M1.9 earthquake 61 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 61 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska on Thu, Jul 30, 2020, 3:50 AM AKDT (11:50 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 140 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-07-30 11:50:21 UTC
- Depth
- 23.2 km (14.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 55.216° N, 159.547° 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
- 13
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
- 2.4130 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 38 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.975 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.972 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 25 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.062 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 23 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.953 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 23 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.068 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.968 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 23 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.652 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 21 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.951 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.760 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.067 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 30 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.862 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 27 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.755 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away
- 5.0134 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 34 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 3 · tsunami flag
- 2.065 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.969 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 27 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.854 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.393 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 2254 days ago · 23 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.654 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 24 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.4136 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.190 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 12 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.758 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.879 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 25 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.775 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.952 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 31 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.062 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.670 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.852 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.173 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.857 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 41 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.3120 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.2132 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.663 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.3101 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 2 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.661 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.754 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 28 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.2113 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.653 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 24 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.750 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 20 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.764 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.4103 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.654 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 21 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.299 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 42 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.193 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 21 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.754 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 23 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 2252 days ago · 21 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.822 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 76 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.256 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.754 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.850 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.863 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 25 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.162 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 44 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.359 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 22 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.376 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.682 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 28 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.156 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 21 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.763 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 39 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 2.071 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 2252 days ago · 22 km deep · 64 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.955 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.845 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 28 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.963 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 29 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.862 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 2254 days ago · 25 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.859 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.759 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.262 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.053 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 24 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.856 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 19 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.861 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.862 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 21 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.974 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 18 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.950 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.954 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 22 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.957 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.065 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 32 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.954 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 22 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.856 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 21 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.051 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
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