M2.0 earthquake 84 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 84 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska on Sun, Aug 9, 2020, 10:17 PM AKDT (06:17 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.9 68 km SE 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
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-08-10 06:17:31 UTC
- Depth
- 20.7 km (12.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.798° N, 159.569° 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
- 4.253 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 40 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
- 1.866 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.783 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 31 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.757 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 30 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.7121 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 27 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.451 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 23 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.581 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.962 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.088 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 27 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.559 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.0124 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.1100 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 31 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.663 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 22 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.760 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 41 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.588 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 34 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.981 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.0south of Alaska · 2243 days ago · 32 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.357 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 27 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.881 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.778 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 19 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.695 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 19 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.877 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.599 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 24 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.877 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.561 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.557 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.077 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 18 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.064 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.658 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 36 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.558 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.980 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 21 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.887 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 41 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.687 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.260 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 27 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.710 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 72 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.255 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 25 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.762 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 23 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.659 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 19 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.772 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 22 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.554 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 36 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.867 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.764 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 21 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.556 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 22 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.056 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 27 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.660 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 23 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.767 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 39 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.7134 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 20 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.1144 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.571 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 39 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.667 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.5125 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 23 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.673 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.564 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.555 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.753 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 24 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.555 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 23 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.748 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 59 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.588 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.359 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 43 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.052 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 28 km deep · 51 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.554 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 22 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.055 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.170 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 40 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.858 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 14 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.456 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.063 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 27 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.377 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.966 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.579 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.5118 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.654 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 23 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.165 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 24 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.063 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.958 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 22 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.859 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 40 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.684 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 25 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.752 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 22 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.280 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 44 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.658 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 19 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.062 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 40 km deep · 42 km away
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