Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 25 km W of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 25 km W of Sand Point, Alaska on Mon, Aug 8, 2022, 7:28 AM AKDT (15:28 UTC), 72 km (44 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 60 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2022-08-08 15:28:18 UTC
Depth
71.5 km (44.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.311° N, 160.898° 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
24

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 111 in the 60 days after this one and 38 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.170 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1518 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 1.749 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1517 days ago · 47 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 1.870 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1517 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 1.858 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1516 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 1.779 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1513 days ago · 54 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 1.578 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1513 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 1.554 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 1.771 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 1.669 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 24 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 1.963 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 1.721 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 1509 days ago · 39 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 2.781 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 1.754 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 1.631 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 14 km deep · 47 km away
  16. 2.855 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  17. 2.055 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 119 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 1.729 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 1.628 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 1.680 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  21. 2.130 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 16 km deep · 38 km away
  22. 1.827 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
  23. 2.821 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 140 km deep · 91 km away
  24. 2.244 km E of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 109 km deep · 73 km away
  25. 1.871 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  26. 2.169 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 34 km deep · 89 km away
  27. 2.031 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 1 km deep · 83 km away
  28. 2.356 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 84 km deep · 46 km away
  29. 2.641 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 59 km deep · 84 km away
  30. 2.743 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 152 km deep · 52 km away
  31. 2.658 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  32. 4.460 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  33. 3.285 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 28 km deep · 99 km away
  34. 1.881 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  35. 1.671 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  36. 2.031 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 98 km deep · 78 km away
  37. 2.038 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1495 days ago · 104 km deep · 78 km away
  38. 1.962 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 30 km deep · 71 km away
  39. 1.767 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 22 km deep · 91 km away
  40. 1.663 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
  41. 1.964 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
  42. 2.9Alaska Peninsula · 1490 days ago · 73 km deep · 39 km away
  43. 1.677 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
  44. 2.775 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 31 km deep · 82 km away
  45. 1.933 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 65 km deep · 20 km away
  46. 1.669 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  47. 2.939 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 159 km deep · 49 km away
  48. 2.879 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 30 km deep · 95 km away
  49. 2.820 km ENE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 166 km deep · 97 km away
  50. 1.757 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
  51. 1.672 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  52. 2.897 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
  53. 1.935 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 19 km deep · 53 km away
  54. 2.6102 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
  55. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 1485 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  56. 2.145 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 69 km deep · 92 km away
  57. 1.714 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 84 km deep · 96 km away
  58. 2.258 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  59. 1.850 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 48 km deep · 93 km away
  60. 2.232 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 58 km deep · 58 km away

The first 60 of 111.

Before

  1. 1.853 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1520 days ago · 21 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 3.231 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1521 days ago · 94 km deep · 16 km away
  3. 2.262 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1522 days ago · 23 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 2.819 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1523 days ago · 152 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 3.373 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1526 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 1.973 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1526 days ago · 23 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 1.873 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1526 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 1.822 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1527 days ago · 67 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 1.768 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1528 days ago · 27 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 1.865 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1528 days ago · 44 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 1.831 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1528 days ago · 91 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 1.866 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1529 days ago · 22 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 3.260 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1530 days ago · 32 km deep · 67 km away
  14. 1.965 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1531 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 3.288 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1533 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 2.088 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1533 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 1.755 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1534 days ago · 34 km deep · 77 km away
  18. 1.849 km S of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1535 days ago · 112 km deep · 36 km away
  19. 1.846 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1536 days ago · 24 km deep · 44 km away
  20. 1.843 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1536 days ago · 82 km deep · 52 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak022a43bw7a. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:55 PM UTC.