Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 64 km E of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 64 km E of Sand Point, Alaska on Fri, Sep 11, 2020, 5:28 PM AKDT (01:28 UTC), 41 km (25 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
2020-09-12 01:28:38 UTC
Depth
41.0 km (25.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.269° N, 159.496° 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
15

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 199 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.041 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 63 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 1.962 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 1.651 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 46 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 1.780 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 2.168 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
  6. 1.693 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 2.153 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 2.459 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 1.550 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 22 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 1.859 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 22 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 2.294 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 1.647 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 38 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 2.042 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 2.989 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
  15. 3.065 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  16. 2.063 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 29 km deep · 7 km away
  17. 2.576 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
  18. 1.661 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  19. 1.661 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 1.968 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  21. 4.360 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 4
  22. 3.4100 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 32 km deep · 65 km away
  23. 3.258 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  24. 2.364 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
  25. 2.770 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
  26. 1.973 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
  27. 2.083 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  28. 2.167 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away
  29. 2.570 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 25 km deep · 66 km away
  30. 2.274 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
  31. 2.743 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 37 km deep · 70 km away
  32. 2.472 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 46 km deep · 78 km away
  33. 2.897 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 28 km deep · 41 km away
  34. 2.251 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  35. 2.636 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 54 km deep · 83 km away
  36. 4.2109 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  37. 2.762 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 27 km deep · 57 km away
  38. 2.5114 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 37 km deep · 99 km away
  39. 2.3107 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
  40. 2.662 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
  41. 2.169 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  42. 2.193 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 24 km deep · 76 km away
  43. 2.452 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
  44. 3.676 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 22 km deep · 57 km away
  45. 1.859 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
  46. 2.971 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  47. 2.162 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
  48. 1.860 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  49. 3.772 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  50. 2.174 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  51. 3.276 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
  52. 3.169 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 28 km deep · 45 km away
  53. 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 2189 days ago · 58 km deep · 75 km away
  54. 3.464 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 24 km deep · 47 km away
  55. 2.064 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 16 km deep · 54 km away
  56. 2.680 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
  57. 2.3108 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
  58. 2.878 km SE of Perryville, AK · 2189 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  59. 2.566 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 24 km deep · 51 km away
  60. 2.564 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 23 km deep · 48 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 2.768 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
  2. 1.656 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 42 km deep · 13 km away
  3. 1.965 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 32 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 3.354 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 1.772 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 2.777 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 35 km deep · 18 km away
  7. 1.666 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 18 km deep · 12 km away
  8. 2.469 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 1.867 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 2.170 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 27 km deep · 16 km away
  11. 1.659 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 38 km deep · 9 km away
  12. 1.764 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 37 km deep · 7 km away
  13. 1.554 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 22 km deep · 70 km away
  14. 2.059 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 21 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 1.765 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 25 km deep · 8 km away
  16. 2.3124 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 28 km deep · 100 km away
  17. 1.561 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 22 km deep · 46 km away
  18. 2.095 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 22 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 1.873 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 14 km deep · 13 km away
  20. 2.144 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 86 km deep · 75 km away

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