Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Fri, Aug 26, 2022, 4:01 PM AKDT (00:01 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
1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2022-08-27 00:01:31 UTC
Depth
26.1 km (16.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.494° N, 159.644° 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
9

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 189 in the 60 days after this one and 88 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.699 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
  2. 2.0105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 17 km deep · 9 km away
  3. 1.983 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 16 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 1.7south of Alaska · 1498 days ago · 22 km deep · 11 km away
  5. 1.796 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 25 km deep · 13 km away
  6. 2.4128 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  7. 1.9108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 21 km deep · 5 km away
  8. 2.497 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 28 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 2.658 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  10. 4.460 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.092 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 26 km deep · 18 km away
  12. 3.285 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1495 days ago · 28 km deep · 23 km away
  13. 1.671 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1495 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  14. 2.172 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1495 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 1.7108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 17 km deep · 14 km away
  16. 1.989 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 1.6112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 19 km deep · 11 km away
  18. 3.0141 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  19. 1.875 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 1.962 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 30 km deep · 51 km away
  21. 1.767 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 22 km deep · 74 km away
  22. 1.898 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 14 km deep · 15 km away
  23. 1.9105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  24. 1.795 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 30 km deep · 16 km away
  25. 2.6102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  26. 2.196 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 19 km deep · 30 km away
  27. 2.2106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 18 km deep · 13 km away
  28. 1.9105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 17 km deep · 8 km away
  29. 2.193 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 24 km deep · 15 km away
  30. 1.964 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  31. 1.9122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 20 km deep · 26 km away
  32. 1.677 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 22 km deep · 33 km away
  33. 1.6104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away
  34. 1.669 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  35. 2.2105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 23 km deep · 8 km away
  36. 2.879 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 30 km deep · 32 km away
  37. 2.0133 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
  38. 1.994 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 25 km deep · 15 km away
  39. 2.6131 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  40. 1.961 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
  41. 1.757 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  42. 1.672 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
  43. 2.288 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  44. 2.0102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 17 km deep · 6 km away
  45. 2.2115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 30 km deep · 7 km away
  46. 2.897 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
  47. 1.935 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 19 km deep · 74 km away
  48. 2.6102 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
  49. 1.689 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 23 km deep · 20 km away
  50. 1.688 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 16 km deep · 20 km away
  51. 2.1124 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
  52. 2.4138 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 25 km deep · 36 km away
  53. 2.7149 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  54. 2.535 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 17 km deep · 73 km away
  55. 1.870 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  56. 1.8115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 24 km deep · 28 km away
  57. 1.998 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 21 km deep · 10 km away
  58. 2.480 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away
  59. 1.959 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
  60. 2.2117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 25 km deep · 14 km away

The first 60 of 189.

Before

  1. 3.2101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 2.169 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 34 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 1.871 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 3.0129 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 32 km deep · 41 km away
  5. 2.092 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 12 km deep · 17 km away
  6. 2.3south of Alaska · 1499 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
  7. 1.8116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
  8. 2.130 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 16 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 3.1112 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 31 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 2.198 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
  11. 2.2132 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 2.855 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  13. 1.631 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 1.754 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 1.999 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away
  16. 1.999 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away
  17. 1.692 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
  18. 1.9122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 24 km deep · 19 km away
  19. 1.796 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 14 km deep · 15 km away
  20. 1.697 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 22 km deep · 12 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak022az9g86b. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:46 PM UTC.