Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 86 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 86 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Aug 19, 2020, 2:25 AM AKDT (10:25 UTC), 17 km (11 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), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-08-19 10:25:20 UTC
Depth
17.4 km (10.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.579° N, 160.828° 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. 2.061 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 17 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 2.0118 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
  3. 1.7109 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  4. 2.281 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 25 km deep · 30 km away
  5. 1.590 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away
  6. 2.949 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 32 km deep · 46 km away
  7. 3.966 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 37 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 5.151 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 36 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 5.145 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 44 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 4 · tsunami flag
  10. 2.247 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  11. 1.790 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 26 km deep · 22 km away
  12. 2.188 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 41 km deep · 33 km away
  13. 2.791 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  14. 1.6112 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 43 km deep · 27 km away
  15. 3.155 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 29 km deep · 63 km away
  16. 1.8103 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 12 km deep · 18 km away
  17. 2.388 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
  18. 2.064 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
  19. 2.066 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 37 km deep · 75 km away
  20. 1.652 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
  21. 1.851 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
  22. 3.769 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 25 km deep · 47 km away
  23. 1.651 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
  24. 1.8127 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  25. 1.562 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
  26. 2.432 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  27. 1.6110 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 25 km deep · 24 km away
  28. 1.585 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
  29. 3.680 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 30 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  30. 2.675 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 23 km deep · 16 km away
  31. 1.561 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
  32. 1.678 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 16 km deep · 42 km away
  33. 1.578 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 20 km deep · 29 km away
  34. 2.659 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
  35. 1.765 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 26 km deep · 22 km away
  36. 1.564 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 25 km deep · 24 km away
  37. 1.688 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
  38. 1.8104 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away
  39. 1.784 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 15 km deep · 18 km away
  40. 1.692 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
  41. 3.576 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 21 km deep · 13 km away
  42. 2.165 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  43. 1.564 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 14 km deep · 22 km away
  44. 1.583 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
  45. 3.253 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 29 km deep · 46 km away
  46. 1.683 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 16 km deep · 22 km away
  47. 2.095 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 20 km deep · 12 km away
  48. 2.973 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  49. 1.894 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
  50. 1.586 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
  51. 1.686 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
  52. 1.974 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  53. 2.356 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
  54. 1.783 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
  55. 1.664 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
  56. 2.0102 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  57. 1.883 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
  58. 1.558 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
  59. 4.259 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
  60. 1.6101 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.682 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
  2. 1.662 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 60 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 1.778 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 18 km deep · 11 km away
  4. 2.091 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
  5. 4.046 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 47 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 2.673 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
  7. 2.790 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 28 km deep · 21 km away
  8. 1.988 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 24 km deep · 3 km away
  9. 1.673 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
  10. 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 2231 days ago · 17 km deep · 18 km away
  11. 1.870 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
  12. 1.8101 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 1.863 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 27 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 2.0126 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 25 km deep · 45 km away
  15. 1.768 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
  16. 1.680 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
  17. 2.852 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
  18. 2.257 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 23 km deep · 40 km away
  19. 2.052 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 25 km deep · 35 km away
  20. 2.689 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak020anus939. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 10:12 AM UTC.