 36 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 3
  9. 2.999 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 12 km deep · 13 km away
  10. 1.983 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
  11. 1.581 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 16 km deep · 23 km away
  12. 1.575 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
  13. 1.650 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 24 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 1.555 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 22 km deep · 33 km away
  15. 1.881 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 25 km deep · 30 km away
  16. 2.494 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
  17. 1.993 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away
  18. 2.853 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 31 km deep · 52 km away
  19. 1.663 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
  20. 2.461 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0209lorger. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 6:15 PM UTC.