M1.6 earthquake 93 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 93 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska on Wed, Sep 28, 2016, 5:40 AM AKDT (13:40 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 90 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-09-28 13:40:37 UTC
- Depth
- 11.3 km (7.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.893° N, 167.971° 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
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 48 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.595 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 18 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.796 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 26 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.795 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 11 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.698 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.792 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 72 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.550 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.828 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 99 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.087 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.355 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3648 days ago · 18 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.144 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 74 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.890 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3646 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.670 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3646 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.1Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3644 days ago · 98 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.293 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3644 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.829 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3644 days ago · 84 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.961 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 16 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.751 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.881 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.658 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3637 days ago · 36 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.710 km WNW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3636 days ago · 114 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.777 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 75 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.936 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3632 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.381 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 80 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.649 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 28 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.883 km N of Nikolski, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 249 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.529 km NE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.273 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.231 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 72 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.766 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3626 days ago · 1 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.728 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3626 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.673 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 27 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.873 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 18 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.872 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.880 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3617 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.776 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.971 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 27 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.078 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 67 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.495 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 37 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.129 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 75 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.481 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 128 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.954 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.041 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.734 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.756 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.774 km WNW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 217 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.633 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.732 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.850 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3598 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
Before
- 1.594 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 12 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.68 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.68 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.67 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.257 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.798 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 40 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.757 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 16 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.156 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.562 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 69 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.938 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 12 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.939 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 68 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.531 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.95 km NNW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.976 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3674 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.653 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3674 days ago · 19 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.716 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.973 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 52 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.871 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 18 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.750 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.286 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 46 km deep · 100 km away
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