Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Mon, Jul 27, 2020, 4:46 AM AKDT (12:46 UTC), 22 km (14 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
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-07-27 12:46:55 UTC
Depth
22.1 km (13.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.578° N, 159.628° 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. 2.6112 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 23 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 1.997 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 18 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 5.546 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 37 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 10 · tsunami flag
  4. 3.153 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 1.671 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 43 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 3.155 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 27 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 1.556 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 32 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 2.057 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 24 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 1.755 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
  10. 3.851 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 40 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  11. 3.580 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 24 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 1.565 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 11 km deep · 44 km away
  13. 1.754 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 24 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 2.555 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 23 km deep · 55 km away
  15. 2.056 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 27 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 2.954 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 19 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 1.653 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
  18. 1.651 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 36 km deep · 54 km away
  19. 2.269 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 27 km deep · 67 km away
  20. 1.558 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 40 km deep · 73 km away
  21. 1.995 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
  22. 1.555 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
  23. 1.589 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  24. 1.963 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 37 km deep · 66 km away
  25. 1.565 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 27 km deep · 60 km away
  26. 2.654 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
  27. 1.663 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 31 km deep · 67 km away
  28. 2.160 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
  29. 2.750 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 29 km deep · 56 km away
  30. 3.175 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
  31. 2.593 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 19 km deep · 91 km away
  32. 2.877 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  33. 2.986 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
  34. 1.587 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
  35. 2.797 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  36. 3.563 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 42 km deep · 49 km away
  37. 3.377 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  38. 2.355 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 23 km deep · 54 km away
  39. 1.686 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
  40. 3.169 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  41. 1.952 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 24 km deep · 56 km away
  42. 1.882 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 27 km deep · 88 km away
  43. 2.551 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 25 km deep · 57 km away
  44. 1.981 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  45. 4.354 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 42 km deep · 55 km away
  46. 1.984 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 12 km deep · 38 km away
  47. 1.784 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  48. 2.753 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  49. 1.883 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away
  50. 2.072 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 40 km deep · 71 km away
  51. 1.581 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
  52. 2.783 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  53. 1.554 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away
  54. 1.762 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 16 km deep · 39 km away
  55. 1.787 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  56. 1.681 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
  57. 1.838 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 120 km deep · 95 km away
  58. 1.578 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  59. 1.799 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
  60. 5.049 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 42 km deep · 57 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.584 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 3.684 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 43 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 1.656 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 39 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 1.8105 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 16 km deep · 19 km away
  5. 1.682 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 24 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 1.890 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 1.5117 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 1.656 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 1.8123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 24 km deep · 29 km away
  10. 1.654 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 1.656 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 1.969 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
  13. 2.155 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 24 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 2.851 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 24 km deep · 58 km away
  15. 1.899 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 2.138 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 46 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 4.052 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 47 km deep · 52 km away
  18. 1.548 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 24 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 2.179 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 1.975 km ESE of Sand Point, AK · 2257 days ago · 40 km deep · 60 km away

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