M1.6 earthquake 81 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 81 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Thu, Jul 30, 2020, 6:27 AM AKDT (14:27 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 79 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-07-30 14:27:55 UTC
- Depth
- 25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.703° N, 161.147° 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
- 12
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
- 1.777 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.678 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 23 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.878 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 25 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.755 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.854 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 23 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.985 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.780 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 25 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.0121 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.9103 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.885 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.674 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 23 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.393 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.379 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 26 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.287 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 2254 days ago · 23 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.654 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 24 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.679 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.758 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.682 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 22 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.677 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.667 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 2253 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.775 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 14 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.952 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 31 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.676 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 20 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.785 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.575 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.1107 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 25 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.784 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 22 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.670 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 17 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.852 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.083 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.1104 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.676 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 22 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.577 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.795 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.663 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.672 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 22 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.059 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 147 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.661 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.754 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 28 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.8112 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.081 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 31 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.696 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 29 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.283 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 23 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.187 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.653 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 24 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.750 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.685 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 26 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.764 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.680 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 23 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.2116 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 25 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.9116 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.576 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.654 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 21 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.754 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 23 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 2252 days ago · 21 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.822 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 76 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.256 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 25 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.383 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 42 km deep · 18 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.760 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.951 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.652 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 21 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.968 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 23 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.783 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 25 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.687 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 44 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.776 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 19 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.953 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 23 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.681 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.283 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 26 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.582 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 47 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.486 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 44 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.286 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.955 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.845 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 28 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.399 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 12 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.768 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 26 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.679 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.882 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 29 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.862 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
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