M2.0 earthquake 28 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 28 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Jan 8, 2020, 11:06 PM AKST (08:06 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 south of Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-01-09 08:06:02 UTC
- Depth
- 10.3 km (6.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 55.436° N, 160.090° 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
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 42 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.094 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 28 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.051 km E of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 18 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.722 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 78 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.084 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.728 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.233 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 50 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.241 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 54 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.453 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.963 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 24 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.959 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 29 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.085 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 43 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.858 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 92 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.834 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 51 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.183 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.857 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 37 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 2441 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.382 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.056 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 19 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.164 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.470 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.17 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 74 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.311 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.054 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 38 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.359 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 18 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.01 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 63 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.036 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.633 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 63 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.759 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 17 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.1south of Alaska · 2423 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.158 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2423 days ago · 60 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.043 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2422 days ago · 52 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.249 km E of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2413 days ago · 169 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.762 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2413 days ago · 145 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.536 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2412 days ago · 55 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.556 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2409 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.243 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 66 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.962 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2405 days ago · 18 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.180 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.074 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.642 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2401 days ago · 14 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.862 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2400 days ago · 24 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.618 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 2399 days ago · 64 km deep · 46 km away
Before
- 4.038 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 90 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.387 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.087 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 28 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.969 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.398 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.186 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 24 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.868 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 23 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.379 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.830 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 150 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.371 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 25 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.637 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 58 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.661 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 52 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.289 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.767 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 65 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.459 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 19 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.974 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.058 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.076 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.489 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 28 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.937 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
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