Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Thu, Aug 18, 2022, 8:35 AM AKDT (16:35 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 south of Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2022-08-18 16:35:27 UTC
Depth
26.2 km (16.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.548° N, 159.698° 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
13

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 104 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.5103 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 41 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 2.8116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
  3. 1.9111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
  4. 2.8south of Alaska · 1505 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
  5. 2.0108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
  6. 1.697 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 22 km deep · 7 km away
  7. 1.796 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 14 km deep · 9 km away
  8. 1.9122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 24 km deep · 24 km away
  9. 1.692 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
  10. 1.999 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away
  11. 1.999 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
  12. 1.754 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 1.631 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
  14. 2.855 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  15. 2.2132 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
  16. 2.198 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
  17. 3.1112 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 31 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 2.130 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 16 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 1.8116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
  20. 2.3south of Alaska · 1499 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away
  21. 2.092 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 12 km deep · 11 km away
  22. 3.0129 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 32 km deep · 44 km away
  23. 1.871 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  24. 2.169 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 34 km deep · 42 km away
  25. 3.2101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 26 km deep · 3 km away
  26. 1.7108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away
  27. 1.699 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  28. 2.0105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 17 km deep · 9 km away
  29. 1.983 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 16 km deep · 77 km away
  30. 1.7south of Alaska · 1498 days ago · 22 km deep · 4 km away
  31. 1.796 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 25 km deep · 7 km away
  32. 2.4128 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  33. 1.9108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 21 km deep · 9 km away
  34. 2.497 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 28 km deep · 52 km away
  35. 2.658 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  36. 4.460 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  37. 2.092 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 26 km deep · 12 km away
  38. 3.285 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 28 km deep · 16 km away
  39. 1.671 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1495 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  40. 2.172 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1495 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  41. 1.7108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 17 km deep · 16 km away
  42. 1.989 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
  43. 1.661 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  44. 1.6112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 19 km deep · 15 km away
  45. 3.0141 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  46. 1.875 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
  47. 1.962 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 30 km deep · 44 km away
  48. 1.767 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 22 km deep · 69 km away
  49. 1.898 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 14 km deep · 11 km away
  50. 1.9105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  51. 1.795 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 30 km deep · 11 km away
  52. 2.6102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  53. 2.196 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 19 km deep · 27 km away
  54. 2.2106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 18 km deep · 13 km away
  55. 1.9105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 17 km deep · 8 km away
  56. 2.258 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
  57. 2.193 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 24 km deep · 8 km away
  58. 1.964 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  59. 1.9122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 20 km deep · 29 km away
  60. 1.677 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 22 km deep · 26 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 2.8102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 33 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 2.2117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 25 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 1.6103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 16 km deep · 12 km away
  4. 1.6103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 16 km deep · 11 km away
  5. 2.180 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 1.669 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 24 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 1.771 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 2.2137 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 18 km deep · 38 km away
  9. 2.7130 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  10. 1.554 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 2.5117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 28 km deep · 16 km away
  12. 2.0119 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 14 km deep · 27 km away
  13. 1.8122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
  14. 1.8104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 20 km deep · 6 km away
  15. 3.0130 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 29 km deep · 33 km away
  16. 2.8104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 31 km deep · 6 km away
  17. 1.6108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
  18. 1.779 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 54 km deep · 33 km away
  19. 2.2107 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1513 days ago · 21 km deep · 70 km away
  20. 2.297 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1513 days ago · 24 km deep · 4 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak022akncbf9. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 7:02 PM UTC.