Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 50 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 50 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Sat, Aug 29, 2020, 4:53 PM AKDT (00:53 UTC), 47 km (29 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
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-08-30 00:53:03 UTC
Depth
47.2 km (29.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.946° N, 160.888° 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 201 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.975 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
  2. 1.879 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 25 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 2.1114 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 2.6107 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 2.075 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 19 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 2.453 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 3.052 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 30 km deep · 37 km away
  8. 2.033 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 1.881 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
  10. 2.459 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 2.157 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
  12. 2.465 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 2.078 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 23 km deep · 43 km away
  14. 2.267 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
  15. 2.364 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
  16. 1.655 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
  17. 1.791 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away
  18. 1.669 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
  19. 1.559 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
  20. 1.557 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  21. 1.787 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
  22. 1.675 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
  23. 1.994 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  24. 1.980 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
  25. 1.567 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
  26. 1.694 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
  27. 3.054 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 27 km deep · 37 km away
  28. 2.783 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 24 km deep · 38 km away
  29. 1.7113 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  30. 2.156 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 22 km deep · 37 km away
  31. 1.756 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 24 km deep · 55 km away
  32. 1.776 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 31 km deep · 94 km away
  33. 1.787 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
  34. 1.560 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 21 km deep · 58 km away
  35. 1.953 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 24 km deep · 39 km away
  36. 2.159 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 14 km deep · 36 km away
  37. 3.1103 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 21 km deep · 77 km away
  38. 2.258 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
  39. 2.294 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 20 km deep · 53 km away
  40. 3.966 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 47 km deep · 92 km away
  41. 2.352 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away
  42. 2.651 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 54 km deep · 91 km away
  43. 2.068 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
  44. 1.978 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 25 km deep · 42 km away
  45. 2.378 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  46. 1.873 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
  47. 1.9101 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
  48. 2.8101 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  49. 1.561 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 22 km deep · 65 km away
  50. 1.791 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
  51. 1.765 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
  52. 2.059 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 21 km deep · 55 km away
  53. 1.643 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 56 km deep · 94 km away
  54. 1.554 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 22 km deep · 38 km away
  55. 1.764 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 37 km deep · 99 km away
  56. 1.659 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 38 km deep · 87 km away
  57. 2.7105 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  58. 1.899 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
  59. 1.867 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 15 km deep · 48 km away
  60. 3.092 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2211 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.878 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 27 km deep · 36 km away
  2. 2.154 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 22 km deep · 37 km away
  3. 3.073 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 24 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 2.294 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 28 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 2.647 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 31 km deep · 37 km away
  6. 1.876 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 2.056 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
  8. 1.857 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
  9. 1.775 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 16 km deep · 56 km away
  10. 3.0106 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
  11. 1.654 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 40 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 1.863 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 48 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 2.956 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 27 km deep · 38 km away
  14. 1.779 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
  15. 1.8111 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 28 km deep · 73 km away
  16. 1.980 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 1.693 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 2.062 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 1.762 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 16 km deep · 30 km away
  20. 1.964 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away

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