Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 19 km W of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 19 km W of Sand Point, Alaska on Fri, Jan 13, 2023, 8:33 AM AKST (17:33 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 south of Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2023-01-13 17:33:30 UTC
Depth
9.1 km (5.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.324° N, 160.802° 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
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 77 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.866 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 22 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 2.564 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 1.866 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 40 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 2.395 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 2.887 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 2.790 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 1.854 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 81 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 1.944 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 76 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 1.9104 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 1.873 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 1357 days ago · 57 km deep · 69 km away
  12. 1.886 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 1.975 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 21 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 2.256 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 2.256 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 2.086 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 24 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 3.047 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
  18. 2.454 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 2.924 km W of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 19 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 3.458 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 82 km deep · 48 km away
  21. 2.024 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 19 km deep · 35 km away
  22. 1.820 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1346 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away
  23. 1.515 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 1345 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  24. 2.154 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1344 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
  25. 2.148 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1344 days ago · 45 km deep · 97 km away
  26. 1.946 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1344 days ago · 36 km deep · 53 km away
  27. 1.963 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1344 days ago · 38 km deep · 50 km away
  28. 2.258 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1343 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away
  29. 1.941 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 54 km deep · 59 km away
  30. 3.3Alaska Peninsula · 1340 days ago · 150 km deep · 75 km away
  31. 2.413 km ENE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1337 days ago · 146 km deep · 82 km away
  32. 1.613 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1336 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  33. 2.877 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1336 days ago · 29 km deep · 83 km away
  34. 2.130 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1336 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
  35. 1.975 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1334 days ago · 22 km deep · 85 km away
  36. 3.192 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1334 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  37. 2.274 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1334 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
  38. 1.834 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1333 days ago · 53 km deep · 21 km away
  39. 2.262 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1333 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
  40. 2.387 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1332 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
  41. 2.881 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1332 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  42. 2.9Alaska Peninsula · 1330 days ago · 83 km deep · 96 km away
  43. 3.368 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1329 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  44. 2.031 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1329 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
  45. 1.921 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1329 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
  46. 1.944 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1328 days ago · 16 km deep · 53 km away
  47. 2.247 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1328 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
  48. 2.122 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1326 days ago · 49 km deep · 40 km away
  49. 3.169 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1326 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  50. 2.035 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 1322 days ago · 91 km deep · 72 km away
  51. 2.780 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1322 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  52. 2.234 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1320 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  53. 2.161 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1318 days ago · 125 km deep · 62 km away
  54. 2.158 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1317 days ago · 169 km deep · 43 km away
  55. 3.190 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1316 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  56. 3.1Alaska Peninsula · 1316 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  57. 3.099 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1316 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  58. 4.3south of Alaska · 1316 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  59. 2.480 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1314 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  60. 1.842 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1314 days ago · 20 km deep · 38 km away

The first 60 of 77.

Before

  1. 1.621 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away
  2. 2.884 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 1.986 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 1360 days ago · 44 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 3.381 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 2.089 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 1.860 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 24 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 1.928 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 15 km deep · 30 km away
  9. 1.833 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 24 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 1.944 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 96 km deep · 27 km away
  11. 1.840 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 81 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 1.9south of Alaska · 1365 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 1.860 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
  14. 1.760 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 1.760 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 1.957 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 1.7102 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 1.785 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 23 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 2.090 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
  20. 1.734 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away

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