Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 70 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 70 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Aug 10, 2022, 12:54 AM AKDT (08:54 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 70 km ESE of Sand Point, 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
2022-08-10 08:54:08 UTC
Depth
25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.748° N, 160.885° 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
19

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 199 in the 60 days after this one and 139 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.858 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1516 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 3.587 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1515 days ago · 43 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 2.6105 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1514 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 2.297 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1514 days ago · 24 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 1.779 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1513 days ago · 54 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 1.6108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1513 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 1.578 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1513 days ago · 16 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 2.8104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1513 days ago · 31 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 3.0130 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1513 days ago · 29 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 1.8104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 1.8122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 2.0119 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 14 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 2.5117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 28 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 1.554 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
  15. 1.893 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 16 km deep · 54 km away
  16. 2.7130 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 1.771 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 1.669 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 24 km deep · 24 km away
  19. 1.963 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 19 km deep · 58 km away
  20. 2.893 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  21. 1.656 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  22. 1.721 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  23. 2.180 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  24. 1.889 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 14 km deep · 54 km away
  25. 1.6103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away
  26. 1.6103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away
  27. 2.2117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
  28. 1.794 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  29. 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 1509 days ago · 39 km deep · 46 km away
  30. 3.384 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
  31. 2.8102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
  32. 1.5101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  33. 1.5103 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 41 km deep · 88 km away
  34. 1.689 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 16 km deep · 55 km away
  35. 2.8116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  36. 1.9111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
  37. 2.8south of Alaska · 1506 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  38. 2.0108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
  39. 1.697 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 22 km deep · 81 km away
  40. 1.796 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
  41. 1.9122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 24 km deep · 88 km away
  42. 2.082 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
  43. 1.679 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 17 km deep · 55 km away
  44. 1.692 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
  45. 1.999 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 1 km deep · 69 km away
  46. 1.999 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  47. 2.781 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
  48. 1.754 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  49. 1.631 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 14 km deep · 55 km away
  50. 2.855 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
  51. 2.2132 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  52. 2.198 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
  53. 1.680 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
  54. 2.130 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 16 km deep · 43 km away
  55. 1.8116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
  56. 2.3south of Alaska · 1501 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  57. 2.092 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
  58. 2.169 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 34 km deep · 79 km away
  59. 3.2101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  60. 1.7108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 1.749 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1517 days ago · 47 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 2.9133 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1517 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 2.032 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1517 days ago · 70 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 2.0103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1517 days ago · 19 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 1.8100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1518 days ago · 17 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 2.170 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1518 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 1.7123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1518 days ago · 18 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 1.825 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 1518 days ago · 72 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 1.695 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1518 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 1.795 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1518 days ago · 36 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 1.9114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1519 days ago · 20 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 1.993 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1519 days ago · 14 km deep · 54 km away
  13. 2.0100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1519 days ago · 17 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 2.8111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1520 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
  15. 1.853 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1520 days ago · 21 km deep · 33 km away
  16. 3.9117 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1521 days ago · 42 km deep · 48 km away
  17. 3.0101 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1521 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 3.231 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1521 days ago · 94 km deep · 46 km away
  19. 1.885 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1521 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away
  20. 2.262 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1522 days ago · 23 km deep · 26 km away

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