Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Oct 28, 2020, 8:40 PM AKDT (04:40 UTC), 19 km (12 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 141 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-10-29 04:40:26 UTC
Depth
19.1 km (11.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.546° N, 159.695° 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 201 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.6101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 15 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.0117 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 30 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 1.8108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 25 km deep · 20 km away
  4. 2.8119 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 19 km deep · 21 km away
  5. 1.9109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 29 km deep · 10 km away
  6. 1.899 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  7. 2.8134 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 24 km deep · 36 km away
  8. 2.2139 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 47 km deep · 41 km away
  9. 1.7109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 28 km deep · 7 km away
  10. 2.688 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 1.9132 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
  12. 1.8122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 17 km deep · 33 km away
  13. 2.9119 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 20 km deep · 19 km away
  14. 3.192 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 25 km deep · 10 km away
  15. 2.8132 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
  16. 3.6137 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 17 km deep · 45 km away
  17. 2.276 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  18. 1.6101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  19. 2.8135 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away
  20. 1.8108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 18 km deep · 6 km away
  21. 2.8107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 19 km deep · 11 km away
  22. 1.9102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 25 km deep · 6 km away
  23. 2.1113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 23 km deep · 12 km away
  24. 2.8130 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 27 km deep · 30 km away
  25. 1.6109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
  26. 1.8122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 27 km deep · 33 km away
  27. 1.799 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 27 km deep · 6 km away
  28. 2.0117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 20 km deep · 24 km away
  29. 1.7115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 14 km deep · 27 km away
  30. 1.9118 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 41 km deep · 20 km away
  31. 2.1106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
  32. 2.0104 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 25 km deep · 8 km away
  33. 1.761 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 17 km deep · 43 km away
  34. 1.888 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  35. 1.8126 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
  36. 3.4111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 27 km deep · 14 km away
  37. 3.3138 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 18 km deep · 39 km away
  38. 1.895 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 23 km deep · 9 km away
  39. 2.2114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
  40. 2.1129 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 48 km deep · 32 km away
  41. 2.0south of Alaska · 2164 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
  42. 1.8107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 23 km deep · 7 km away
  43. 2.0116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 22 km deep · 18 km away
  44. 2.0123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 39 km deep · 24 km away
  45. 1.8114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 32 km deep · 16 km away
  46. 1.9111 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 34 km deep · 20 km away
  47. 3.7102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  48. 2.5104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 18 km deep · 15 km away
  49. 1.884 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 20 km deep · 17 km away
  50. 2.0114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 41 km deep · 13 km away
  51. 1.9113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 25 km deep · 16 km away
  52. 2.6140 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
  53. 2.1111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
  54. 2.0100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
  55. 2.0101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 22 km deep · 8 km away
  56. 1.9102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 23 km deep · 2 km away
  57. 1.854 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 22 km deep · 48 km away
  58. 2.0102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 24 km deep · 2 km away
  59. 2.3126 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
  60. 1.991 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 2.1143 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 51 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 2.0south of Alaska · 2165 days ago · 27 km deep · 12 km away
  3. 1.8123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 15 km deep · 32 km away
  4. 2.8114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 22 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 2.0126 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 2.0107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
  7. 1.6101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 14 km deep · 8 km away
  8. 1.6100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 23 km deep · 2 km away
  9. 1.697 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 20 km deep · 8 km away
  10. 1.8117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 19 km deep · 26 km away
  11. 2.1113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 20 km deep · 13 km away
  12. 1.6south of Alaska · 2165 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
  13. 1.8117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
  14. 2.0116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
  15. 1.7114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 30 km deep · 14 km away
  16. 1.7105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
  17. 1.7102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 20 km deep · 5 km away
  18. 1.9110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 24 km deep · 10 km away
  19. 2.1south of Alaska · 2165 days ago · 37 km deep · 13 km away
  20. 2.689 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak020dx6girc. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:57 PM UTC.