Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 80 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 80 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Thu, Sep 24, 2020, 10:56 AM AKDT (18:56 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
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-09-24 18:56:54 UTC
Depth
13.4 km (8.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.627° N, 160.754° 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
12

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 153 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.081 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 2.3107 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 2.662 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 1.987 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 1.874 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 1.951 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 47 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 1.887 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 4.083 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 31 km deep · 15 km away
  9. 2.251 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 74 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 3.676 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 22 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 1.859 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 21 km deep · 23 km away
  12. 2.162 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 1.860 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
  14. 2.174 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 3.276 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 1.683 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
  17. 1.793 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  18. 2.380 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 15 km deep · 33 km away
  19. 1.978 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 16 km deep · 36 km away
  20. 3.169 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 28 km deep · 71 km away
  21. 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 2196 days ago · 58 km deep · 59 km away
  22. 3.464 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 24 km deep · 66 km away
  23. 2.064 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 16 km deep · 58 km away
  24. 2.680 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
  25. 1.664 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 38 km deep · 49 km away
  26. 2.566 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 24 km deep · 62 km away
  27. 2.438 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 74 km deep · 75 km away
  28. 2.564 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
  29. 2.258 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 38 km deep · 88 km away
  30. 2.884 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 24 km deep · 30 km away
  31. 2.594 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 22 km deep · 17 km away
  32. 1.973 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 66 km deep · 28 km away
  33. 3.152 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 84 km deep · 62 km away
  34. 2.397 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 22 km deep · 89 km away
  35. 3.378 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
  36. 1.957 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
  37. 1.876 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 25 km deep · 37 km away
  38. 1.962 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  39. 3.180 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
  40. 1.790 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  41. 1.688 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away
  42. 2.8Alaska Peninsula · 2190 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
  43. 2.0109 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  44. 1.567 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away
  45. 1.584 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
  46. 2.7102 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  47. 4.4104 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  48. 2.851 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 30 km deep · 40 km away
  49. 1.584 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 21 km deep · 26 km away
  50. 1.989 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 21 km deep · 44 km away
  51. 2.7101 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  52. 3.1107 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  53. 1.953 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 21 km deep · 40 km away
  54. 3.957 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 24 km deep · 37 km away
  55. 1.869 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 25 km deep · 42 km away
  56. 2.374 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
  57. 5.968 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 31 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 13
  58. 2.967 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 25 km deep · 58 km away
  59. 2.061 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 28 km deep · 34 km away
  60. 2.266 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 23 km deep · 70 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 2.762 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 27 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 4.2109 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 1.765 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 23 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 2.251 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 2.9106 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 2.187 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
  7. 2.743 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 37 km deep · 41 km away
  8. 2.083 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 2.8100 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 14 km deep · 27 km away
  10. 3.6110 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 11 km deep · 36 km away
  11. 2.770 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 22 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 2.7100 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  13. 2.337 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 82 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 3.258 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
  15. 1.989 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 19 km deep · 35 km away
  16. 2.090 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 11 km deep · 21 km away
  17. 1.867 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
  18. 2.694 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 23 km deep · 14 km away
  19. 4.360 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 4
  20. 1.968 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away

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