Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 85 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 85 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Fri, Nov 6, 2020, 9:19 PM AKST (06:19 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 89 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-11-07 06:19:03 UTC
Depth
13.1 km (8.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.637° N, 161.063° 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
15

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. 2.2101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 2.081 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 22 km deep · 13 km away
  3. 2.080 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 16 km deep · 13 km away
  4. 2.395 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 2.3130 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 30 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 2.3101 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 30 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 2.289 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 29 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 2.397 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 2.3105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 23 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 2.6115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 2.6111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 2.6115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 18 km deep · 82 km away
  13. 2.288 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 2.2117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 2.3119 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 3.1109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away
  17. 2.795 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 24 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 2.3107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 2.7121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 23 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 3.9108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
  21. 2.8110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
  22. 2.7117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 23 km deep · 86 km away
  23. 2.785 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
  24. 2.4114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 28 km deep · 87 km away
  25. 2.5120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 23 km deep · 92 km away
  26. 2.394 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away
  27. 2.2104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 16 km deep · 74 km away
  28. 2.9Alaska Peninsula · 2154 days ago · 25 km deep · 14 km away
  29. 1.987 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
  30. 2.194 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 22 km deep · 88 km away
  31. 2.3118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  32. 1.954 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
  33. 3.0108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  34. 3.3100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  35. 2.7103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  36. 2.7111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  37. 2.297 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  38. 2.3110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 24 km deep · 95 km away
  39. 2.291 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
  40. 2.398 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
  41. 1.917 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  42. 3.2117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
  43. 3.8113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  44. 2.4107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 16 km deep · 81 km away
  45. 2.8105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 19 km deep · 81 km away
  46. 2.9111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 17 km deep · 80 km away
  47. 2.9106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
  48. 3.2106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 23 km deep · 86 km away
  49. 3.0114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 21 km deep · 91 km away
  50. 2.2south of Alaska · 2153 days ago · 18 km deep · 81 km away
  51. 2.7127 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 19 km deep · 85 km away
  52. 2.7117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
  53. 2.2105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 27 km deep · 88 km away
  54. 2.298 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 16 km deep · 79 km away
  55. 2.2121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
  56. 2.296 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
  57. 2.3108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 22 km deep · 87 km away
  58. 3.287 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
  59. 2.9114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  60. 2.4131 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 2.190 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 2.2112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 24 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 2.995 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 2.2118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 22 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 2.7111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 2.7118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 2.287 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 14 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 2.392 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 18 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 2.3107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 2.7134 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 3.1110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 24 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 2.198 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
  13. 2.194 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 3.096 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 22 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 1.9112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 2.096 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 19 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 2.090 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  18. 2.8129 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 28 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 2.6105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  20. 2.7105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away

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