Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 55 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 55 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska on Sat, Nov 21, 2015, 12:37 AM AKST (09:37 UTC), 63 km (39 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 64 km E of Nikolski, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2015-11-21 09:37:36 UTC
Depth
62.8 km (39.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.392° N, 166.770° 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
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 90 in the 60 days after this one and 43 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.654 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3970 days ago · 15 km deep · 38 km away
  2. 1.771 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3970 days ago · 43 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 3.9129 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3970 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 2.132 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 3970 days ago · 79 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 1.666 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3970 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
  6. 2.023 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3969 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 2.5123 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3968 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 2.5121 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3968 days ago · 23 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 2.230 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3967 days ago · 118 km deep · 45 km away
  10. 1.773 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3967 days ago · 20 km deep · 26 km away
  11. 1.552 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3967 days ago · 14 km deep · 27 km away
  12. 1.620 km E of Unalaska, Alaska · 3966 days ago · 74 km deep · 65 km away
  13. 2.6132 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3965 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 2.046 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3965 days ago · 63 km deep · 10 km away
  15. 2.083 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3965 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 2.057 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3965 days ago · 43 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 1.850 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3965 days ago · 48 km deep · 58 km away
  18. 1.980 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3965 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
  19. 2.2110 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3962 days ago · 49 km deep · 54 km away
  20. 1.885 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3962 days ago · 23 km deep · 75 km away
  21. 1.969 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3962 days ago · 54 km deep · 97 km away
  22. 1.972 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3962 days ago · 54 km deep · 99 km away
  23. 1.765 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 3962 days ago · 49 km deep · 73 km away
  24. 2.364 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3961 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
  25. 2.7104 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 3960 days ago · 29 km deep · 54 km away
  26. 1.973 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3960 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
  27. 1.885 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3958 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
  28. 3.576 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 3957 days ago · 59 km deep · 79 km away
  29. 1.981 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3957 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away
  30. 3.0136 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3955 days ago · 34 km deep · 91 km away
  31. 1.657 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3954 days ago · 70 km deep · 17 km away
  32. 1.888 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3954 days ago · 18 km deep · 42 km away
  33. 2.0129 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3953 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  34. 2.276 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3952 days ago · 47 km deep · 94 km away
  35. 2.276 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3952 days ago · 64 km deep · 38 km away
  36. 1.875 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3951 days ago · 40 km deep · 62 km away
  37. 1.769 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3950 days ago · 36 km deep · 66 km away
  38. 2.090 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3950 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
  39. 2.076 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3949 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
  40. 2.635 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3948 days ago · 42 km deep · 44 km away
  41. 2.179 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3948 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
  42. 2.422 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3947 days ago · 85 km deep · 60 km away
  43. 5.264 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 3947 days ago · 47 km deep · 99 km away
  44. 2.371 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3947 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
  45. 1.770 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3946 days ago · 23 km deep · 96 km away
  46. 2.3113 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3945 days ago · 40 km deep · 87 km away
  47. 2.185 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3945 days ago · 49 km deep · 65 km away
  48. 2.177 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 3945 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
  49. 2.376 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3944 days ago · 77 km deep · 74 km away
  50. 2.3138 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3941 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  51. 1.829 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3941 days ago · 72 km deep · 57 km away
  52. 1.969 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3940 days ago · 23 km deep · 72 km away
  53. 3.887 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3939 days ago · 97 km deep · 66 km away
  54. 1.733 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3939 days ago · 70 km deep · 24 km away
  55. 1.866 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3939 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
  56. 2.078 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3938 days ago · 34 km deep · 28 km away
  57. 2.580 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3937 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
  58. 2.075 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3937 days ago · 49 km deep · 73 km away
  59. 2.2Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3936 days ago · 57 km deep · 21 km away
  60. 2.061 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3935 days ago · 38 km deep · 27 km away

The first 60 of 90.

Before

  1. 1.967 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3971 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 2.065 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3971 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 2.077 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3971 days ago · 29 km deep · 23 km away
  4. 2.545 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3972 days ago · 93 km deep · 25 km away
  5. 2.065 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3972 days ago · 24 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 2.856 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3973 days ago · 20 km deep · 32 km away
  7. 1.980 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3973 days ago · 75 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 1.8100 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3974 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 2.076 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3974 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 2.556 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 3974 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 2.1128 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3975 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 1.751 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3975 days ago · 15 km deep · 23 km away
  13. 1.7Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3975 days ago · 27 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 2.373 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3976 days ago · 50 km deep · 18 km away
  15. 2.130 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3978 days ago · 109 km deep · 43 km away
  16. 2.522 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3979 days ago · 75 km deep · 36 km away
  17. 1.715 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3979 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  18. 1.918 km E of Unalaska, Alaska · 3979 days ago · 78 km deep · 61 km away
  19. 2.471 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3980 days ago · 22 km deep · 23 km away
  20. 1.773 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3980 days ago · 30 km deep · 42 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak015exn8p99 (also filed as ak12024571). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:37 AM UTC.