M5.0 earthquake 57 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska

Magnitude

5.0 (mww), moderate

Local time

Thu, Jul 23, 2020, 3:08 AM AKDT

UTC

2020-07-23 11:08:38 UTC

Depth

44.9 km (27.9 mi), shallow

Epicenter

55.212° N, 159.619° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

Yes: a large quake in an oceanic region

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

The USGS flags a quake this large in an oceanic region. The flag does not mean a tsunami happened; the tsunami warning centers decide that, and their messages are below when they issued any.

Current tsunami warnings: tsunami.gov. Warnings in force in the US also appear on our alerts pages.

Faulting

Reverse (thrust)

Moment magnitude

5.0 Mww

Nodal plane 1

Strike 244°, dip 30°, rake 90°

Nodal plane 2

Strike 64°, dip 60°, rake 90°

Location uncertainty

About 6.1 km horizontally, 4.0 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.04

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

70°

Stations used

151

• Sand Point, AlaskaPopulation 1,064. Forecast58 kmESE

After

1. 2.299 km SSE of Perryville, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 3:23 AM AKDT · 2258 days ago · 22 km deep · 84 km away
2. 2.175 km SSE of Sand Point, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 3:28 AM AKDT · 2258 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
3. 3.276 km S of Sand Point, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 3:56 AM AKDT · 2258 days ago · 28 km deep · 82 km away
4. 2.667 km S of Sand Point, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 4:08 AM AKDT · 2258 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
5. 2.5126 km SSE of Perryville, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 5:30 AM AKDT · 2257 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
6. 2.749 km SE of Sand Point, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 5:40 AM AKDT · 2257 days ago · 32 km deep · 23 km away
7. 2.061 km ESE of Sand Point, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 5:48 AM AKDT · 2257 days ago · 37 km deep · 5 km away
8. 3.087 km SSE of Sand Point, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 6:00 AM AKDT · 2257 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
9. 2.2south of AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 6:15 AM AKDT · 2257 days ago · 18 km deep · 68 km away
10. 4.1125 km SSE of Perryville, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 6:58 AM AKDT · 2257 days ago · 18 km deep · 83 km away
11. 2.759 km E of Sand Point, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 7:11 AM AKDT · 2257 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
12. 2.964 km SSE of Sand Point, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 7:12 AM AKDT · 2257 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
13. 2.0Alaska PeninsulaThu, Jul 23, 7:20 AM AKDT · 2257 days ago · 30 km deep · 11 km away
14. 2.7100 km SE of Sand Point, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 7:23 AM AKDT · 2257 days ago · 18 km deep · 56 km away
15. 2.6137 km SSE of Perryville, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 7:33 AM AKDT · 2257 days ago · 42 km deep · 99 km away
16. 2.556 km S of Sand Point, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 7:40 AM AKDT · 2257 days ago · 16 km deep · 63 km away
17. 2.497 km SSE of Perryville, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 7:50 AM AKDT · 2257 days ago · 37 km deep · 57 km away
18. 2.877 km ESE of Sand Point, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 7:52 AM AKDT · 2257 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
19. 2.251 km SSE of Sand Point, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 8:04 AM AKDT · 2257 days ago · 25 km deep · 56 km away
20. 2.498 km SSE of Perryville, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 8:48 AM AKDT · 2257 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away
21. 2.293 km SSE of Perryville, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 9:09 AM AKDT · 2257 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
22. 2.275 km SSW of Sand Point, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 9:11 AM AKDT · 2257 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
23. 2.7102 km SSE of Perryville, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 9:32 AM AKDT · 2257 days ago · 31 km deep · 59 km away
24. 2.6110 km SSE of Perryville, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 10:31 AM AKDT · 2257 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
25. 4.057 km ESE of Sand Point, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 10:50 AM AKDT · 2257 days ago · 46 km deep · 7 km away
26. 2.376 km SSW of Sand Point, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 11:51 AM AKDT · 2257 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
27. 4.754 km S of Sand Point, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 11:56 AM AKDT · 2257 days ago · 41 km deep · 77 km away
28. 2.851 km SSE of Sand Point, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 1:20 PM AKDT · 2257 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
29. 2.062 km ESE of Sand Point, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 1:25 PM AKDT · 2257 days ago · 41 km deep · 5 km away
30. 2.357 km ESE of Sand Point, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 1:28 PM AKDT · 2257 days ago · 40 km deep · 1 km away
31. 3.466 km ESE of Sand Point, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 1:38 PM AKDT · 2257 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
32. 2.998 km SSE of Perryville, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 1:53 PM AKDT · 2257 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
33. 2.6105 km SSE of Perryville, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 2:20 PM AKDT · 2257 days ago · 15 km deep · 65 km away
34. 2.988 km S of Perryville, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 3:32 PM AKDT · 2257 days ago · 36 km deep · 34 km away
35. 2.9103 km SSE of Sand Point, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 3:38 PM AKDT · 2257 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
36. 2.259 km S of Sand Point, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 3:53 PM AKDT · 2257 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
37. 2.255 km S of Sand Point, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 4:23 PM AKDT · 2257 days ago · 23 km deep · 62 km away
38. 2.1south of AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 4:25 PM AKDT · 2257 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
39. 2.762 km S of Sand Point, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 5:49 PM AKDT · 2257 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
40. 2.1Alaska PeninsulaThu, Jul 23, 6:42 PM AKDT · 2257 days ago · 31 km deep · 23 km away
41. 2.691 km S of Perryville, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 6:53 PM AKDT · 2257 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
42. 5.058 km S of Sand Point, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 7:07 PM AKDT · 2257 days ago · 43 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1 · tsunami flag
43. 4.559 km ESE of Sand Point, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 7:12 PM AKDT · 2257 days ago · 44 km deep · 3 km away
44. 3.060 km ESE of Sand Point, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 7:21 PM AKDT · 2257 days ago · 35 km deep · 5 km away
45. 2.2110 km SSE of Perryville, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 8:26 PM AKDT · 2257 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
46. 2.969 km SSE of Sand Point, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 8:33 PM AKDT · 2257 days ago · 23 km deep · 62 km away
47. 2.296 km SSE of Perryville, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 8:52 PM AKDT · 2257 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
48. 2.786 km S of Perryville, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 9:15 PM AKDT · 2257 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
49. 2.6135 km SSE of Perryville, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 9:37 PM AKDT · 2257 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
50. 2.9102 km SSE of Perryville, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 9:38 PM AKDT · 2257 days ago · 24 km deep · 77 km away
51. 3.8100 km SSE of Perryville, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 9:53 PM AKDT · 2257 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
52. 2.958 km ESE of Sand Point, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 10:05 PM AKDT · 2257 days ago · 31 km deep · 2 km away
53. 2.068 km E of Sand Point, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 10:35 PM AKDT · 2257 days ago · 32 km deep · 15 km away
54. 2.892 km S of Perryville, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 10:36 PM AKDT · 2257 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
55. 2.078 km S of Ivanof Bay, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 10:40 PM AKDT · 2257 days ago · 18 km deep · 23 km away
56. 2.094 km SSE of Sand Point, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 10:51 PM AKDT · 2257 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away
57. 2.081 km ESE of Sand Point, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 10:57 PM AKDT · 2257 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
58. 2.357 km SSE of Sand Point, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 11:02 PM AKDT · 2257 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
59. 4.580 km S of Perryville, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 11:17 PM AKDT · 2257 days ago · 42 km deep · 25 km away
60. 2.291 km SSE of Perryville, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 11:29 PM AKDT · 2257 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

1. 2.161 km ESE of Sand Point, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 3:01 AM AKDT · 2258 days ago · 40 km deep · 5 km away
2. 4.386 km SSE of Sand Point, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 2:40 AM AKDT · 2258 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
3. 2.853 km SSE of Sand Point, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 2:37 AM AKDT · 2258 days ago · 27 km deep · 42 km away
4. 2.161 km S of Sand Point, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 2:31 AM AKDT · 2258 days ago · 37 km deep · 81 km away
5. 4.056 km SSE of Sand Point, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 12:40 AM AKDT · 2258 days ago · 42 km deep · 58 km away
6. 2.4105 km SSE of Perryville, AlaskaThu, Jul 23, 12:02 AM AKDT · 2258 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
7. 2.298 km SSE of Sand Point, AlaskaWed, Jul 22, 11:47 PM AKDT · 2258 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
8. 2.044 km SSE of Sand Point, AlaskaWed, Jul 22, 11:44 PM AKDT · 2258 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
9. 3.955 km S of Sand Point, AlaskaWed, Jul 22, 11:38 PM AKDT · 2258 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
10. 2.7128 km SSE of Perryville, AlaskaWed, Jul 22, 11:22 PM AKDT · 2258 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
11. 2.7143 km SSE of Perryville, AlaskaWed, Jul 22, 11:22 PM AKDT · 2258 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
12. 2.5104 km SE of Sand Point, AlaskaWed, Jul 22, 11:18 PM AKDT · 2258 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
13. 2.870 km S of Sand Point, AlaskaWed, Jul 22, 11:12 PM AKDT · 2258 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
14. 2.264 km SSE of Sand Point, AlaskaWed, Jul 22, 9:55 PM AKDT · 2258 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
15. 3.899 km SSE of Perryville, AlaskaWed, Jul 22, 9:42 PM AKDT · 2258 days ago · 24 km deep · 58 km away
16. 2.6Alaska PeninsulaWed, Jul 22, 9:15 PM AKDT · 2258 days ago · 19 km deep · 70 km away
17. 2.1107 km SSE of Perryville, AlaskaWed, Jul 22, 9:03 PM AKDT · 2258 days ago · 23 km deep · 86 km away
18. 3.8107 km SSE of Perryville, AlaskaWed, Jul 22, 8:53 PM AKDT · 2258 days ago · 28 km deep · 85 km away
19. 2.293 km SSE of Perryville, AlaskaWed, Jul 22, 7:56 PM AKDT · 2258 days ago · 22 km deep · 55 km away
20. 2.0109 km SE of Sand Point, AlaskaWed, Jul 22, 7:42 PM AKDT · 2258 days ago · 25 km deep · 58 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000b2le (also filed as at00qdx5mf, ak0209f7rpms, iscgem618690754). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 12:48 AM UTC.