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 Sat, Sep 12, 2020, 3:49 AM AKDT (11:49 UTC), 46 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
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-09-12 11:49:18 UTC
Depth
46.2 km (28.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.915° N, 160.183° 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
17

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. 2.168 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 2.598 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 24 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 1.670 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 16 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 1.596 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 19 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 1.693 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  6. 1.594 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 19 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 1.596 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 1.8125 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 2206 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  10. 1.891 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 2.153 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 14 km deep · 19 km away
  12. 1.591 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 1.550 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 22 km deep · 10 km away
  14. 1.859 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 22 km deep · 16 km away
  15. 3.594 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 1.796 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  17. 3.296 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
  18. 1.976 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
  19. 1.647 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 38 km deep · 34 km away
  20. 2.989 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
  21. 3.0106 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 31 km deep · 83 km away
  22. 1.992 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  23. 3.065 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
  24. 3.0120 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 30 km deep · 84 km away
  25. 2.063 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 29 km deep · 65 km away
  26. 1.661 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
  27. 1.968 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  28. 4.360 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 4
  29. 2.694 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 23 km deep · 61 km away
  30. 2.090 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
  31. 1.989 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 19 km deep · 81 km away
  32. 3.258 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
  33. 2.7100 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  34. 2.770 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 22 km deep · 40 km away
  35. 3.6110 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
  36. 2.8100 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
  37. 2.083 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
  38. 2.743 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 37 km deep · 17 km away
  39. 2.187 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  40. 2.897 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 28 km deep · 70 km away
  41. 2.251 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away
  42. 4.2109 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  43. 2.762 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 27 km deep · 13 km away
  44. 1.880 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  45. 2.3107 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
  46. 2.662 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
  47. 1.951 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 47 km deep · 99 km away
  48. 1.887 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
  49. 4.083 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 31 km deep · 59 km away
  50. 2.251 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 74 km deep · 96 km away
  51. 3.676 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 22 km deep · 29 km away
  52. 1.859 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 21 km deep · 39 km away
  53. 2.162 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
  54. 1.860 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
  55. 2.174 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  56. 3.276 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  57. 1.683 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
  58. 1.793 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  59. 2.380 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
  60. 1.978 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 16 km deep · 77 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 1.962 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
  2. 2.041 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 63 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 1.664 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 41 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 2.768 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 1.656 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 42 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 2.792 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 2.4106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 18 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 3.354 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 25 km deep · 12 km away
  9. 1.897 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 1.772 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  11. 1.996 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 2.777 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 2.8115 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 3.092 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 1.666 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
  16. 1.867 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 15 km deep · 18 km away
  17. 1.899 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 2.170 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 27 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 2.7105 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  20. 1.659 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 38 km deep · 50 km away

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