Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 114 km S of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 114 km S of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Jul 29, 2020, 2:50 PM AKDT (22:50 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 79 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-07-29 22:50:19 UTC
Depth
14.7 km (9.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.311° N, 160.548° 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 201 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.952 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 2.654 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 28 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 1.654 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 1.847 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 29 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 2.381 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away
  6. 3.051 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 1.680 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 3.3102 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
  9. 1.856 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 21 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 1.680 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 31 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 1.881 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 1.880 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
  13. 1.954 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 22 km deep · 62 km away
  14. 1.957 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
  15. 1.954 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 22 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 2.950 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 25 km deep · 66 km away
  17. 1.862 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 21 km deep · 56 km away
  18. 1.861 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
  19. 1.856 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 19 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 2.053 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 24 km deep · 63 km away
  21. 2.262 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
  22. 1.759 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
  23. 1.782 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  24. 1.859 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 17 km deep · 58 km away
  25. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 2252 days ago · 25 km deep · 60 km away
  26. 1.862 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
  27. 1.882 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 29 km deep · 60 km away
  28. 1.679 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  29. 1.768 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  30. 2.399 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 12 km deep · 30 km away
  31. 1.845 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 28 km deep · 72 km away
  32. 1.955 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away
  33. 2.286 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  34. 3.486 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 44 km deep · 43 km away
  35. 3.582 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 47 km deep · 55 km away
  36. 1.975 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  37. 2.283 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  38. 1.681 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  39. 1.953 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 23 km deep · 65 km away
  40. 1.776 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 19 km deep · 65 km away
  41. 3.687 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 44 km deep · 41 km away
  42. 1.783 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 25 km deep · 45 km away
  43. 1.968 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 23 km deep · 58 km away
  44. 1.652 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 21 km deep · 69 km away
  45. 1.951 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  46. 1.760 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  47. 1.681 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  48. 1.777 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  49. 1.678 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
  50. 1.878 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away
  51. 1.755 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
  52. 2.065 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
  53. 1.854 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
  54. 1.985 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
  55. 1.780 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
  56. 2.0121 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 23 km deep · 7 km away
  57. 2.9103 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
  58. 1.885 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
  59. 1.674 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 23 km deep · 67 km away
  60. 2.393 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 14 km deep · 37 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 2.880 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 29 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 1.666 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 1.681 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 1.597 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
  5. 2.087 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 2.183 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
  7. 2.252 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 24 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 1.574 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 27 km deep · 40 km away
  9. 1.571 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 16 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 1.651 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 1.6105 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
  12. 3.849 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 42 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 1.753 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
  14. 3.050 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 29 km deep · 66 km away
  15. 4.882 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 38 km deep · 51 km away
  16. 1.752 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
  17. 1.949 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 2.251 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
  19. 1.665 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 22 km deep · 48 km away
  20. 2.153 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 22 km deep · 64 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0209pbsitz. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 3:18 PM UTC.