Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 71 km SE of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 71 km SE of Akutan, Alaska on Sat, Dec 10, 2016, 1:05 PM AKST (22:05 UTC), 58 km (36 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 107 km SSW of False Pass, 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
2016-12-10 22:05:01 UTC
Depth
58.3 km (36.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.720° N, 164.947° 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
13

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 120 in the 60 days after this one and 54 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.976 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 60 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 2.09 km ENE of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 86 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 2.082 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 46 km deep · 26 km away
  4. 2.3113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 28 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 3.9Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 114 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 2.069 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 55 km deep · 26 km away
  7. 2.285 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 58 km deep · 15 km away
  8. 2.296 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 22 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 2.574 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 56 km deep · 21 km away
  10. 2.599 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 65 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 2.4125 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 69 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 3.9134 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 3.4127 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  14. 2.5126 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 37 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 4.1120 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 28 km deep · 57 km away
  16. 3.5112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 46 km deep · 55 km away
  17. 2.3106 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 51 km deep · 53 km away
  18. 3.582 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 77 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 2.4115 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  20. 2.5110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3576 days ago · 46 km deep · 64 km away
  21. 2.270 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 60 km deep · 37 km away
  22. 3.037 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 65 km deep · 34 km away
  23. 1.759 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 21 km deep · 36 km away
  24. 3.1104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 31 km deep · 47 km away
  25. 3.938 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 63 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  26. 2.028 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 93 km deep · 90 km away
  27. 2.4157 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 55 km deep · 88 km away
  28. 1.622 km SSW of Akutan, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 83 km deep · 72 km away
  29. 2.1151 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 21 km deep · 80 km away
  30. 2.6124 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  31. 2.073 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3571 days ago · 54 km deep · 91 km away
  32. 1.991 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3571 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
  33. 2.3105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3571 days ago · 28 km deep · 50 km away
  34. 4.087 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3570 days ago · 28 km deep · 27 km away
  35. 2.283 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 46 km deep · 17 km away
  36. 2.280 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 51 km deep · 12 km away
  37. 1.949 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 61 km deep · 52 km away
  38. 2.694 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 51 km deep · 49 km away
  39. 3.550 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 98 km deep · 65 km away
  40. 2.010 km NNW of Akutan, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 105 km deep · 80 km away
  41. 3.616 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 72 km deep · 90 km away
  42. 1.613 km W of Akutan, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  43. 2.3103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 62 km deep · 52 km away
  44. 2.5114 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 41 km deep · 72 km away
  45. 2.035 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 85 km deep · 100 km away
  46. 2.280 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 53 km deep · 17 km away
  47. 2.2105 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 14 km deep · 34 km away
  48. 1.775 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
  49. 2.5163 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 59 km deep · 92 km away
  50. 2.082 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 59 km deep · 52 km away
  51. 2.148 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 58 km deep · 23 km away
  52. 2.544 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 65 km deep · 28 km away
  53. 2.3112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3557 days ago · 52 km deep · 56 km away
  54. 2.032 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3557 days ago · 68 km deep · 39 km away
  55. 2.2109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
  56. 1.656 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 46 km deep · 22 km away
  57. 1.813 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 79 km deep · 64 km away
  58. 2.268 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 91 km deep · 95 km away
  59. 2.1118 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 29 km deep · 60 km away
  60. 1.664 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away

The first 60 of 120.

Before

  1. 3.485 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 32 km deep · 14 km away
  2. 2.1111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 45 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 2.435 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 76 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 1.571 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 19 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 2.1106 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 29 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 2.973 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 60 km deep · 26 km away
  7. 2.861 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 62 km deep · 27 km away
  8. 2.066 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 62 km deep · 31 km away
  9. 2.078 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 38 km deep · 32 km away
  10. 2.089 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 24 km deep · 20 km away
  11. 2.690 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 60 km deep · 22 km away
  12. 2.087 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 56 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 1.93 km WSW of Akutan, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 102 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 2.4112 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 28 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 2.5162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 2.3107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
  17. 2.288 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 51 km deep · 45 km away
  18. 1.867 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 39 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 2.142 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 85 km deep · 51 km away
  20. 2.190 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 43 km deep · 37 km away

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