Alaska earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 209 km S of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 209 km S of Sand Point, Alaska on Mon, Jul 6, 2020, 7:35 AM AKDT (15:35 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 122 km SE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 4.1 (mb), light
Local time: Mon, Jul 6, 2020, 7:35 AM AKDT
UTC: 2020-07-06 15:35:21 UTC
Depth: 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 53.455° N, 160.529° 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 3.7 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.08
Depth from: Operator assigned
Station coverage gap: 172°
Stations used: 64

Nearest places

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

Sand Point, AlaskaPopulation 1,064. Forecast209 kmS

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 67 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 67.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000aitp (also filed as ak0208n66a1b). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:43 PM UTC.