M3.3 earthquake 218 km S of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 218 km S of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Jan 22, 2020, 11:48 AM AKST (20:48 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.3 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-01-22 20:48:58 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.399° N, 159.965° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 7.2 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 181°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 67
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.7202 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.4209 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2416 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayAlaska earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60007d8x (also filed as ak02010q0tz5). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:21 PM UTC.