Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 75 km ESE of Sand Point, AK

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 75 km ESE of Sand Point, AK on Sun, Jul 26, 2020, 7:01 PM AKDT (03:01 UTC), 40 km (25 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
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-07-27 03:01:19 UTC
Depth
39.6 km (24.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.097° N, 159.395° 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
19

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. 1.548 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 24 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 4.052 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 47 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 2.138 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 46 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 2.851 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 24 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 2.155 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 24 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 1.969 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
  7. 1.656 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 1.654 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 1.8123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 1.656 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
  11. 1.890 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 19 km deep · 54 km away
  12. 1.682 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 24 km deep · 9 km away
  13. 1.8105 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 16 km deep · 50 km away
  14. 1.656 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 39 km deep · 19 km away
  15. 1.6101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 22 km deep · 60 km away
  16. 2.6112 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 23 km deep · 41 km away
  17. 1.997 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 18 km deep · 43 km away
  18. 5.546 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 37 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 10 · tsunami flag
  19. 3.153 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
  20. 1.671 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 43 km deep · 5 km away
  21. 3.155 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 27 km deep · 66 km away
  22. 1.556 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 32 km deep · 28 km away
  23. 2.057 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away
  24. 1.755 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
  25. 3.851 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 40 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  26. 3.580 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 24 km deep · 6 km away
  27. 1.565 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 11 km deep · 24 km away
  28. 1.754 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 24 km deep · 65 km away
  29. 2.555 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 23 km deep · 67 km away
  30. 2.056 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 27 km deep · 66 km away
  31. 2.954 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 19 km deep · 67 km away
  32. 1.653 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  33. 1.651 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 36 km deep · 31 km away
  34. 1.9108 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 37 km deep · 72 km away
  35. 2.269 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 27 km deep · 9 km away
  36. 1.558 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 40 km deep · 20 km away
  37. 1.995 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  38. 1.555 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
  39. 1.963 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 37 km deep · 13 km away
  40. 1.565 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 27 km deep · 9 km away
  41. 2.654 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  42. 1.663 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 31 km deep · 12 km away
  43. 2.160 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
  44. 2.750 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 29 km deep · 62 km away
  45. 3.563 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 42 km deep · 68 km away
  46. 2.355 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 23 km deep · 65 km away
  47. 3.169 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 35 km deep · 6 km away
  48. 1.952 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 24 km deep · 65 km away
  49. 2.551 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
  50. 4.354 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 42 km deep · 65 km away
  51. 1.984 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
  52. 2.066 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 27 km deep · 67 km away
  53. 2.753 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
  54. 2.072 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 40 km deep · 12 km away
  55. 1.554 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
  56. 1.762 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 16 km deep · 40 km away
  57. 1.838 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 120 km deep · 49 km away
  58. 1.578 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  59. 1.799 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
  60. 5.049 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 42 km deep · 62 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.763 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 34 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 1.556 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 21 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 2.3124 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 23 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 1.692 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 2.162 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 1.863 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 23 km deep · 13 km away
  7. 2.649 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 1.998 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 29 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 2.0south of Alaska · 2254 days ago · 14 km deep · 20 km away
  10. 4.968 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 36 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 3
  11. 3.1113 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 19 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 1.977 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away
  13. 1.662 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
  14. 1.765 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 28 km deep · 17 km away
  15. 2.0109 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  16. 1.650 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 24 km deep · 55 km away
  17. 2.193 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 25 km deep · 37 km away
  18. 1.555 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 22 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 1.881 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 1.993 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0209lp439d. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 4:41 PM UTC.