Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 106 km S of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 106 km S of Sand Point, Alaska on Mon, Jan 6, 2020, 10:47 AM AKST (19:47 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 91 km SE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-01-06 19:47:11 UTC
Depth
14.1 km (8.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.397° N, 160.824° 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 4.9 km horizontally, 12.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
224°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 67 in the 60 days after this one and 39 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.8100 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 22 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 1.787 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 1.969 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 2.087 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 28 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 2.387 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 16 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 2.740 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 65 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 1.864 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 1.890 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
  9. 2.180 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 25 km deep · 49 km away
  10. 1.777 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 30 km deep · 44 km away
  11. 2.687 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 27 km deep · 34 km away
  12. 2.191 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
  13. 1.862 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 57 km deep · 62 km away
  14. 1.859 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 2.963 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 24 km deep · 45 km away
  16. 2.959 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 29 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 1.678 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
  18. 3.483 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 48 km deep · 41 km away
  19. 1.786 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 20 km deep · 42 km away
  20. 1.654 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 47 km deep · 67 km away
  21. 1.834 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 51 km deep · 98 km away
  22. 2.183 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  23. 1.857 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 37 km deep · 54 km away
  24. 1.852 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 60 km deep · 76 km away
  25. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 2439 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
  26. 2.783 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 22 km deep · 44 km away
  27. 2.152 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 60 km deep · 75 km away
  28. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 2434 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away
  29. 2.791 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  30. 2.382 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
  31. 2.056 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 19 km deep · 77 km away
  32. 2.164 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
  33. 2.185 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 18 km deep · 38 km away
  34. 2.470 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  35. 3.099 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 17 km deep · 33 km away
  36. 2.062 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
  37. 4.291 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 34 km deep · 36 km away
  38. 2.359 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 18 km deep · 80 km away
  39. 3.359 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 73 km deep · 62 km away
  40. 2.1102 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  41. 2.633 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 63 km deep · 75 km away
  42. 1.568 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2423 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
  43. 1.781 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2423 days ago · 27 km deep · 35 km away
  44. 1.759 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2423 days ago · 17 km deep · 47 km away
  45. 2.158 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2420 days ago · 60 km deep · 51 km away
  46. 2.043 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2420 days ago · 52 km deep · 64 km away
  47. 1.991 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2418 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  48. 1.989 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2418 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away
  49. 1.970 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2416 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
  50. 2.069 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2415 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away
  51. 2.765 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2415 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  52. 1.959 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2414 days ago · 58 km deep · 62 km away
  53. 1.669 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2414 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
  54. 2.238 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2413 days ago · 56 km deep · 89 km away
  55. 2.193 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2413 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
  56. 1.957 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
  57. 2.189 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2409 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away
  58. 2.285 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2408 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  59. 1.685 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away
  60. 1.556 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 20 km deep · 77 km away

The first 60 of 67.

Before

  1. 2.089 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 3.186 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 24 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 1.644 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 52 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 2.1104 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 21 km deep · 26 km away
  5. 1.868 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 23 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 3.493 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 14 km deep · 14 km away
  7. 2.6108 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 2.190 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 1.990 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 1.990 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
  11. 2.5102 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 21 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 2.379 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  13. 2.681 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
  14. 3.0130 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2470 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
  15. 2.182 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 47 km deep · 42 km away
  16. 4.187 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 3
  17. 3.0south of Alaska · 2473 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 2.885 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 19 km deep · 46 km away
  19. 2.289 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 2.767 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 65 km deep · 66 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us700070kd (also filed as ak020a8tf04). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 6:13 PM UTC.