Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 87 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 87 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Aug 11, 2020, 9:46 PM AKDT (05:46 UTC), 25 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, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-08-12 05:46:26 UTC
Depth
25.3 km (15.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.631° N, 161.089° 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. 1.780 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 26 km deep · 12 km away
  2. 2.7102 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  3. 2.260 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 27 km deep · 32 km away
  4. 1.710 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 72 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 2.255 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 25 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 1.7101 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 1.797 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 22 km deep · 25 km away
  8. 1.762 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 23 km deep · 45 km away
  9. 1.659 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 19 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 2.772 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 22 km deep · 28 km away
  11. 1.867 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
  12. 1.897 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
  13. 1.764 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 21 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 1.556 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 22 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 3.056 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 27 km deep · 52 km away
  16. 1.660 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 23 km deep · 49 km away
  17. 2.783 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 25 km deep · 10 km away
  18. 1.667 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
  19. 1.564 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 1.555 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  21. 1.753 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 24 km deep · 54 km away
  22. 1.555 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 23 km deep · 57 km away
  23. 2.284 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 22 km deep · 8 km away
  24. 1.878 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
  25. 3.588 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 21 km deep · 2 km away
  26. 1.833 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  27. 1.671 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away
  28. 3.052 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 28 km deep · 55 km away
  29. 1.9114 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 28 km deep · 31 km away
  30. 1.770 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 17 km deep · 32 km away
  31. 4.246 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
  32. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 2239 days ago · 16 km deep · 22 km away
  33. 3.949 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 40 km deep · 55 km away
  34. 2.198 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
  35. 1.9102 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 25 km deep · 22 km away
  36. 2.656 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 28 km deep · 49 km away
  37. 1.757 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
  38. 2.159 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 22 km deep · 80 km away
  39. 1.569 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 20 km deep · 28 km away
  40. 1.854 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 24 km deep · 56 km away
  41. 1.974 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  42. 1.525 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 17 km deep · 72 km away
  43. 2.859 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  44. 3.182 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 25 km deep · 6 km away
  45. 3.9119 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 23 km deep · 54 km away
  46. 1.6112 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  47. 1.7100 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  48. 1.963 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 19 km deep · 60 km away
  49. 1.9113 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 14 km deep · 48 km away
  50. 1.995 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
  51. 1.956 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  52. 1.662 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 61 km deep · 24 km away
  53. 1.677 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 23 km deep · 15 km away
  54. 2.477 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
  55. 1.9117 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 23 km deep · 72 km away
  56. 1.581 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away
  57. 2.689 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
  58. 2.052 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 25 km deep · 39 km away
  59. 2.257 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 23 km deep · 51 km away
  60. 2.852 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 3.887 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 41 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 1.980 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 21 km deep · 6 km away
  3. 1.558 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 20 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 1.557 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 20 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 1.783 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 21 km deep · 9 km away
  6. 1.561 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
  7. 3.174 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
  8. 2.599 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 24 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 1.8106 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 50 km deep · 31 km away
  10. 1.877 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away
  11. 1.695 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 19 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 3.357 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 27 km deep · 52 km away
  13. 1.582 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
  14. 2.981 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
  15. 2.0124 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
  16. 1.559 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 25 km deep · 31 km away
  17. 3.088 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 27 km deep · 9 km away
  18. 3.284 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 21 km deep · 7 km away
  19. 3.581 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  20. 1.681 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 17 km deep · 12 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak020ac76646. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:54 PM UTC.