Alaska earthquakes

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

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 59 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Aug 5, 2020, 3:43 AM AKDT (11:43 UTC), 27 km (17 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), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-08-05 11:43:45 UTC
Depth
27.4 km (17.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.004° N, 159.768° 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

  1. 2.153 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 24 km deep · 37 km away
  2. 1.681 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 3.262 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 36 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 3.7122 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 5.194 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 4 · tsunami flag
  6. 2.1119 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 1.776 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 28 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 4.055 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 41 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 2.952 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 28 km deep · 41 km away
  10. 3.2120 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 1.882 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 23 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 1.951 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 24 km deep · 38 km away
  13. 3.432 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 17 km deep · 39 km away
  14. 1.881 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 23 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 1.989 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 1.981 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 3.2112 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 28 km deep · 90 km away
  18. 2.4118 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 30 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 2.292 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 21 km deep · 59 km away
  20. 2.453 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 37 km deep · 94 km away
  21. 2.785 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
  22. 2.7109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  23. 2.253 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 23 km deep · 41 km away
  24. 3.082 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
  25. 2.657 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 28 km deep · 42 km away
  26. 2.7102 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
  27. 2.896 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
  28. 1.955 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
  29. 3.253 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 21 km deep · 40 km away
  30. 2.065 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
  31. 1.859 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  32. 1.852 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 24 km deep · 39 km away
  33. 1.776 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 17 km deep · 17 km away
  34. 2.062 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 34 km deep · 26 km away
  35. 2.078 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
  36. 2.1123 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 34 km deep · 99 km away
  37. 2.1107 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 40 km deep · 99 km away
  38. 1.756 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 38 km deep · 15 km away
  39. 1.682 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
  40. 2.056 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 36 km deep · 24 km away
  41. 1.556 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 40 km deep · 23 km away
  42. 1.655 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 19 km deep · 42 km away
  43. 2.8102 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 37 km deep · 90 km away
  44. 1.582 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 22 km deep · 100 km away
  45. 5.579 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 39 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 7
  46. 1.786 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
  47. 2.7125 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 23 km deep · 78 km away
  48. 2.661 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
  49. 3.579 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 28 km deep · 97 km away
  50. 3.175 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
  51. 3.975 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 46 km deep · 92 km away
  52. 2.281 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  53. 1.698 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
  54. 1.552 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 27 km deep · 39 km away
  55. 1.681 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
  56. 1.931 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 49 km deep · 87 km away
  57. 2.062 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 40 km deep · 23 km away
  58. 1.658 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 19 km deep · 43 km away
  59. 4.280 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 44 km deep · 93 km away
  60. 1.752 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 22 km deep · 40 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.584 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 2.186 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 1.856 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 34 km deep · 16 km away
  4. 1.697 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 1.580 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 2.7103 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 31 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 1.968 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 27 km deep · 43 km away
  8. 1.878 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 1.665 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 2245 days ago · 28 km deep · 27 km away
  11. 1.682 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 22 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 2.888 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 1.656 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 22 km deep · 44 km away
  14. 2.1124 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 19 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 1.672 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2246 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 1.580 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2246 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 1.781 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2246 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 1.722 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2246 days ago · 85 km deep · 80 km away
  19. 1.578 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2246 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 1.769 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2246 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away

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