Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 91 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 91 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Sep 9, 2020, 2:55 AM AKDT (10:55 UTC), 13 km (8 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
1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-09-09 10:55:35 UTC
Depth
12.8 km (8.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.582° N, 161.059° 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. 2.059 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 21 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 1.643 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 56 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 1.554 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 22 km deep · 56 km away
  4. 2.7105 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  5. 1.899 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
  6. 1.867 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 15 km deep · 57 km away
  7. 3.092 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  8. 2.8115 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2211 days ago · 1 km deep · 32 km away
  9. 1.996 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2211 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
  10. 1.897 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2211 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
  11. 3.354 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2211 days ago · 25 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 2.4106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2211 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 2.792 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2211 days ago · 12 km deep · 33 km away
  14. 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 2211 days ago · 58 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 2.768 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2211 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 1.962 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
  17. 1.671 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 16 km deep · 56 km away
  18. 1.651 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 46 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 2.598 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 24 km deep · 10 km away
  20. 1.670 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 16 km deep · 30 km away
  21. 1.596 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 19 km deep · 8 km away
  22. 1.693 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  23. 1.594 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 19 km deep · 9 km away
  24. 1.596 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 12 km deep · 20 km away
  25. 1.8125 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  26. 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 2209 days ago · 26 km deep · 4 km away
  27. 1.891 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
  28. 2.153 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
  29. 1.591 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
  30. 1.550 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 22 km deep · 58 km away
  31. 1.859 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 22 km deep · 80 km away
  32. 3.594 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
  33. 1.796 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
  34. 3.296 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 20 km deep · 8 km away
  35. 1.976 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
  36. 1.647 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 38 km deep · 45 km away
  37. 3.0106 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 31 km deep · 20 km away
  38. 1.992 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  39. 3.065 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
  40. 3.0120 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 30 km deep · 36 km away
  41. 3.196 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  42. 1.661 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
  43. 1.968 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  44. 4.360 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 4
  45. 2.694 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 23 km deep · 16 km away
  46. 1.867 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away
  47. 2.090 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 11 km deep · 2 km away
  48. 1.989 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 19 km deep · 14 km away
  49. 3.258 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  50. 2.337 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 82 km deep · 77 km away
  51. 2.7100 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  52. 2.770 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 22 km deep · 27 km away
  53. 3.6110 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 11 km deep · 24 km away
  54. 2.8100 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 14 km deep · 10 km away
  55. 2.083 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  56. 2.743 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 37 km deep · 57 km away
  57. 2.187 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
  58. 2.9106 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  59. 2.251 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  60. 1.765 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 23 km deep · 47 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 3.969 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 81 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 1.561 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 22 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 2.8101 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  4. 1.9101 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
  5. 1.978 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 25 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 2.068 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
  7. 2.651 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 54 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 2.352 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 2.294 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 20 km deep · 13 km away
  10. 2.258 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 20 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 3.1103 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 21 km deep · 36 km away
  12. 2.159 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 14 km deep · 50 km away
  13. 1.953 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 24 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 1.560 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 21 km deep · 40 km away
  15. 1.787 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
  16. 1.756 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 24 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 2.156 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 22 km deep · 54 km away
  18. 1.7113 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
  19. 2.783 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 24 km deep · 13 km away
  20. 3.054 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 27 km deep · 56 km away

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