Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 22 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 22 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska on Mon, Jan 13, 2020, 3:59 PM AKST (00:59 UTC), 78 km (48 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 32 km NE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-01-14 00:59:47 UTC
Depth
77.8 km (48.3 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.414° N, 160.821° 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
14

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 60 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.777 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 30 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 1.728 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
  3. 2.687 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 27 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 2.191 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 2.932 km NW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 224 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 1.862 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 57 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 2.055 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 152 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 2.453 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 2.963 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 24 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 2.959 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 29 km deep · 74 km away
  11. 1.654 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 47 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 1.858 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 92 km deep · 40 km away
  13. 1.834 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 51 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 1.857 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 37 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 1.852 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 60 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 2440 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  17. 2.152 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 60 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 2.382 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 2.056 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 19 km deep · 76 km away
  20. 3.246 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 175 km deep · 74 km away
  21. 2.164 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  22. 2.470 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  23. 2.17 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 74 km deep · 17 km away
  24. 2.311 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
  25. 2.054 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 38 km deep · 76 km away
  26. 2.359 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 18 km deep · 79 km away
  27. 3.359 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 73 km deep · 95 km away
  28. 2.01 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 63 km deep · 24 km away
  29. 2.633 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 63 km deep · 39 km away
  30. 1.568 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  31. 1.781 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 27 km deep · 83 km away
  32. 1.759 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 17 km deep · 67 km away
  33. 2.158 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2421 days ago · 60 km deep · 63 km away
  34. 2.043 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2421 days ago · 52 km deep · 50 km away
  35. 1.989 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2419 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
  36. 1.970 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2417 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
  37. 2.069 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2416 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
  38. 2.765 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2416 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  39. 1.959 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2416 days ago · 58 km deep · 93 km away
  40. 1.669 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2416 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
  41. 2.193 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2415 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  42. 1.952 km W of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2414 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  43. 2.249 km E of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2412 days ago · 169 km deep · 75 km away
  44. 1.762 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2412 days ago · 145 km deep · 42 km away
  45. 3.832 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2411 days ago · 111 km deep · 76 km away
  46. 1.556 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2408 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away
  47. 2.243 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2406 days ago · 66 km deep · 52 km away
  48. 1.962 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2404 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
  49. 1.773 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2404 days ago · 34 km deep · 75 km away
  50. 2.227 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 2403 days ago · 151 km deep · 93 km away
  51. 3.180 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2401 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  52. 2.074 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2401 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
  53. 2.642 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2400 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
  54. 2.862 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2399 days ago · 24 km deep · 83 km away
  55. 1.618 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 2398 days ago · 64 km deep · 11 km away
  56. 2.590 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  57. 2.084 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  58. 1.736 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2394 days ago · 22 km deep · 89 km away
  59. 1.915 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2394 days ago · 57 km deep · 37 km away
  60. 1.670 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2394 days ago · 23 km deep · 93 km away

Before

  1. 2.031 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 88 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 2.051 km E of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 18 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 2.028 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  4. 4.038 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 90 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 1.924 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 111 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 1.969 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 2.033 km NE of King Cove, AK · 2460 days ago · 113 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 1.840 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 105 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 1.868 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 23 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 3.493 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 2.190 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 2.379 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 3.830 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 150 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 3.748 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 155 km deep · 68 km away
  15. 2.371 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 4.187 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 3
  17. 2.767 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 65 km deep · 61 km away
  18. 2.459 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 19 km deep · 80 km away
  19. 2.974 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 2.058 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away

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