Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Sun, May 8, 2022, 4:02 AM AKDT (12:02 UTC), 22 km (14 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 110 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2022-05-08 12:02:32 UTC
Depth
22.3 km (13.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.489° N, 159.730° 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.

Stations used
12

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 75 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.9142 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1610 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
  2. 1.9107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1609 days ago · 25 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 3.192 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1609 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
  4. 2.198 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1609 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
  5. 2.997 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1609 days ago · 12 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 2.1114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1609 days ago · 21 km deep · 28 km away
  7. 2.291 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1608 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  8. 2.0103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1608 days ago · 16 km deep · 6 km away
  9. 1.962 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1608 days ago · 44 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 1.9118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1608 days ago · 14 km deep · 23 km away
  11. 1.8south of Alaska · 1607 days ago · 18 km deep · 9 km away
  12. 1.6109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1607 days ago · 22 km deep · 7 km away
  13. 1.9113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1606 days ago · 40 km deep · 9 km away
  14. 2.821 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1606 days ago · 55 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 1.5111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1606 days ago · 20 km deep · 5 km away
  16. 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 1606 days ago · 53 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 2.175 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1606 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  18. 2.273 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1606 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 1.992 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1606 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 3.4111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1605 days ago · 35 km deep · 5 km away
  21. 2.9131 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1605 days ago · 28 km deep · 26 km away
  22. 2.9118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1605 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  23. 1.8127 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1605 days ago · 20 km deep · 23 km away
  24. 2.086 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 1605 days ago · 46 km deep · 92 km away
  25. 1.698 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1605 days ago · 25 km deep · 9 km away
  26. 1.898 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1605 days ago · 39 km deep · 11 km away
  27. 2.6120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1605 days ago · 16 km deep · 14 km away
  28. 2.189 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1604 days ago · 21 km deep · 18 km away
  29. 3.198 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1604 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  30. 1.998 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1604 days ago · 19 km deep · 9 km away
  31. 2.399 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1604 days ago · 31 km deep · 19 km away
  32. 2.0south of Alaska · 1604 days ago · 37 km deep · 27 km away
  33. 1.899 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1604 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
  34. 2.0108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1604 days ago · 23 km deep · 2 km away
  35. 2.8Alaska Peninsula · 1603 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
  36. 3.1131 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1603 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  37. 2.9117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1602 days ago · 21 km deep · 11 km away
  38. 1.783 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1601 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  39. 2.9118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 24 km deep · 23 km away
  40. 2.0120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 37 km deep · 26 km away
  41. 1.9110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1600 days ago · 24 km deep · 5 km away
  42. 1.6south of Alaska · 1599 days ago · 20 km deep · 9 km away
  43. 1.565 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1599 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  44. 2.7123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1599 days ago · 18 km deep · 29 km away
  45. 1.687 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1599 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  46. 1.663 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1599 days ago · 52 km deep · 81 km away
  47. 1.7129 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1599 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
  48. 1.5128 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1599 days ago · 25 km deep · 31 km away
  49. 2.085 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1598 days ago · 29 km deep · 28 km away
  50. 3.0113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1597 days ago · 15 km deep · 12 km away
  51. 3.3106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1597 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  52. 3.2112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1597 days ago · 22 km deep · 8 km away
  53. 2.0105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1596 days ago · 16 km deep · 13 km away
  54. 2.7south of Alaska · 1596 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
  55. 2.198 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1596 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
  56. 1.892 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1596 days ago · 18 km deep · 15 km away
  57. 1.9103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1596 days ago · 17 km deep · 4 km away
  58. 1.7115 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1595 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  59. 1.8101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1595 days ago · 16 km deep · 10 km away
  60. 1.7101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1595 days ago · 16 km deep · 6 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.8109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1610 days ago · 25 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 1.7south of Alaska · 1610 days ago · 18 km deep · 8 km away
  3. 2.075 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1611 days ago · 23 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 1.9112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1611 days ago · 22 km deep · 13 km away
  5. 2.4108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1612 days ago · 19 km deep · 3 km away
  6. 1.984 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1612 days ago · 55 km deep · 22 km away
  7. 1.5101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1612 days ago · 23 km deep · 12 km away
  8. 2.898 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1613 days ago · 35 km deep · 9 km away
  9. 1.6109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1613 days ago · 18 km deep · 3 km away
  10. 1.5106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1613 days ago · 15 km deep · 2 km away
  11. 3.094 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1614 days ago · 21 km deep · 16 km away
  12. 2.4121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1616 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  13. 1.845 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1616 days ago · 38 km deep · 61 km away
  14. 2.993 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1616 days ago · 12 km deep · 17 km away
  15. 2.3109 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1616 days ago · 38 km deep · 21 km away
  16. 2.398 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1616 days ago · 14 km deep · 13 km away
  17. 1.6south of Alaska · 1616 days ago · 24 km deep · 7 km away
  18. 1.6102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1616 days ago · 23 km deep · 6 km away
  19. 2.187 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1616 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  20. 1.652 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1617 days ago · 24 km deep · 58 km away

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