Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 85 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 85 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Sat, Aug 1, 2020, 7:07 PM AKDT (03:07 UTC), 13 km (8 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
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-08-02 03:07:47 UTC
Depth
13.1 km (8.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.631° N, 161.008° 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
22

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. 1.795 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 1.571 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
  3. 3.077 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 29 km deep · 16 km away
  4. 1.656 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 18 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 1.687 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 1.565 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 1.6109 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
  8. 1.977 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
  9. 2.7109 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 17 km deep · 45 km away
  10. 2.365 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
  11. 2.494 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 4.889 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 31 km deep · 8 km away
  13. 1.797 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  14. 1.576 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 12 km deep · 13 km away
  15. 1.748 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 2.256 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
  17. 3.954 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2
  18. 1.894 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away
  19. 1.5Alaska Peninsula · 2251 days ago · 22 km deep · 15 km away
  20. 1.653 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 24 km deep · 52 km away
  21. 1.856 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
  22. 1.546 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
  23. 1.688 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 20 km deep · 4 km away
  24. 2.186 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
  25. 2.790 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  26. 3.064 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  27. 1.956 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 23 km deep · 69 km away
  28. 1.581 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
  29. 2.967 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 18 km deep · 47 km away
  30. 1.674 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  31. 1.853 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 19 km deep · 50 km away
  32. 2.361 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  33. 2.180 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 21 km deep · 17 km away
  34. 1.758 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
  35. 3.558 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 37 km deep · 51 km away
  36. 1.655 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  37. 2.8111 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
  38. 2.565 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 19 km deep · 39 km away
  39. 2.860 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 25 km deep · 48 km away
  40. 1.674 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
  41. 1.560 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 30 km deep · 30 km away
  42. 5.279 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 2
  43. 2.691 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
  44. 1.581 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
  45. 1.773 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 28 km deep · 42 km away
  46. 1.581 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
  47. 1.782 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 25 km deep · 8 km away
  48. 1.580 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away
  49. 1.679 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 26 km deep · 18 km away
  50. 1.769 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
  51. 1.578 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
  52. 1.781 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 16 km deep · 20 km away
  53. 1.580 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
  54. 1.672 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
  55. 1.685 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
  56. 1.675 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 26 km deep · 22 km away
  57. 1.656 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 22 km deep · 46 km away
  58. 2.888 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 27 km deep · 10 km away
  59. 1.682 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 22 km deep · 13 km away
  60. 1.665 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.957 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 1.682 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
  3. 1.583 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 2.453 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 23 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 1.584 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 11 km deep · 7 km away
  6. 2.251 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 24 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 2.151 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 2.081 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
  9. 2.154 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  10. 1.580 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
  11. 2.486 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
  12. 3.255 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 28 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 1.654 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 21 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 2.355 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 22 km deep · 50 km away
  15. 1.994 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
  16. 2.765 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
  17. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 2253 days ago · 22 km deep · 50 km away
  18. 2.071 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
  19. 4.763 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 39 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.156 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 21 km deep · 49 km away

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