Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 34 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 34 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska on Sun, Apr 20, 2025, 2:17 PM AKDT (22:17 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 58 km SW 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
2025-04-20 22:17:01 UTC
Depth
13.3 km (8.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.452° N, 160.002° 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: 80 in the 60 days after this one and 49 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.895 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 529 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 1.764 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 529 days ago · 50 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 2.096 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 528 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 1.841 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 527 days ago · 91 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 2.067 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 527 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away
  6. 1.971 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 527 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away
  7. 3.144 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 527 days ago · 176 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 2.229 km S of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 525 days ago · 154 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 1.765 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 525 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 1.862 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 524 days ago · 87 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 1.994 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 523 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 1.727 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 523 days ago · 47 km deep · 55 km away
  13. 2.643 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 521 days ago · 57 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 2.532 km ESE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 521 days ago · 139 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 1.959 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 520 days ago · 21 km deep · 38 km away
  16. 1.531 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 517 days ago · 66 km deep · 65 km away
  17. 1.992 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 517 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 2.042 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 517 days ago · 15 km deep · 12 km away
  19. 2.249 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 515 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
  20. 2.477 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 515 days ago · 17 km deep · 80 km away
  21. 1.846 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 513 days ago · 21 km deep · 20 km away
  22. 2.141 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 510 days ago · 115 km deep · 56 km away
  23. 2.856 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 509 days ago · 100 km deep · 97 km away
  24. 2.847 km S of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 509 days ago · 107 km deep · 71 km away
  25. 2.070 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 508 days ago · 41 km deep · 62 km away
  26. 1.793 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 504 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
  27. 1.994 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 504 days ago · 18 km deep · 100 km away
  28. 1.56 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 503 days ago · 70 km deep · 34 km away
  29. 1.870 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 503 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  30. 1.769 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 503 days ago · 65 km deep · 99 km away
  31. 1.773 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 503 days ago · 48 km deep · 48 km away
  32. 1.667 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 503 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  33. 2.249 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 503 days ago · 45 km deep · 78 km away
  34. 2.560 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 502 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  35. 3.294 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 499 days ago · 30 km deep · 87 km away
  36. 2.224 km WSW of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 499 days ago · 89 km deep · 95 km away
  37. 2.360 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 498 days ago · 88 km deep · 97 km away
  38. 1.883 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 498 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  39. 1.666 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 497 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
  40. 1.738 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 497 days ago · 64 km deep · 5 km away
  41. 2.750 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 497 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  42. 1.810 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 496 days ago · 82 km deep · 51 km away
  43. 2.232 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 496 days ago · 58 km deep · 92 km away
  44. 1.924 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 495 days ago · 53 km deep · 41 km away
  45. 1.947 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 494 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  46. 2.032 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 494 days ago · 96 km deep · 65 km away
  47. 2.718 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 493 days ago · 175 km deep · 98 km away
  48. 3.469 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 491 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  49. 2.281 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 491 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
  50. 2.084 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 491 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  51. 1.983 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 491 days ago · 21 km deep · 65 km away
  52. 1.720 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 491 days ago · 49 km deep · 51 km away
  53. 2.153 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 490 days ago · 37 km deep · 76 km away
  54. 1.746 km E of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 490 days ago · 22 km deep · 70 km away
  55. 2.054 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 490 days ago · 60 km deep · 87 km away
  56. 2.079 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 490 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  57. 1.774 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 490 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  58. 2.232 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 489 days ago · 54 km deep · 17 km away
  59. 2.817 km NNW of Perryville, Alaska · 488 days ago · 99 km deep · 80 km away
  60. 2.449 km ESE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 487 days ago · 160 km deep · 50 km away

The first 60 of 80.

Before

  1. 2.958 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 530 days ago · 76 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 1.655 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 532 days ago · 40 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 1.738 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 532 days ago · 81 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 1.864 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 532 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 3.162 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 533 days ago · 44 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 1.640 km N of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 533 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 2.040 km N of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 533 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 3.038 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 533 days ago · 67 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 2.788 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 537 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 1.842 km N of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 538 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 1.725 km N of Sand Point, Alaska · 538 days ago · 16 km deep · 36 km away
  12. 1.966 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 538 days ago · 17 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 2.439 km N of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 538 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 2.340 km N of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 538 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 2.091 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 539 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 1.717 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 540 days ago · 53 km deep · 42 km away
  17. 1.561 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 540 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  18. 2.197 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 540 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 1.839 km N of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 541 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 2.05 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 542 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02552abcwr. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:58 AM UTC.