Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 212 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 212 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska on Thu, Jul 30, 2020, 6:50 AM AKDT (14:50 UTC), 27 km (17 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 219 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-07-30 14:50:37 UTC
Depth
27.0 km (16.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.790° N, 158.567° 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.

Location uncertainty
About 9.3 km horizontally, 9.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
264°, poorly surrounded by stations
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: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.2257 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 18 km deep · 54 km away
  2. 2.3195 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 2.6141 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 21 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 2.7214 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 2.9199 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 30 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 2.1144 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 2.2180 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 2.2202 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  9. 1.7123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 23 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 2.1191 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2211 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  11. 3.6153 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 23 km deep · 69 km away
  12. 3.9219 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  13. 3.1266 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 19 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 2.8161 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 2.6170 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
  16. 2.8243 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 18 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 2.7238 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  18. 2.4208 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 15 km deep · 8 km away

Before

  1. 3.0149 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 1.8123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 24 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 2.3200 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2258 days ago · 31 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 2.3south of Alaska · 2259 days ago · 28 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 2.7143 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 2.9207 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2270 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000bgax (also filed as ak0209qukfz1). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 7:14 PM UTC.