Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 77 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 77 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Oct 7, 2020, 1:46 PM AKDT (21:46 UTC), 9 km (6 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
2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-10-07 21:46:02 UTC
Depth
9.0 km (5.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.903° N, 159.547° 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
18

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 111 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.167 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 2.5123 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 31 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 1.886 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 1.965 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 17 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 1.862 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 1.851 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 2.259 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  8. 1.771 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 19 km deep · 24 km away
  9. 2.6103 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 38 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 1.920 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 56 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 2.3105 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 2.7103 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 21 km deep · 27 km away
  13. 2.086 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  14. 2.6105 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 22 km deep · 31 km away
  15. 2.253 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 22 km deep · 52 km away
  16. 2.754 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 24 km deep · 52 km away
  17. 1.660 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 1.656 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 39 km deep · 26 km away
  19. 2.176 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  20. 1.879 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 17 km deep · 48 km away
  21. 2.052 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 56 km deep · 100 km away
  22. 2.155 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 39 km deep · 43 km away
  23. 2.456 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 39 km deep · 31 km away
  24. 2.190 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
  25. 2.067 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  26. 1.669 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
  27. 1.757 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 18 km deep · 37 km away
  28. 1.779 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
  29. 2.397 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 34 km deep · 77 km away
  30. 1.866 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 18 km deep · 76 km away
  31. 1.945 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 58 km deep · 95 km away
  32. 1.871 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 21 km deep · 61 km away
  33. 1.858 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 22 km deep · 34 km away
  34. 2.3108 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 27 km deep · 37 km away
  35. 2.7124 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 29 km deep · 99 km away
  36. 2.175 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
  37. 1.882 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  38. 1.7123 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
  39. 1.624 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 52 km deep · 60 km away
  40. 1.996 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
  41. 1.848 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 31 km deep · 44 km away
  42. 2.6127 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 28 km deep · 95 km away
  43. 2.3114 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 30 km deep · 43 km away
  44. 7.62020 Sand Point, Alaska Earthquake · 2172 days ago · 28 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 321 · PAGER yellow · tsunami flag
  45. 4.295 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 20 km deep · 34 km away
  46. 5.7114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 23 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
  47. 5.7104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
  48. 3.9119 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 19 km deep · 61 km away
  49. 3.283 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 23 km deep · 27 km away
  50. 5.0125 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 17 km deep · 62 km away
  51. 3.586 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 22 km deep · 32 km away
  52. 4.698 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 37 km deep · 35 km away
  53. 4.280 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 17 km deep · 44 km away
  54. 4.5127 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 19 km deep · 74 km away
  55. 5.2116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
  56. 3.9123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 25 km deep · 62 km away
  57. 4.4103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 32 km deep · 44 km away
  58. 4.2153 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  59. 4.796 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 31 km deep · 32 km away
  60. 5.5114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 27 km deep · 60 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 2.658 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2185 days ago · 24 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 2.972 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2185 days ago · 25 km deep · 15 km away
  3. 2.062 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2185 days ago · 15 km deep · 27 km away
  4. 2.871 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2185 days ago · 31 km deep · 22 km away
  5. 1.886 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2185 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 1.862 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
  7. 2.266 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 23 km deep · 15 km away
  8. 3.0101 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 2.061 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 28 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 2.967 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 25 km deep · 26 km away
  11. 5.968 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 31 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 13
  12. 2.5126 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  13. 3.957 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 24 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 1.953 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 21 km deep · 48 km away
  15. 1.989 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 21 km deep · 51 km away
  16. 2.851 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 30 km deep · 49 km away
  17. 1.9129 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 39 km deep · 54 km away
  18. 2.8Alaska Peninsula · 2188 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
  19. 2.0102 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 2 km deep · 39 km away
  20. 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 2189 days ago · 32 km deep · 28 km away

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