Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 118 km S of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 118 km S of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Aug 19, 2020, 4:48 AM AKDT (12:48 UTC), 13 km (8 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
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-08-19 12:48:06 UTC
Depth
13.2 km (8.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.272° N, 160.559° 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
19

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. 1.7109 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  2. 2.281 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away
  3. 1.590 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 2.949 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 32 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 3.966 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 37 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 5.151 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 36 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 5.145 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 44 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 4 · tsunami flag
  8. 2.247 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 1.790 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 2.188 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 41 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 2.791 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  12. 1.6112 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 43 km deep · 15 km away
  13. 3.155 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 29 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 1.8103 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 12 km deep · 35 km away
  15. 2.388 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 2.064 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  17. 2.066 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 37 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 1.652 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 1.851 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
  20. 3.769 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away
  21. 1.651 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away
  22. 1.8127 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  23. 1.562 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
  24. 2.432 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  25. 1.6110 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 25 km deep · 28 km away
  26. 1.585 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  27. 3.680 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 30 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  28. 2.675 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 23 km deep · 43 km away
  29. 1.561 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
  30. 1.678 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 16 km deep · 49 km away
  31. 1.578 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 20 km deep · 42 km away
  32. 2.659 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  33. 1.765 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
  34. 1.564 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away
  35. 1.688 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
  36. 1.8104 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
  37. 1.784 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 15 km deep · 54 km away
  38. 1.692 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  39. 3.576 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 21 km deep · 44 km away
  40. 1.564 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
  41. 1.583 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
  42. 3.253 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 29 km deep · 68 km away
  43. 1.683 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 16 km deep · 57 km away
  44. 2.095 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 20 km deep · 40 km away
  45. 1.894 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
  46. 1.586 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
  47. 1.686 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
  48. 1.974 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  49. 2.356 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
  50. 1.783 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  51. 1.664 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
  52. 2.0102 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  53. 1.883 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  54. 1.558 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
  55. 4.259 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  56. 1.6101 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  57. 2.282 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
  58. 1.781 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  59. 1.680 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
  60. 1.984 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 2.061 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 17 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 1.686 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 17 km deep · 38 km away
  3. 1.682 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 1.778 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 18 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 2.091 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
  6. 4.046 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 47 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 2.673 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 2.790 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 28 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 1.988 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 24 km deep · 40 km away
  10. 1.673 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  11. 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 2238 days ago · 17 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 1.870 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
  13. 1.8101 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  14. 1.863 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 27 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 2.0126 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 25 km deep · 8 km away
  16. 1.768 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
  17. 1.680 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
  18. 2.852 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 2.257 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 23 km deep · 62 km away
  20. 2.052 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away

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