Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 63 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 63 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Aug 18, 2020, 7:42 AM AKDT (15:42 UTC), 27 km (17 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), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-08-18 15:42:40 UTC
Depth
26.6 km (16.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.919° N, 159.810° 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
13

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. 1.870 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 1.966 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
  3. 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 2234 days ago · 17 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 1.673 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 1.988 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 24 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 2.790 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 28 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 2.673 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 4.046 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 47 km deep · 33 km away
  9. 2.091 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 1.778 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 1.682 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 1.686 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 17 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 2.061 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 17 km deep · 9 km away
  14. 2.190 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 30 km deep · 38 km away
  15. 2.0118 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  16. 2.281 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away
  17. 1.590 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 2.949 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 32 km deep · 36 km away
  19. 2.190 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 36 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 3.966 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 37 km deep · 2 km away
  21. 1.865 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 37 km deep · 29 km away
  22. 5.151 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 36 km deep · 33 km away
  23. 5.145 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 44 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 4 · tsunami flag
  24. 2.0102 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 27 km deep · 72 km away
  25. 1.757 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 23 km deep · 71 km away
  26. 1.670 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 45 km deep · 44 km away
  27. 2.247 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
  28. 1.790 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  29. 2.791 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  30. 1.6112 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 43 km deep · 89 km away
  31. 2.097 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 39 km deep · 92 km away
  32. 3.155 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 29 km deep · 15 km away
  33. 1.8103 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
  34. 2.388 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  35. 2.064 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  36. 2.066 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 37 km deep · 2 km away
  37. 1.652 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
  38. 1.851 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
  39. 3.769 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 25 km deep · 30 km away
  40. 1.949 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  41. 1.651 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 20 km deep · 25 km away
  42. 1.8127 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  43. 1.562 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
  44. 2.432 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  45. 1.6110 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
  46. 1.585 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  47. 3.680 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 30 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  48. 2.675 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 23 km deep · 60 km away
  49. 1.561 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 20 km deep · 7 km away
  50. 1.678 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 16 km deep · 38 km away
  51. 1.578 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
  52. 2.659 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
  53. 1.765 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  54. 1.564 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away
  55. 1.683 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 16 km deep · 28 km away
  56. 1.688 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  57. 1.784 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
  58. 3.576 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 21 km deep · 63 km away
  59. 2.165 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
  60. 1.564 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 14 km deep · 60 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 2.0126 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 1.768 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 1.680 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 2.852 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 2.257 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 23 km deep · 37 km away
  6. 2.052 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 2.689 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 1.581 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 2.297 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 2.477 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 1.853 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 38 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 1.965 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 31 km deep · 30 km away
  13. 2.273 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 36 km deep · 34 km away
  14. 1.677 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 1.662 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 61 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 1.956 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
  17. 1.9113 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 14 km deep · 82 km away
  18. 1.963 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 19 km deep · 29 km away
  19. 1.7100 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 1.6112 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak020amabrdm. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:56 PM UTC.