Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 143 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 143 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Oct 27, 2020, 4:52 PM AKDT (00:52 UTC), 41 km (26 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 203 km S of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-10-28 00:52:52 UTC
Depth
41.2 km (25.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.101° N, 159.844° 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 202 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.7107 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 28 km deep · 54 km away
  2. 1.8117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 23 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 1.893 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 28 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 1.786 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 1.898 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 2.9142 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 21 km deep · 1 km away
  7. 2.6111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 19 km deep · 41 km away
  8. 3.6108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 29 km deep · 40 km away
  9. 2.0103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 17 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 2.5121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 19 km deep · 26 km away
  11. 1.6100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 1.895 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
  13. 1.783 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 21 km deep · 62 km away
  14. 2.1105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 19 km deep · 41 km away
  15. 3.6112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
  16. 2.0104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 18 km deep · 41 km away
  17. 1.6107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 16 km deep · 47 km away
  18. 2.7125 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
  19. 1.8128 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 60 km deep · 22 km away
  20. 1.8111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 27 km deep · 38 km away
  21. 1.7135 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 57 km deep · 11 km away
  22. 2.0111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
  23. 1.8126 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 41 km deep · 24 km away
  24. 1.7south of Alaska · 2162 days ago · 22 km deep · 59 km away
  25. 1.8154 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
  26. 2.8138 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 29 km deep · 12 km away
  27. 2.999 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
  28. 1.8110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 28 km deep · 42 km away
  29. 1.7137 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 49 km deep · 9 km away
  30. 1.8100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
  31. 2.9103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away
  32. 1.798 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away
  33. 1.950 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 32 km deep · 93 km away
  34. 1.9136 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 16 km deep · 8 km away
  35. 1.798 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 15 km deep · 46 km away
  36. 1.7105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 30 km deep · 51 km away
  37. 2.8109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  38. 1.6140 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away
  39. 1.6103 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 29 km deep · 55 km away
  40. 2.1124 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 28 km deep · 23 km away
  41. 2.0south of Alaska · 2162 days ago · 21 km deep · 45 km away
  42. 1.6118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 15 km deep · 27 km away
  43. 3.0107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 21 km deep · 41 km away
  44. 1.6106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 22 km deep · 41 km away
  45. 1.8123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
  46. 1.6111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 31 km deep · 37 km away
  47. 1.8120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
  48. 2.099 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 16 km deep · 49 km away
  49. 1.9125 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
  50. 1.7105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 27 km deep · 43 km away
  51. 1.7106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 29 km deep · 43 km away
  52. 2.0104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  53. 1.699 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 16 km deep · 45 km away
  54. 2.0103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  55. 1.6135 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
  56. 1.8113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 29 km deep · 40 km away
  57. 1.7108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 23 km deep · 42 km away
  58. 1.9113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
  59. 1.5103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 16 km deep · 44 km away
  60. 2.8100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 22 km deep · 45 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 2.0145 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 51 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 1.897 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 20 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 1.5111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 20 km deep · 35 km away
  4. 2.2103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 18 km deep · 43 km away
  5. 2.0109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 40 km deep · 43 km away
  6. 1.8128 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
  7. 1.689 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 1.5106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 24 km deep · 39 km away
  9. 1.8114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 31 km deep · 39 km away
  10. 2.0120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  11. 1.8113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 1.7125 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 26 km deep · 18 km away
  13. 2.7125 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 30 km deep · 21 km away
  14. 2.0101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 2.2122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
  16. 1.9139 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 21 km deep · 5 km away
  17. 1.7108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 28 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 3.893 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 30 km deep · 58 km away
  19. 2.3142 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 25 km deep · 8 km away
  20. 2.7111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 21 km deep · 33 km away

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