M4.2 earthquake 113 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 113 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Jul 21, 2020, 10:30 PM AKDT (06:30 UTC), 28 km (18 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.7 76 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
4.2	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.199 · 7 stations
4.0	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preliminary

2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 201 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of at least 201.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000asvp (also filed as ak0209dhdps4). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:04 AM UTC.