Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 81 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 81 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska on Mon, Aug 10, 2020, 11:35 PM AKDT (07:35 UTC), 10 km (6 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
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-08-11 07:35:42 UTC
Depth
9.6 km (6.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.999° N, 159.366° 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. 1.778 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 19 km deep · 9 km away
  2. 1.877 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
  3. 2.599 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 24 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 1.877 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  5. 1.561 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 1.557 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 2.077 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 18 km deep · 18 km away
  8. 2.064 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 20 km deep · 20 km away
  9. 1.658 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 36 km deep · 27 km away
  10. 1.558 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 2.260 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 27 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 1.710 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 72 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 2.255 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away
  14. 1.762 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 1.659 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 19 km deep · 45 km away
  16. 2.772 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 1.554 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 36 km deep · 28 km away
  18. 1.867 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
  19. 1.764 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 21 km deep · 33 km away
  20. 1.556 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 22 km deep · 57 km away
  21. 3.056 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 27 km deep · 66 km away
  22. 1.660 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 23 km deep · 69 km away
  23. 1.767 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 39 km deep · 14 km away
  24. 2.7134 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 20 km deep · 53 km away
  25. 2.1144 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 20 km deep · 63 km away
  26. 1.571 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 39 km deep · 21 km away
  27. 1.667 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
  28. 1.5125 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 23 km deep · 46 km away
  29. 1.673 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 25 km deep · 28 km away
  30. 1.831 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
  31. 1.564 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
  32. 1.555 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  33. 1.753 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 24 km deep · 65 km away
  34. 1.555 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 23 km deep · 61 km away
  35. 1.748 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 59 km deep · 42 km away
  36. 2.5104 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 34 km deep · 92 km away
  37. 3.2104 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
  38. 3.359 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 43 km deep · 26 km away
  39. 3.052 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 28 km deep · 64 km away
  40. 2.8119 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 37 km deep · 84 km away
  41. 1.770 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
  42. 4.246 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
  43. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 2240 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
  44. 3.064 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 41 km deep · 19 km away
  45. 2.176 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  46. 3.949 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 40 km deep · 65 km away
  47. 2.461 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  48. 2.169 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 34 km deep · 28 km away
  49. 2.656 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 28 km deep · 69 km away
  50. 1.757 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
  51. 2.159 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 22 km deep · 38 km away
  52. 1.954 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 21 km deep · 82 km away
  53. 1.854 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 24 km deep · 63 km away
  54. 1.974 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  55. 1.754 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 38 km deep · 27 km away
  56. 1.525 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 17 km deep · 64 km away
  57. 2.859 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  58. 1.963 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 19 km deep · 58 km away
  59. 1.956 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  60. 2.273 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 36 km deep · 14 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 3.357 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 27 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 3.0south of Alaska · 2244 days ago · 32 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 2.981 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 2.588 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 34 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 1.760 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 41 km deep · 27 km away
  6. 1.663 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 22 km deep · 25 km away
  7. 2.1100 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 31 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 1.559 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 1.962 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 2.451 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 23 km deep · 62 km away
  11. 2.7121 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 27 km deep · 43 km away
  12. 3.757 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 30 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 2.783 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 31 km deep · 20 km away
  14. 4.2119 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 1.866 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 4.253 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 40 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.084 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 21 km deep · 26 km away
  18. 1.554 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 22 km deep · 66 km away
  19. 3.055 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2246 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
  20. 2.170 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2246 days ago · 40 km deep · 14 km away

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