Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 7 km ENE of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 7 km ENE of Unalaska, Alaska on Fri, Jan 29, 2016, 12:22 PM AKST (21:22 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 80 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
2016-01-29 21:22:26 UTC
Depth
12.0 km (7.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.887° N, 166.425° 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
12

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 96 in the 60 days after this one and 31 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.518 km W of Akutan, Alaska · 3900 days ago · 16 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 1.670 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3899 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 2.37 km SW of Akutan, Alaska · 3899 days ago · 109 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 1.657 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3899 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 1.57 km ENE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3899 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  6. 2.071 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3899 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 1.739 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3898 days ago · 71 km deep · 33 km away
  8. 1.672 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3898 days ago · 21 km deep · 79 km away
  9. 2.386 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3897 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 2.345 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3895 days ago · 56 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 2.135 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3895 days ago · 76 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 1.851 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3894 days ago · 25 km deep · 46 km away
  13. 1.749 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3894 days ago · 15 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 1.737 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3894 days ago · 15 km deep · 44 km away
  15. 1.68 km NNW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3894 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  16. 1.657 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3893 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  17. 2.296 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3893 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 1.970 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3893 days ago · 36 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 1.653 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3893 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 1.928 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 3892 days ago · 68 km deep · 37 km away
  21. 1.867 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3892 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
  22. 1.877 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3890 days ago · 27 km deep · 85 km away
  23. 1.661 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3890 days ago · 27 km deep · 65 km away
  24. 1.864 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3890 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
  25. 2.180 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3890 days ago · 42 km deep · 78 km away
  26. 4.180 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3889 days ago · 51 km deep · 94 km away
  27. 3.6Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3889 days ago · 24 km deep · 98 km away
  28. 1.850 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3888 days ago · 45 km deep · 48 km away
  29. 1.885 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3887 days ago · 47 km deep · 96 km away
  30. 2.781 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3887 days ago · 48 km deep · 92 km away
  31. 2.843 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3887 days ago · 73 km deep · 49 km away
  32. 3.672 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3884 days ago · 46 km deep · 76 km away
  33. 2.777 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3884 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  34. 1.536 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3883 days ago · 67 km deep · 39 km away
  35. 2.081 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3883 days ago · 45 km deep · 90 km away
  36. 2.123 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3880 days ago · 75 km deep · 23 km away
  37. 1.643 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3879 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  38. 1.522 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3878 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  39. 1.891 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3878 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
  40. 1.987 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3877 days ago · 32 km deep · 96 km away
  41. 1.8Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3877 days ago · 74 km deep · 83 km away
  42. 3.234 km NE of Akutan, Alaska · 3876 days ago · 87 km deep · 84 km away
  43. 2.075 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3876 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away
  44. 2.871 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3875 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  45. 2.079 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3873 days ago · 34 km deep · 83 km away
  46. 1.786 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3873 days ago · 17 km deep · 85 km away
  47. 1.569 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3873 days ago · 22 km deep · 68 km away
  48. 1.877 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3872 days ago · 36 km deep · 81 km away
  49. 1.525 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 27 km deep · 33 km away
  50. 2.579 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
  51. 2.183 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
  52. 1.942 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3870 days ago · 90 km deep · 48 km away
  53. 2.078 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3870 days ago · 24 km deep · 84 km away
  54. 2.069 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3869 days ago · 44 km deep · 92 km away
  55. 2.578 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3868 days ago · 57 km deep · 89 km away
  56. 2.669 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3868 days ago · 36 km deep · 66 km away
  57. 1.978 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3867 days ago · 31 km deep · 84 km away
  58. 1.872 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3866 days ago · 23 km deep · 74 km away
  59. 2.8Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3866 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
  60. 2.485 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3866 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away

The first 60 of 96.

Before

  1. 2.072 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3903 days ago · 24 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 3.982 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3907 days ago · 40 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 1.961 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3908 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 1.977 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3908 days ago · 55 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 1.839 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3908 days ago · 66 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 1.715 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3908 days ago · 100 km deep · 21 km away
  7. 1.654 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 3910 days ago · 48 km deep · 52 km away
  8. 1.725 km SW of Akutan, Alaska · 3910 days ago · 80 km deep · 28 km away
  9. 1.948 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3912 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 2.148 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3912 days ago · 48 km deep · 47 km away
  11. 2.271 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3913 days ago · 49 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 2.235 km NE of Akutan, Alaska · 3915 days ago · 80 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 2.425 km NNE of Akutan, Alaska · 3915 days ago · 109 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 4.179 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3915 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 2.085 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3917 days ago · 18 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 2.061 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3918 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 1.622 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3918 days ago · 75 km deep · 23 km away
  18. 2.123 km W of Akutan, Alaska · 3919 days ago · 111 km deep · 35 km away
  19. 1.764 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 3919 days ago · 24 km deep · 61 km away
  20. 3.078 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3920 days ago · 16 km deep · 81 km away

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