Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 18 km E of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 18 km E of Unalaska, Alaska on Thu, Nov 12, 2015, 7:26 AM AKST (16:26 UTC), 78 km (48 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 83 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2015-11-12 16:26:53 UTC
Depth
77.7 km (48.3 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
53.852° N, 166.262° 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
11

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 103 in the 60 days after this one and 41 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.715 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3980 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  2. 2.522 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3979 days ago · 75 km deep · 26 km away
  3. 2.130 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3978 days ago · 109 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 2.373 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3976 days ago · 50 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 1.7Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3976 days ago · 27 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 1.751 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3975 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 2.556 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 3975 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
  8. 2.076 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3975 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 1.8100 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3974 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 1.980 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3974 days ago · 75 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 2.856 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3974 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 4.383 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3974 days ago · 30 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 2.065 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3973 days ago · 24 km deep · 51 km away
  14. 2.545 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3973 days ago · 93 km deep · 58 km away
  15. 2.077 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3972 days ago · 29 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 2.065 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3972 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
  17. 1.967 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3972 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
  18. 2.155 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3971 days ago · 63 km deep · 61 km away
  19. 1.654 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3971 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
  20. 1.771 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3971 days ago · 43 km deep · 56 km away
  21. 2.132 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 3970 days ago · 79 km deep · 30 km away
  22. 1.666 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3970 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
  23. 3.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 3969 days ago · 91 km deep · 86 km away
  24. 2.023 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3969 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  25. 2.744 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3969 days ago · 59 km deep · 66 km away
  26. 2.583 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3968 days ago · 44 km deep · 90 km away
  27. 2.230 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3968 days ago · 118 km deep · 47 km away
  28. 1.773 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3967 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
  29. 1.837 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3967 days ago · 44 km deep · 54 km away
  30. 1.552 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3967 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
  31. 1.620 km E of Unalaska, Alaska · 3967 days ago · 74 km deep · 4 km away
  32. 1.653 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3967 days ago · 51 km deep · 65 km away
  33. 2.046 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3966 days ago · 63 km deep · 52 km away
  34. 2.083 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3965 days ago · 19 km deep · 72 km away
  35. 2.057 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3965 days ago · 43 km deep · 46 km away
  36. 1.850 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3965 days ago · 48 km deep · 37 km away
  37. 1.980 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3965 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  38. 1.885 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3962 days ago · 23 km deep · 72 km away
  39. 1.957 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3962 days ago · 60 km deep · 75 km away
  40. 1.969 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3962 days ago · 54 km deep · 69 km away
  41. 1.972 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3962 days ago · 54 km deep · 72 km away
  42. 1.765 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 3962 days ago · 49 km deep · 51 km away
  43. 2.364 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3961 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  44. 1.973 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3960 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
  45. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 3959 days ago · 49 km deep · 98 km away
  46. 1.854 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3959 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  47. 2.286 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3959 days ago · 40 km deep · 97 km away
  48. 2.0Unimak Island region, Alaska · 3959 days ago · 45 km deep · 100 km away
  49. 1.885 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3958 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  50. 3.576 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 3958 days ago · 59 km deep · 63 km away
  51. 1.981 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3958 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away
  52. 1.984 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3957 days ago · 50 km deep · 96 km away
  53. 1.657 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3955 days ago · 70 km deep · 67 km away
  54. 1.888 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3954 days ago · 18 km deep · 87 km away
  55. 2.276 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3953 days ago · 47 km deep · 72 km away
  56. 2.276 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3953 days ago · 64 km deep · 89 km away
  57. 2.183 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3951 days ago · 37 km deep · 82 km away
  58. 1.875 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3951 days ago · 40 km deep · 64 km away
  59. 2.110 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3951 days ago · 85 km deep · 53 km away
  60. 1.769 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3950 days ago · 36 km deep · 56 km away

The first 60 of 103.

Before

  1. 2.257 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3980 days ago · 50 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 2.471 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3981 days ago · 22 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 1.773 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3981 days ago · 30 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 3.970 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3981 days ago · 149 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 2.681 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3981 days ago · 48 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 2.777 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3981 days ago · 52 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 2.775 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3983 days ago · 53 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 2.255 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3983 days ago · 46 km deep · 42 km away
  9. 2.026 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3985 days ago · 75 km deep · 65 km away
  10. 4.041 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3986 days ago · 80 km deep · 51 km away
  11. 1.954 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 3986 days ago · 41 km deep · 42 km away
  12. 2.337 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3986 days ago · 93 km deep · 55 km away
  13. 1.668 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3989 days ago · 18 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 2.836 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3989 days ago · 65 km deep · 28 km away
  15. 1.637 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3989 days ago · 65 km deep · 21 km away
  16. 2.139 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3989 days ago · 73 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 1.638 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3991 days ago · 37 km deep · 28 km away
  18. 1.939 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3991 days ago · 72 km deep · 47 km away
  19. 3.287 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3993 days ago · 77 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 2.364 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3995 days ago · 65 km deep · 72 km away

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