Alaska earthquakes

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

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 19 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Mon, Aug 19, 2024, 7:29 PM AKDT (03:29 UTC), 67 km (41 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 36 km S of Sand Point, 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
2024-08-20 03:29:16 UTC
Depth
66.7 km (41.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.269° N, 160.785° 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
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 86 in the 60 days after this one and 44 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.872 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 773 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 1.584 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 773 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 2.126 km ENE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 772 days ago · 158 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 1.995 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 772 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 1.844 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 772 days ago · 49 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 1.760 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 772 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 1.661 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 772 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 1.670 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 772 days ago · 39 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 1.997 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 771 days ago · 22 km deep · 100 km away
  10. 2.161 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 769 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 1.933 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 769 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 1.74 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 769 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 1.959 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 768 days ago · 20 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 1.782 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 766 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 2.410 km ENE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 764 days ago · 134 km deep · 87 km away
  16. 2.192 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 762 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 1.655 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 762 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  18. 3.38 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 762 days ago · 93 km deep · 100 km away
  19. 2.675 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 761 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 1.8107 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 761 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  21. 1.768 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 761 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  22. 2.286 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 761 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  23. 1.924 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 758 days ago · 70 km deep · 43 km away
  24. 2.073 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 757 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
  25. 3.042 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 756 days ago · 111 km deep · 57 km away
  26. 1.785 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 756 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
  27. 1.697 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 755 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  28. 2.376 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 755 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  29. 1.875 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 755 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
  30. 1.780 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 755 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  31. 1.938 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 755 days ago · 110 km deep · 85 km away
  32. 2.793 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 753 days ago · 29 km deep · 96 km away
  33. 2.736 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 751 days ago · 64 km deep · 98 km away
  34. 1.83 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 750 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  35. 1.945 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 748 days ago · 76 km deep · 59 km away
  36. 2.037 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 748 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
  37. 1.732 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 748 days ago · 73 km deep · 99 km away
  38. 2.568 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 746 days ago · 73 km deep · 83 km away
  39. 1.649 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 744 days ago · 27 km deep · 72 km away
  40. 1.558 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 744 days ago · 62 km deep · 60 km away
  41. 1.844 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 743 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  42. 2.741 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 739 days ago · 59 km deep · 59 km away
  43. 2.244 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 739 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
  44. 3.7101 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 739 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
  45. 2.988 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 739 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  46. 2.270 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 738 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
  47. 1.556 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 737 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
  48. 2.648 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 737 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  49. 1.774 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 737 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
  50. 1.771 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 735 days ago · 17 km deep · 76 km away
  51. 1.935 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 734 days ago · 14 km deep · 54 km away
  52. 2.673 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 733 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
  53. 2.067 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 732 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  54. 1.733 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 732 days ago · 66 km deep · 76 km away
  55. 2.161 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 730 days ago · 59 km deep · 42 km away
  56. 1.846 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 729 days ago · 59 km deep · 73 km away
  57. 2.849 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 728 days ago · 93 km deep · 30 km away
  58. 2.154 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 728 days ago · 39 km deep · 82 km away
  59. 1.975 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 726 days ago · 16 km deep · 76 km away
  60. 2.441 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 725 days ago · 161 km deep · 76 km away

The first 60 of 86.

Before

  1. 1.680 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 776 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 1.956 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 777 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 3.720 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 779 days ago · 103 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 3.074 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 780 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 1.988 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 782 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 1.622 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 782 days ago · 69 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 3.581 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 782 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 1.764 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 782 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 2.747 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 782 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
  10. 1.922 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 783 days ago · 16 km deep · 19 km away
  11. 1.879 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 783 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 1.881 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 783 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 3.082 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 785 days ago · 24 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 2.446 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 785 days ago · 89 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 1.749 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 786 days ago · 48 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 1.994 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 787 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 2.070 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 788 days ago · 46 km deep · 62 km away
  18. 2.254 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 788 days ago · 37 km deep · 45 km away
  19. 2.956 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 788 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 2.868 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 788 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away

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