Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 64 km S of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 64 km S of Sand Point, Alaska on Fri, Jul 31, 2020, 12:50 PM AKDT (20:50 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.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-07-31 20:50:28 UTC
Depth
25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.766° N, 160.659° 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 200 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.680 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 23 km deep · 34 km away
  2. 4.2116 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 2.9116 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 1.576 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
  5. 1.654 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 21 km deep · 22 km away
  6. 1.754 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 23 km deep · 21 km away
  7. 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 2249 days ago · 21 km deep · 27 km away
  8. 1.822 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 76 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 2.256 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 25 km deep · 26 km away
  10. 3.383 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 42 km deep · 23 km away
  11. 2.754 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
  12. 1.850 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 26 km deep · 22 km away
  13. 1.863 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 4.162 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 44 km deep · 55 km away
  15. 2.359 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 22 km deep · 51 km away
  16. 3.2118 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 2.376 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
  18. 2.682 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 28 km deep · 75 km away
  19. 2.156 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 21 km deep · 22 km away
  20. 4.763 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 39 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  21. 2.071 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
  22. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 2249 days ago · 22 km deep · 23 km away
  23. 2.765 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 25 km deep · 38 km away
  24. 1.994 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  25. 2.355 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 22 km deep · 23 km away
  26. 1.654 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 21 km deep · 22 km away
  27. 3.255 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 28 km deep · 24 km away
  28. 2.486 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
  29. 1.664 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 36 km deep · 85 km away
  30. 1.580 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
  31. 2.154 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
  32. 2.081 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
  33. 2.151 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 25 km deep · 26 km away
  34. 3.595 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 29 km deep · 98 km away
  35. 2.251 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 24 km deep · 26 km away
  36. 2.855 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 39 km deep · 77 km away
  37. 1.584 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 11 km deep · 23 km away
  38. 2.453 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 23 km deep · 25 km away
  39. 1.583 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  40. 1.682 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
  41. 1.957 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away
  42. 2.085 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
  43. 1.795 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  44. 2.364 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 44 km deep · 97 km away
  45. 1.571 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
  46. 3.077 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 29 km deep · 31 km away
  47. 1.656 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 18 km deep · 26 km away
  48. 1.687 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
  49. 1.6107 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 18 km deep · 100 km away
  50. 1.565 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  51. 1.6109 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  52. 1.977 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away
  53. 2.7109 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 17 km deep · 70 km away
  54. 2.365 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 26 km deep · 1 km away
  55. 2.494 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  56. 4.889 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 31 km deep · 28 km away
  57. 1.797 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  58. 1.576 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away
  59. 1.748 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
  60. 2.082 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.685 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
  2. 1.750 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 20 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 1.653 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 24 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 2.187 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 13 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 3.283 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 23 km deep · 23 km away
  6. 1.696 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 29 km deep · 38 km away
  7. 3.081 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 31 km deep · 32 km away
  8. 1.8112 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 1.754 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 28 km deep · 30 km away
  10. 1.661 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 26 km deep · 3 km away
  11. 2.059 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 147 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 1.672 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 22 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 1.663 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
  14. 1.795 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  15. 1.577 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
  16. 1.676 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 22 km deep · 42 km away
  17. 2.1104 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
  18. 2.083 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
  19. 1.857 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 41 km deep · 85 km away
  20. 2.173 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away

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