Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 97 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 97 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska on Sat, Aug 6, 2016, 10:00 PM AKDT (06:00 UTC), 42 km (26 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 63 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2016-08-07 06:00:39 UTC
Depth
41.6 km (25.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.849° N, 164.363° 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
19

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 133 in the 60 days after this one and 72 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.2160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3710 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 2.079 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3710 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 1.777 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3710 days ago · 27 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 2.070 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 56 km deep · 37 km away
  5. 1.986 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 41 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 2.3112 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 27 km deep · 31 km away
  7. 2.465 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 56 km deep · 39 km away
  8. 2.072 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 62 km deep · 44 km away
  9. 1.878 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 41 km deep · 57 km away
  10. 1.994 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 19 km deep · 46 km away
  11. 2.587 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 57 km deep · 14 km away
  12. 3.0112 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
  13. 1.9100 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3707 days ago · 28 km deep · 5 km away
  14. 1.764 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3706 days ago · 65 km deep · 34 km away
  15. 1.7102 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3706 days ago · 54 km deep · 23 km away
  16. 1.692 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3706 days ago · 39 km deep · 36 km away
  17. 1.575 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3706 days ago · 66 km deep · 31 km away
  18. 1.6111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3706 days ago · 46 km deep · 13 km away
  19. 4.0152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 2.3108 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 19 km deep · 75 km away
  21. 2.359 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 46 km deep · 99 km away
  22. 2.088 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 27 km deep · 42 km away
  23. 2.2100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 18 km deep · 48 km away
  24. 3.3101 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3699 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
  25. 2.297 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3699 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
  26. 2.5109 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3699 days ago · 48 km deep · 12 km away
  27. 2.4106 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3699 days ago · 55 km deep · 9 km away
  28. 1.778 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3699 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
  29. 2.177 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3698 days ago · 18 km deep · 61 km away
  30. 2.095 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3698 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
  31. 2.0103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3697 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away
  32. 2.6110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3697 days ago · 50 km deep · 13 km away
  33. 1.9113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3697 days ago · 15 km deep · 16 km away
  34. 2.193 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3695 days ago · 31 km deep · 11 km away
  35. 2.033 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3694 days ago · 69 km deep · 65 km away
  36. 1.759 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3694 days ago · 98 km deep · 65 km away
  37. 1.8105 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3694 days ago · 55 km deep · 22 km away
  38. 2.465 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 124 km deep · 71 km away
  39. 1.9107 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 21 km deep · 11 km away
  40. 2.098 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 19 km deep · 44 km away
  41. 1.974 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 34 km deep · 79 km away
  42. 1.577 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 41 km deep · 75 km away
  43. 1.574 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 21 km deep · 100 km away
  44. 2.5139 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 50 km deep · 72 km away
  45. 1.981 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  46. 1.798 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 65 km deep · 1 km away
  47. 1.975 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 59 km deep · 42 km away
  48. 1.994 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 25 km deep · 10 km away
  49. 3.079 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 56 km deep · 58 km away
  50. 1.648 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 78 km deep · 68 km away
  51. 3.8141 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
  52. 4.3Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 40 km deep · 79 km away
  53. 1.976 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 47 km deep · 76 km away
  54. 1.677 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
  55. 1.779 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 37 km deep · 58 km away
  56. 2.0110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 23 km deep · 22 km away
  57. 2.7104 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 21 km deep · 80 km away
  58. 2.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 51 km deep · 38 km away
  59. 1.812 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 3684 days ago · 105 km deep · 96 km away
  60. 3.4129 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away

The first 60 of 133.

Before

  1. 1.896 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3710 days ago · 19 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 1.9103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3710 days ago · 22 km deep · 7 km away
  3. 1.889 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3711 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 1.871 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3711 days ago · 44 km deep · 27 km away
  5. 3.2118 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3711 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 1.575 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 3712 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 2.2119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3713 days ago · 47 km deep · 23 km away
  8. 1.844 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3714 days ago · 69 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 1.764 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3714 days ago · 45 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 2.8138 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3715 days ago · 39 km deep · 44 km away
  11. 1.664 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3715 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
  12. 1.977 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3716 days ago · 27 km deep · 71 km away
  13. 2.682 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3716 days ago · 52 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 2.092 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 23 km deep · 23 km away
  15. 2.376 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 2.3109 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 41 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 2.797 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 41 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 2.098 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3719 days ago · 57 km deep · 30 km away
  19. 2.089 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3719 days ago · 27 km deep · 38 km away
  20. 1.7143 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3719 days ago · 22 km deep · 59 km away

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