Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 91 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 91 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Jul 19, 2023, 2:17 PM AKDT (22:17 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.6 85 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2023-07-19 22:17:59 UTC
Depth
13.2 km (8.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.567° N, 160.999° 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
16

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 201 in the 60 days after this one and 171 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.9105 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1168 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
  2. 1.9106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1168 days ago · 18 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 3.059 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1168 days ago · 41 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 2.1101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1168 days ago · 16 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 1.874 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1168 days ago · 26 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 3.4Alaska Peninsula · 1168 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 2.862 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1167 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 1.897 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1167 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
  9. 1.893 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1167 days ago · 19 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 2.0107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1167 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 2.196 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1167 days ago · 25 km deep · 5 km away
  12. 3.2103 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1167 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
  13. 1.669 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1167 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
  14. 1.670 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1167 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
  15. 1.786 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1167 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
  16. 1.693 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1167 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
  17. 1.687 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1167 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
  18. 1.990 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1167 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
  19. 1.877 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1167 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
  20. 1.672 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1167 days ago · 20 km deep · 19 km away
  21. 1.689 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1167 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
  22. 3.177 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1167 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
  23. 1.577 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1167 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
  24. 1.692 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1166 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
  25. 1.693 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1166 days ago · 26 km deep · 4 km away
  26. 1.8124 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1166 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
  27. 2.9121 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1166 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
  28. 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 1166 days ago · 15 km deep · 22 km away
  29. 1.687 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1166 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
  30. 2.8Alaska Peninsula · 1166 days ago · 27 km deep · 20 km away
  31. 1.588 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1166 days ago · 26 km deep · 2 km away
  32. 2.376 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1166 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away
  33. 1.798 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1166 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
  34. 1.6125 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1166 days ago · 25 km deep · 37 km away
  35. 1.892 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1166 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
  36. 2.8110 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1166 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  37. 2.0south of Alaska · 1166 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  38. 2.461 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1166 days ago · 18 km deep · 32 km away
  39. 2.1137 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1166 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  40. 1.882 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1166 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
  41. 1.8112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1166 days ago · 22 km deep · 79 km away
  42. 3.880 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1165 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
  43. 1.892 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1165 days ago · 26 km deep · 1 km away
  44. 1.983 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1165 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  45. 3.182 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1165 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
  46. 1.875 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1165 days ago · 25 km deep · 25 km away
  47. 2.8110 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1165 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  48. 3.0122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1165 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
  49. 3.0123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1165 days ago · 31 km deep · 85 km away
  50. 2.6119 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1165 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  51. 2.391 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1164 days ago · 15 km deep · 3 km away
  52. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 1164 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  53. 2.7105 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1164 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  54. 2.094 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1164 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  55. 1.891 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1164 days ago · 26 km deep · 3 km away
  56. 2.7126 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1164 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  57. 2.3115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1164 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
  58. 1.757 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1164 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  59. 2.1117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1164 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  60. 1.772 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1164 days ago · 21 km deep · 21 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.981 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1168 days ago · 19 km deep · 20 km away
  2. 2.1109 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1168 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 2.292 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1168 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 2.089 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1168 days ago · 31 km deep · 4 km away
  5. 3.489 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1168 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 3.273 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1168 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 2.783 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1168 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
  8. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 1168 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
  9. 3.183 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1168 days ago · 35 km deep · 8 km away
  10. 1.989 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1168 days ago · 26 km deep · 12 km away
  11. 3.790 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1168 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
  12. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 1168 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
  13. 3.090 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1168 days ago · 35 km deep · 4 km away
  14. 1.887 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1168 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
  15. 2.083 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1169 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
  16. 3.0118 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1169 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
  17. 2.186 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1169 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
  18. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 1169 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  19. 2.930 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1169 days ago · 115 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 2.1101 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1169 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak023974opsu. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 4:39 PM UTC.