Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 57 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 57 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Fri, Aug 28, 2020, 7:19 AM AKDT (15:19 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

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

Sand Point forecastMore in Alaska

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-08-28 15:19:53 UTC
Depth
26.4 km (16.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.833° N, 160.305° 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 202 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.056 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 26 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 1.677 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 1.876 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 12 km deep · 19 km away
  4. 2.647 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 31 km deep · 10 km away
  5. 2.294 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 28 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 3.073 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 24 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 2.154 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 22 km deep · 3 km away
  8. 1.878 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 27 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 2.050 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 47 km deep · 39 km away
  10. 1.975 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
  11. 1.879 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 25 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 2.1114 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 2.075 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 19 km deep · 19 km away
  14. 2.453 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  15. 3.052 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 30 km deep · 5 km away
  16. 2.033 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  17. 1.881 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 2.459 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
  19. 2.157 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 26 km deep · 1 km away
  20. 2.465 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  21. 2.078 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 23 km deep · 68 km away
  22. 2.082 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
  23. 2.267 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 26 km deep · 22 km away
  24. 2.072 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 40 km deep · 72 km away
  25. 2.364 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 26 km deep · 22 km away
  26. 1.655 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 26 km deep · 2 km away
  27. 1.791 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 20 km deep · 75 km away
  28. 1.669 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
  29. 1.559 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 26 km deep · 3 km away
  30. 1.787 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
  31. 1.675 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  32. 1.994 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
  33. 1.980 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
  34. 1.567 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
  35. 1.694 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
  36. 3.054 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 27 km deep · 3 km away
  37. 2.783 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 24 km deep · 61 km away
  38. 1.7113 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
  39. 2.156 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 22 km deep · 2 km away
  40. 1.756 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 24 km deep · 19 km away
  41. 1.776 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 31 km deep · 60 km away
  42. 1.787 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  43. 1.560 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
  44. 1.953 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 24 km deep · 4 km away
  45. 2.159 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 14 km deep · 6 km away
  46. 3.1103 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 21 km deep · 90 km away
  47. 2.258 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 20 km deep · 19 km away
  48. 2.294 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
  49. 3.966 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 47 km deep · 63 km away
  50. 2.352 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2211 days ago · 20 km deep · 5 km away
  51. 2.068 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2211 days ago · 26 km deep · 22 km away
  52. 1.978 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2211 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away
  53. 2.378 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2211 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  54. 1.873 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
  55. 1.9101 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
  56. 2.8101 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  57. 1.561 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 22 km deep · 29 km away
  58. 1.791 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
  59. 1.765 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
  60. 2.059 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 21 km deep · 17 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 1.775 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 16 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 3.0106 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 1.7123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 23 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 1.654 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 40 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 1.863 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 48 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 2.956 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 27 km deep · 1 km away
  7. 1.779 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 1.8111 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 28 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 1.980 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  10. 1.693 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 2.062 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 1.762 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 16 km deep · 16 km away
  13. 1.964 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 1.670 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 23 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 1.694 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  16. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 2222 days ago · 22 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 1.680 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  18. 1.656 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 18 km deep · 1 km away
  19. 2.385 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 29 km deep · 48 km away
  20. 1.957 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 41 km deep · 50 km away

Earthquakes todayAlaska earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak020b2tkbt1. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 4:05 PM UTC.