Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 104 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 104 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Nov 18, 2020, 3:58 PM AKST (00:58 UTC), 28 km (17 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
2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-11-19 00:58:08 UTC
Depth
28.0 km (17.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.566° N, 159.567° 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. 2.5112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 24 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 2.288 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 2.0100 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 27 km deep · 51 km away
  4. 3.083 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 27 km deep · 22 km away
  5. 2.2100 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2144 days ago · 37 km deep · 5 km away
  6. 2.2113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2144 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
  7. 3.8100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2144 days ago · 34 km deep · 5 km away
  8. 2.9122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2144 days ago · 19 km deep · 42 km away
  9. 2.296 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2144 days ago · 24 km deep · 8 km away
  10. 2.6149 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2144 days ago · 23 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 2.2103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2144 days ago · 19 km deep · 24 km away
  12. 2.4110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2144 days ago · 27 km deep · 10 km away
  13. 3.0144 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2144 days ago · 21 km deep · 48 km away
  14. 3.6131 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2144 days ago · 27 km deep · 37 km away
  15. 2.7103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2144 days ago · 22 km deep · 3 km away
  16. 2.265 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2144 days ago · 23 km deep · 72 km away
  17. 2.8120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2144 days ago · 21 km deep · 27 km away
  18. 2.566 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 34 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 2.7114 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 17 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 2.264 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
  21. 2.295 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 29 km deep · 9 km away
  22. 2.9101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 20 km deep · 16 km away
  23. 3.0135 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 25 km deep · 40 km away
  24. 3.1144 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
  25. 2.490 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 20 km deep · 15 km away
  26. 2.5south of Alaska · 2143 days ago · 22 km deep · 48 km away
  27. 3.0129 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 21 km deep · 40 km away
  28. 2.465 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 17 km deep · 44 km away
  29. 2.8118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 21 km deep · 32 km away
  30. 2.377 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
  31. 2.139 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 31 km deep · 71 km away
  32. 2.3127 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
  33. 2.4106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
  34. 2.4107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 31 km deep · 8 km away
  35. 2.398 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 12 km deep · 30 km away
  36. 2.374 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  37. 2.386 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
  38. 2.9122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 31 km deep · 21 km away
  39. 2.4114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 28 km deep · 15 km away
  40. 2.4113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 20 km deep · 25 km away
  41. 3.0150 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 24 km deep · 56 km away
  42. 2.3120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  43. 2.3108 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 26 km deep · 4 km away
  44. 2.3107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
  45. 2.264 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 17 km deep · 73 km away
  46. 2.3102 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 29 km deep · 3 km away
  47. 2.7123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 24 km deep · 30 km away
  48. 2.292 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 28 km deep · 12 km away
  49. 2.7122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 27 km deep · 29 km away
  50. 2.399 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 29 km deep · 16 km away
  51. 2.2100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 15 km deep · 20 km away
  52. 2.088 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
  53. 1.957 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 23 km deep · 47 km away
  54. 1.961 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
  55. 2.384 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  56. 3.299 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 25 km deep · 13 km away
  57. 2.991 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 21 km deep · 15 km away
  58. 2.3102 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 39 km deep · 6 km away
  59. 3.291 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 21 km deep · 14 km away
  60. 2.396 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 38 km deep · 10 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 2.6182 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 2.7127 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 22 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 2.0115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 22 km deep · 23 km away
  4. 2.0100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 21 km deep · 17 km away
  5. 1.993 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 14 km deep · 14 km away
  6. 1.891 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 21 km deep · 17 km away
  7. 2.0107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 18 km deep · 17 km away
  8. 1.995 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 26 km deep · 12 km away
  9. 1.970 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  10. 2.9south of Alaska · 2145 days ago · 21 km deep · 29 km away
  11. 1.876 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 1.9119 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 23 km deep · 37 km away
  13. 3.0108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 22 km deep · 12 km away
  14. 1.9104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 18 km deep · 23 km away
  15. 2.0137 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 1.9104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 18 km deep · 8 km away
  17. 1.8107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 18 km deep · 10 km away
  18. 2.7104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 19 km deep · 24 km away
  19. 3.3151 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 18 km deep · 59 km away
  20. 2.0103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 28 km deep · 6 km away

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