Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 57 km S of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 57 km S of Sand Point, Alaska on Mon, Aug 17, 2020, 9:41 PM AKDT (05:41 UTC), 23 km (14 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
2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-08-18 05:41:35 UTC
Depth
23.2 km (14.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.822° N, 160.368° 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
18

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. 2.852 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
  2. 1.680 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 1.768 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
  4. 2.0126 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 1.863 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 27 km deep · 37 km away
  6. 1.870 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
  7. 1.966 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 2237 days ago · 17 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 1.673 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
  10. 1.988 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 24 km deep · 43 km away
  11. 2.790 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 28 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 2.673 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 4.046 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 47 km deep · 12 km away
  14. 2.091 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
  15. 1.778 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 18 km deep · 38 km away
  16. 1.682 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 1.686 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 17 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 2.061 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 17 km deep · 28 km away
  19. 2.190 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 30 km deep · 75 km away
  20. 2.0118 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
  21. 1.7109 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  22. 2.281 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 25 km deep · 62 km away
  23. 1.590 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
  24. 2.949 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 32 km deep · 8 km away
  25. 3.966 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 37 km deep · 38 km away
  26. 1.865 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 37 km deep · 63 km away
  27. 5.151 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 36 km deep · 8 km away
  28. 5.145 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 44 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 4 · tsunami flag
  29. 1.670 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 45 km deep · 77 km away
  30. 2.247 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 26 km deep · 12 km away
  31. 1.790 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  32. 2.188 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 41 km deep · 71 km away
  33. 2.791 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  34. 1.6112 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 43 km deep · 59 km away
  35. 3.155 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 29 km deep · 23 km away
  36. 1.8103 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 12 km deep · 57 km away
  37. 2.388 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  38. 2.064 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
  39. 2.066 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 37 km deep · 38 km away
  40. 1.652 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
  41. 1.851 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
  42. 3.769 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 25 km deep · 16 km away
  43. 1.651 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 20 km deep · 14 km away
  44. 1.8127 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  45. 1.562 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
  46. 2.432 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  47. 1.6110 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 25 km deep · 62 km away
  48. 1.585 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  49. 3.680 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 30 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  50. 2.675 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 23 km deep · 25 km away
  51. 1.561 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 20 km deep · 31 km away
  52. 1.678 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 16 km deep · 22 km away
  53. 1.578 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 20 km deep · 21 km away
  54. 2.659 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 35 km deep · 5 km away
  55. 1.765 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away
  56. 1.564 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 25 km deep · 18 km away
  57. 1.683 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 16 km deep · 65 km away
  58. 1.688 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
  59. 1.784 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
  60. 3.576 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 21 km deep · 27 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 2.052 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 25 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 2.689 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 1.581 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 2.477 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 1.853 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 38 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 1.965 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 31 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 2.273 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 36 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 1.677 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 23 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 1.662 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 61 km deep · 35 km away
  10. 1.956 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
  11. 1.995 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 1.9113 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 14 km deep · 57 km away
  13. 1.963 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 19 km deep · 11 km away
  14. 1.7100 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 1.6112 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
  16. 3.9119 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
  17. 3.182 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 25 km deep · 45 km away
  18. 2.859 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 26 km deep · 2 km away
  19. 1.525 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 17 km deep · 33 km away
  20. 1.754 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 38 km deep · 57 km away

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