Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 54 km S of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 54 km S of Sand Point, Alaska on Sat, Nov 7, 2020, 5:47 PM AKST (02:47 UTC), 15 km (9 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), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-11-08 02:47:27 UTC
Depth
14.8 km (9.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.850° N, 160.394° 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
17

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. 3.0108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 3.3100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 2.7103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 2.7111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 2.689 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 2.297 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 2.3110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 24 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 2.291 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 14 km deep · 45 km away
  9. 2.398 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 14 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 3.2117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 21 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 3.8113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 2.4107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 16 km deep · 57 km away
  13. 2.8105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 19 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 2.8111 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 32 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 2.9111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 17 km deep · 60 km away
  16. 2.9106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
  17. 3.2106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 23 km deep · 58 km away
  18. 3.0114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 21 km deep · 66 km away
  19. 2.2south of Alaska · 2150 days ago · 18 km deep · 67 km away
  20. 2.7127 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 19 km deep · 74 km away
  21. 2.7117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
  22. 2.2105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 27 km deep · 58 km away
  23. 2.298 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 16 km deep · 50 km away
  24. 2.2121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
  25. 2.296 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
  26. 2.888 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
  27. 2.3108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 22 km deep · 60 km away
  28. 3.287 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 25 km deep · 44 km away
  29. 2.9114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  30. 2.4131 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 25 km deep · 79 km away
  31. 2.1107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 25 km deep · 62 km away
  32. 2.7107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 22 km deep · 55 km away
  33. 1.856 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 16 km deep · 19 km away
  34. 2.2106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away
  35. 2.2100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away
  36. 2.0101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 17 km deep · 53 km away
  37. 2.0102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 20 km deep · 53 km away
  38. 2.0131 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  39. 2.1108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 27 km deep · 62 km away
  40. 3.8112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 27 km deep · 63 km away
  41. 2.2108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  42. 2.098 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away
  43. 2.8102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 22 km deep · 54 km away
  44. 2.092 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 23 km deep · 55 km away
  45. 2.658 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 27 km deep · 4 km away
  46. 2.299 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  47. 2.2114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 39 km deep · 65 km away
  48. 2.6106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 20 km deep · 57 km away
  49. 3.5130 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 18 km deep · 77 km away
  50. 2.298 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  51. 2.294 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2149 days ago · 24 km deep · 50 km away
  52. 2.277 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2149 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  53. 2.5128 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2149 days ago · 21 km deep · 78 km away
  54. 2.2106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2149 days ago · 24 km deep · 61 km away
  55. 2.7101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2149 days ago · 22 km deep · 53 km away
  56. 2.991 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2149 days ago · 25 km deep · 47 km away
  57. 3.351 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2149 days ago · 29 km deep · 5 km away
  58. 2.292 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2149 days ago · 36 km deep · 52 km away
  59. 4.1129 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2149 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away
  60. 2.7126 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2149 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 2.7141 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 2.3118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 2.194 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 22 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 2.382 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 1.987 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 2.9Alaska Peninsula · 2151 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 2.2104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 16 km deep · 52 km away
  8. 2.394 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 23 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 2.5120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 23 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 2.5138 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 22 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 2.4114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 28 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 2.8149 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 2.9south of Alaska · 2151 days ago · 27 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 2.785 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 25 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 2.7117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 23 km deep · 66 km away
  16. 2.8110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
  17. 2.175 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  18. 3.9108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 19 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 2.7121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away
  20. 2.3107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away

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