Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 51 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 51 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Thu, Aug 20, 2020, 9:04 PM AKDT (05:04 UTC), 20 km (13 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M7.6 2020 Sand Point, Alaska Earthquake. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-08-21 05:04:54 UTC
Depth
20.4 km (12.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.904° N, 160.196° 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 202 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.8127 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 1.562 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 2.432 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  4. 1.6110 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 1.585 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 3.680 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 30 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.675 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 23 km deep · 39 km away
  8. 1.561 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 20 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 1.678 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 16 km deep · 28 km away
  10. 1.578 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 20 km deep · 32 km away
  11. 2.659 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
  12. 1.765 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
  13. 1.564 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 25 km deep · 32 km away
  14. 1.683 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 16 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 1.688 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  16. 1.784 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
  17. 3.576 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 21 km deep · 41 km away
  18. 2.165 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
  19. 1.564 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 14 km deep · 36 km away
  20. 1.583 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
  21. 3.253 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 29 km deep · 8 km away
  22. 1.683 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 16 km deep · 65 km away
  23. 2.095 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
  24. 2.973 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  25. 1.894 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
  26. 1.865 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 43 km deep · 66 km away
  27. 1.586 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
  28. 1.751 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 29 km deep · 94 km away
  29. 1.686 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  30. 1.974 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  31. 2.356 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 26 km deep · 12 km away
  32. 1.733 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 61 km deep · 63 km away
  33. 1.974 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
  34. 1.783 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  35. 1.664 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
  36. 2.0102 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  37. 1.883 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  38. 1.558 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away
  39. 4.259 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
  40. 1.764 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
  41. 2.282 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away
  42. 1.781 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  43. 1.680 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
  44. 1.763 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
  45. 1.984 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  46. 1.883 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 28 km deep · 76 km away
  47. 1.856 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 24 km deep · 11 km away
  48. 1.955 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 23 km deep · 9 km away
  49. 1.769 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 18 km deep · 63 km away
  50. 1.881 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 27 km deep · 74 km away
  51. 1.553 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 21 km deep · 10 km away
  52. 1.690 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 29 km deep · 69 km away
  53. 1.751 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 23 km deep · 3 km away
  54. 2.279 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  55. 1.581 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 17 km deep · 74 km away
  56. 2.179 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  57. 2.653 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 29 km deep · 12 km away
  58. 1.7104 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  59. 2.1120 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  60. 2.0114 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 3.769 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 25 km deep · 18 km away
  2. 1.851 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
  3. 1.652 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
  4. 2.066 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 37 km deep · 26 km away
  5. 2.064 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 2.388 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 1.8103 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 3.155 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 29 km deep · 10 km away
  9. 1.6112 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 43 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 2.791 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 2.188 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 41 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 1.790 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  13. 2.247 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away
  14. 1.670 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 45 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 1.757 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 2.0102 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 27 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 5.145 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 44 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 4 · tsunami flag
  18. 5.151 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 36 km deep · 8 km away
  19. 1.865 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 37 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 3.966 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 37 km deep · 26 km away

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