Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 78 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 78 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska on Fri, Sep 23, 2022, 5:36 AM AKDT (13:36 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 52 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-09-23 13:36:16 UTC
Depth
13.1 km (8.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.755° N, 161.191° 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
14

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 162 in the 60 days after this one and 95 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.661 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 2.0102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 2.635 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 86 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 1.664 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1466 days ago · 21 km deep · 43 km away
  5. 1.992 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1465 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 2.159 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1465 days ago · 58 km deep · 28 km away
  7. 1.793 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1465 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 1.995 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1464 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 1.895 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1464 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 3.2103 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1464 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
  11. 1.580 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1464 days ago · 22 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 2.094 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1464 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 1.8101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1464 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 1.841 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1464 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
  15. 2.9106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 32 km deep · 86 km away
  16. 2.2105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 2.093 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
  18. 1.837 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 59 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 1.798 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 1.989 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1462 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
  21. 1.860 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1462 days ago · 65 km deep · 32 km away
  22. 3.0101 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1462 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  23. 1.957 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1462 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  24. 1.993 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1461 days ago · 16 km deep · 90 km away
  25. 2.096 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1460 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
  26. 3.792 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1460 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
  27. 1.9120 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1459 days ago · 25 km deep · 58 km away
  28. 1.691 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1459 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
  29. 1.899 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1459 days ago · 17 km deep · 89 km away
  30. 1.631 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1459 days ago · 22 km deep · 62 km away
  31. 2.2south of Alaska · 1458 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
  32. 1.954 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1456 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  33. 1.782 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1455 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
  34. 1.781 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1454 days ago · 22 km deep · 84 km away
  35. 1.8101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1454 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
  36. 1.731 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1454 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
  37. 1.992 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1454 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
  38. 1.684 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1454 days ago · 16 km deep · 36 km away
  39. 2.635 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1453 days ago · 164 km deep · 83 km away
  40. 2.096 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 17 km deep · 88 km away
  41. 2.661 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
  42. 2.758 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 37 km deep · 45 km away
  43. 1.750 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 54 km deep · 40 km away
  44. 3.0south of Alaska · 1451 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
  45. 1.781 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  46. 1.779 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away
  47. 1.854 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  48. 4.6south of Alaska · 1451 days ago · 29 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  49. 3.1102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 27 km deep · 94 km away
  50. 2.745 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 89 km deep · 34 km away
  51. 2.594 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  52. 1.754 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 52 km deep · 90 km away
  53. 2.3102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  54. 2.293 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  55. 2.569 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1449 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  56. 1.519 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1448 days ago · 60 km deep · 83 km away
  57. 1.662 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1448 days ago · 22 km deep · 85 km away
  58. 1.698 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1448 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  59. 2.9south of Alaska · 1448 days ago · 31 km deep · 87 km away
  60. 2.8104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1448 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away

The first 60 of 162.

Before

  1. 2.772 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1469 days ago · 42 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 2.757 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1469 days ago · 124 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 3.487 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1469 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 1.6106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1470 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 1.683 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1470 days ago · 18 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 1.693 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1470 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
  7. 1.7118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1470 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 1.970 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1471 days ago · 43 km deep · 9 km away
  9. 1.753 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 1471 days ago · 76 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 1.6100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1471 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 1.792 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1471 days ago · 18 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 2.597 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1471 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 1.688 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1472 days ago · 20 km deep · 44 km away
  14. 1.994 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1472 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 2.090 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1472 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
  16. 2.790 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1472 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  17. 1.757 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1473 days ago · 25 km deep · 62 km away
  18. 2.1111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1474 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 3.098 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1474 days ago · 32 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 1.781 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1474 days ago · 19 km deep · 14 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak022c84wp8x. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 2:48 AM UTC.