Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 41 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 41 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska on Sun, Sep 4, 2016, 10:51 AM AKDT (18:51 UTC), 59 km (37 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
1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2016-09-04 18:51:25 UTC
Depth
58.9 km (36.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.820° N, 165.420° 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
14

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 107 in the 60 days after this one and 62 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.953 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3681 days ago · 73 km deep · 23 km away
  2. 3.1100 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3681 days ago · 58 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 3.4109 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3681 days ago · 27 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 2.4106 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3681 days ago · 47 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 2.2101 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3681 days ago · 53 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 2.674 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 59 km deep · 33 km away
  7. 1.9104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 48 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 2.497 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 57 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 1.857 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 47 km deep · 15 km away
  10. 1.992 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 72 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 1.880 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 17 km deep · 40 km away
  12. 3.095 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 16 km deep · 56 km away
  13. 1.956 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 57 km deep · 15 km away
  14. 1.951 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 80 km deep · 10 km away
  15. 1.716 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 2.274 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 58 km deep · 33 km away
  17. 1.878 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 46 km deep · 37 km away
  18. 2.143 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 60 km deep · 42 km away
  19. 1.749 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3676 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
  20. 2.131 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3676 days ago · 67 km deep · 13 km away
  21. 2.4121 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3675 days ago · 57 km deep · 88 km away
  22. 2.513 km W of Akutan, Alaska · 3675 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  23. 1.935 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3674 days ago · 67 km deep · 14 km away
  24. 1.981 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 23 km deep · 47 km away
  25. 1.95 km NNW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
  26. 3.789 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 32 km deep · 48 km away
  27. 2.939 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 68 km deep · 88 km away
  28. 3.350 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 57 km deep · 50 km away
  29. 2.242 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 75 km deep · 43 km away
  30. 2.065 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 65 km deep · 46 km away
  31. 1.953 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 47 km deep · 63 km away
  32. 2.359 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 65 km deep · 44 km away
  33. 1.874 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 37 km deep · 33 km away
  34. 3.9123 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 43 km deep · 88 km away
  35. 4.7117 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 37 km deep · 84 km away
  36. 2.1112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 61 km deep · 82 km away
  37. 3.0116 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 41 km deep · 84 km away
  38. 2.1113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
  39. 3.8113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 45 km deep · 82 km away
  40. 2.0115 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
  41. 1.955 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 46 km deep · 47 km away
  42. 2.3118 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  43. 4.863 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3668 days ago · 50 km deep · 26 km away
  44. 2.614 km W of Akutan, Alaska · 3668 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
  45. 2.181 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 55 km deep · 40 km away
  46. 2.163 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 73 km deep · 38 km away
  47. 2.064 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 38 km deep · 64 km away
  48. 2.092 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 23 km deep · 51 km away
  49. 2.339 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 64 km deep · 68 km away
  50. 1.774 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 25 km deep · 37 km away
  51. 1.958 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 24 km deep · 30 km away
  52. 1.67 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  53. 1.68 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  54. 1.68 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  55. 1.669 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  56. 3.578 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 55 km deep · 54 km away
  57. 1.714 km W of Akutan, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
  58. 1.952 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 73 km deep · 39 km away
  59. 1.6106 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
  60. 2.4108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 62 km deep · 83 km away

The first 60 of 107.

Before

  1. 3.179 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 49 km deep · 49 km away
  2. 1.812 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 3684 days ago · 105 km deep · 34 km away
  3. 2.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 3684 days ago · 51 km deep · 46 km away
  4. 2.0110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 1.779 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 37 km deep · 37 km away
  6. 1.663 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 44 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 1.677 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away
  8. 1.976 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 47 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 4.3Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 40 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 2.371 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 39 km deep · 51 km away
  11. 4.014 km WNW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 125 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  12. 1.648 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 78 km deep · 7 km away
  13. 3.079 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 56 km deep · 37 km away
  14. 1.994 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
  15. 1.975 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 59 km deep · 36 km away
  16. 1.742 km SSW of Akutan, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
  17. 1.798 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 65 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 1.574 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 21 km deep · 47 km away
  19. 1.577 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 41 km deep · 37 km away
  20. 1.974 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 34 km deep · 35 km away

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