Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 86 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 86 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Thu, Oct 8, 2020, 9:56 PM AKDT (05:56 UTC), 21 km (13 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), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-10-09 05:56:22 UTC
Depth
20.9 km (13.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.620° N, 161.017° 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
11

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 133 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.982 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 21 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 1.965 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 17 km deep · 27 km away
  3. 1.862 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
  4. 2.1115 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 25 km deep · 35 km away
  5. 1.774 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 26 km deep · 22 km away
  6. 1.851 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 14 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 2.259 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 3.681 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 25 km deep · 13 km away
  9. 1.990 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
  10. 1.771 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 19 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 1.920 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 56 km deep · 69 km away
  12. 2.197 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  13. 1.964 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 18 km deep · 50 km away
  14. 2.086 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 2.9103 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  16. 2.687 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 18 km deep · 12 km away
  17. 1.9144 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 1.656 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 57 km deep · 45 km away
  19. 2.253 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 22 km deep · 51 km away
  20. 2.754 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 24 km deep · 50 km away
  21. 1.660 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 14 km deep · 29 km away
  22. 1.637 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 83 km deep · 77 km away
  23. 2.679 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 29 km deep · 15 km away
  24. 1.8108 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
  25. 1.879 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 17 km deep · 55 km away
  26. 2.052 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 56 km deep · 44 km away
  27. 2.155 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 39 km deep · 58 km away
  28. 1.8107 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  29. 3.791 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  30. 1.641 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 94 km deep · 57 km away
  31. 1.669 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 14 km deep · 35 km away
  32. 1.757 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 18 km deep · 63 km away
  33. 1.874 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 58 km deep · 18 km away
  34. 1.987 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
  35. 1.779 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 26 km deep · 22 km away
  36. 1.688 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  37. 1.562 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 18 km deep · 43 km away
  38. 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 2176 days ago · 16 km deep · 39 km away
  39. 1.866 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 18 km deep · 25 km away
  40. 1.945 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 58 km deep · 49 km away
  41. 1.990 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  42. 1.871 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 21 km deep · 39 km away
  43. 1.858 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 22 km deep · 67 km away
  44. 1.747 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 63 km deep · 54 km away
  45. 1.781 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 20 km deep · 16 km away
  46. 2.663 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  47. 2.175 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  48. 2.184 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 26 km deep · 12 km away
  49. 1.991 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
  50. 3.185 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 21 km deep · 13 km away
  51. 1.624 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 52 km deep · 68 km away
  52. 2.598 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  53. 1.848 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 31 km deep · 61 km away
  54. 2.7118 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  55. 7.62020 Sand Point, Alaska Earthquake · 2170 days ago · 28 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 321 · PAGER yellow · tsunami flag
  56. 4.295 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
  57. 5.7114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 23 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
  58. 5.7104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  59. 3.9119 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 19 km deep · 90 km away
  60. 5.0125 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 1.765 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 32 km deep · 33 km away
  2. 2.167 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
  3. 2.1107 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 25 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 2.277 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 2.983 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 31 km deep · 16 km away
  6. 2.658 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 24 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 2.972 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 2.062 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 2.150 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 59 km deep · 49 km away
  10. 2.871 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 31 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 1.886 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
  12. 1.862 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 2.266 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 23 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 2.061 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 28 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 2.967 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
  16. 5.968 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 31 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 13
  17. 2.374 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 26 km deep · 22 km away
  18. 1.869 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 25 km deep · 27 km away
  19. 3.957 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2185 days ago · 24 km deep · 52 km away
  20. 1.953 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2185 days ago · 21 km deep · 54 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak020d04efma. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 4:24 AM UTC.