Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 40 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 40 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Aug 6, 2024, 2:02 AM AKDT (10:02 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 95 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2024-08-06 10:02:20 UTC
Depth
13.2 km (8.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.202° N, 159.902° 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
26

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 87 in the 60 days after this one and 55 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.776 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 786 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 2.868 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 786 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
  3. 2.956 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 785 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
  4. 2.055 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 785 days ago · 19 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 2.254 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 785 days ago · 37 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 1.538 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 784 days ago · 47 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 1.9103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 784 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 1.994 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 784 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 2.488 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 784 days ago · 1 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 2.446 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 782 days ago · 89 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 2.651 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 782 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 2.2113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 780 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 1.922 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 780 days ago · 16 km deep · 45 km away
  14. 2.266 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 780 days ago · 23 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 3.1101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 780 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 2.747 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 780 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
  17. 1.764 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 780 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  18. 1.622 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 779 days ago · 69 km deep · 59 km away
  19. 3.074 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 777 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  20. 1.956 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 775 days ago · 21 km deep · 48 km away
  21. 3.0122 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 774 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  22. 2.931 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 774 days ago · 56 km deep · 91 km away
  23. 1.619 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 773 days ago · 67 km deep · 56 km away
  24. 1.816 km E of Perryville, Alaska · 773 days ago · 79 km deep · 100 km away
  25. 2.173 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 772 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  26. 1.872 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 770 days ago · 20 km deep · 35 km away
  27. 1.995 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 770 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
  28. 1.844 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 770 days ago · 49 km deep · 14 km away
  29. 1.661 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 769 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  30. 1.8120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 769 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
  31. 1.670 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 769 days ago · 39 km deep · 33 km away
  32. 1.997 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 769 days ago · 22 km deep · 75 km away
  33. 3.6111 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 767 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  34. 2.161 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 767 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  35. 1.933 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 767 days ago · 14 km deep · 28 km away
  36. 2.113 km NW of Perryville, Alaska · 767 days ago · 107 km deep · 97 km away
  37. 5.195 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 766 days ago · 40 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2 · tsunami flag
  38. 3.8114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 765 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  39. 1.959 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 765 days ago · 20 km deep · 63 km away
  40. 3.197 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 765 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  41. 2.598 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 761 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  42. 2.499 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 761 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
  43. 3.2108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 760 days ago · 37 km deep · 83 km away
  44. 2.3112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 760 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  45. 2.192 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 760 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
  46. 1.655 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 759 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  47. 2.7101 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 759 days ago · 38 km deep · 61 km away
  48. 2.675 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 759 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  49. 3.161 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 759 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
  50. 1.768 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 759 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
  51. 2.0113 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 758 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  52. 3.085 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 757 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  53. 1.728 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 757 days ago · 59 km deep · 73 km away
  54. 1.924 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 756 days ago · 70 km deep · 39 km away
  55. 2.2119 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 756 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  56. 2.3117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 754 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  57. 1.785 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 753 days ago · 25 km deep · 45 km away
  58. 1.716 km SSW of Perryville, Alaska · 753 days ago · 68 km deep · 76 km away
  59. 1.875 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 753 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
  60. 2.1121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 751 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away

The first 60 of 87.

Before

  1. 2.45 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 788 days ago · 92 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 1.967 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 790 days ago · 15 km deep · 27 km away
  3. 2.043 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 790 days ago · 52 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 1.971 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 791 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 1.8119 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 791 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 3.1114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 791 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 2.9113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 792 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 2.170 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 792 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
  9. 2.6121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 792 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 2.2114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 792 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 1.760 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 792 days ago · 22 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 3.6113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 792 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 3.6113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 792 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 2.681 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 794 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 2.045 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 795 days ago · 45 km deep · 86 km away
  16. 2.885 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 797 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 2.193 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 797 days ago · 18 km deep · 68 km away
  18. 2.179 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 798 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
  19. 1.767 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 799 days ago · 41 km deep · 27 km away
  20. 1.7100 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 799 days ago · 37 km deep · 94 km away

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