Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 82 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 82 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Fri, Aug 7, 2020, 10:21 PM AKDT (06:21 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.9 68 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-08-08 06:21:21 UTC
Depth
25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.616° N, 160.773° 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
14

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. 1.6104 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
  2. 2.0103 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 17 km deep · 25 km away
  3. 2.056 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 36 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 1.556 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 40 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 1.655 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 19 km deep · 37 km away
  6. 1.582 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 22 km deep · 29 km away
  7. 5.579 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 39 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 7
  8. 1.786 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 14 km deep · 23 km away
  9. 3.579 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 28 km deep · 31 km away
  10. 3.175 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 23 km deep · 27 km away
  11. 3.975 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 46 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 2.281 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
  13. 1.698 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 16 km deep · 17 km away
  14. 1.552 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 27 km deep · 40 km away
  15. 2.062 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 40 km deep · 100 km away
  16. 1.658 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 19 km deep · 35 km away
  17. 4.280 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 44 km deep · 25 km away
  18. 1.752 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 22 km deep · 40 km away
  19. 2.8107 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  20. 1.684 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 25 km deep · 39 km away
  21. 3.981 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 45 km deep · 28 km away
  22. 1.5100 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 23 km deep · 41 km away
  23. 2.958 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 22 km deep · 34 km away
  24. 1.580 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
  25. 2.283 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 28 km deep · 26 km away
  26. 3.484 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  27. 1.982 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
  28. 2.094 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
  29. 2.165 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 24 km deep · 71 km away
  30. 1.981 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
  31. 1.654 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 23 km deep · 40 km away
  32. 1.579 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 19 km deep · 8 km away
  33. 2.386 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
  34. 2.377 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  35. 1.782 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 23 km deep · 28 km away
  36. 2.063 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 27 km deep · 19 km away
  37. 2.295 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
  38. 1.982 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 25 km deep · 25 km away
  39. 3.781 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 21 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  40. 2.456 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
  41. 1.858 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
  42. 3.055 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
  43. 1.554 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 22 km deep · 37 km away
  44. 2.084 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 21 km deep · 80 km away
  45. 4.253 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 40 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
  46. 1.866 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
  47. 1.671 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 55 km deep · 40 km away
  48. 1.986 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
  49. 3.757 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 30 km deep · 41 km away
  50. 1.577 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
  51. 2.083 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 13 km deep · 28 km away
  52. 1.882 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
  53. 1.554 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 83 km deep · 83 km away
  54. 2.451 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 23 km deep · 42 km away
  55. 1.681 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 17 km deep · 30 km away
  56. 3.581 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  57. 1.962 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  58. 3.284 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 21 km deep · 26 km away
  59. 3.088 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 27 km deep · 13 km away
  60. 1.559 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 25 km deep · 22 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.756 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 38 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 2.1123 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 34 km deep · 47 km away
  3. 2.078 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 1.776 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 17 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 2.2126 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away
  6. 1.852 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 24 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 1.859 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
  8. 2.1100 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
  9. 1.891 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
  10. 3.253 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 21 km deep · 39 km away
  11. 1.955 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
  12. 2.896 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 20 km deep · 17 km away
  13. 2.491 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 11 km deep · 26 km away
  14. 2.657 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 28 km deep · 36 km away
  15. 2.394 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  16. 1.963 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 3.082 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away
  18. 3.0102 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  19. 2.8102 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  20. 3.1106 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away

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