Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 59 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 59 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Jul 29, 2020, 11:50 PM AKDT (07:50 UTC), 17 km (10 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
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-07-30 07:50:46 UTC
Depth
16.8 km (10.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.821° N, 160.721° 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
17

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. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 2256 days ago · 25 km deep · 24 km away
  2. 1.862 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 26 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 1.882 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 29 km deep · 33 km away
  4. 1.679 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
  5. 1.768 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 2.399 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
  7. 1.963 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 29 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 1.845 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 28 km deep · 29 km away
  9. 1.955 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 14 km deep · 26 km away
  10. 2.286 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
  11. 3.486 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 44 km deep · 29 km away
  12. 3.582 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 47 km deep · 29 km away
  13. 1.961 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 23 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 1.975 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 2.283 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
  16. 1.972 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 1.681 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
  18. 1.953 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 23 km deep · 29 km away
  19. 1.776 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 19 km deep · 42 km away
  20. 3.687 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 44 km deep · 29 km away
  21. 1.783 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 25 km deep · 26 km away
  22. 2.068 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
  23. 1.968 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 23 km deep · 39 km away
  24. 1.652 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 21 km deep · 35 km away
  25. 1.951 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
  26. 1.760 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
  27. 1.681 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
  28. 2.067 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 30 km deep · 86 km away
  29. 1.862 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 27 km deep · 84 km away
  30. 1.777 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
  31. 1.678 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 23 km deep · 38 km away
  32. 1.878 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 25 km deep · 21 km away
  33. 1.755 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away
  34. 2.065 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
  35. 1.969 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 27 km deep · 97 km away
  36. 1.854 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 23 km deep · 27 km away
  37. 1.985 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
  38. 1.780 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 25 km deep · 33 km away
  39. 2.0121 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 23 km deep · 65 km away
  40. 2.9103 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  41. 1.885 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
  42. 1.674 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 23 km deep · 40 km away
  43. 2.393 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 14 km deep · 51 km away
  44. 2.379 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
  45. 2.287 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
  46. 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 2255 days ago · 23 km deep · 26 km away
  47. 1.654 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 24 km deep · 26 km away
  48. 1.679 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
  49. 2.758 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 26 km deep · 22 km away
  50. 1.879 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
  51. 1.682 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 22 km deep · 38 km away
  52. 1.677 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
  53. 1.667 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  54. 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 2255 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  55. 1.775 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 14 km deep · 20 km away
  56. 1.952 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 31 km deep · 29 km away
  57. 1.676 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away
  58. 1.785 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 13 km deep · 28 km away
  59. 2.062 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
  60. 1.575 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.782 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
  2. 1.759 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 20 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 2.262 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 25 km deep · 6 km away
  4. 2.053 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 24 km deep · 25 km away
  5. 1.856 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 19 km deep · 23 km away
  6. 1.861 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 1.862 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 21 km deep · 4 km away
  8. 1.974 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 2.950 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 25 km deep · 24 km away
  10. 1.954 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 22 km deep · 24 km away
  11. 1.957 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 26 km deep · 2 km away
  12. 2.065 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 32 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 1.954 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 22 km deep · 26 km away
  14. 1.880 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
  15. 1.881 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
  16. 1.680 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 31 km deep · 30 km away
  17. 1.856 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 21 km deep · 22 km away
  18. 3.3102 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
  19. 1.680 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
  20. 3.051 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away

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