M1.5 earthquake 34 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 34 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska on Tue, Jul 5, 2016, 11:28 PM AKDT (07:28 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 116 km S of Unalaska, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-07-06 07:28:42 UTC
- Depth
- 6.4 km (4.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.713° N, 166.986° 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: 75 in the 60 days after this one and 43 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.751 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 3741 days ago · 56 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.788 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3738 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.6116 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3738 days ago · 32 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.4103 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3738 days ago · 42 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.66 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3738 days ago · 12 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.08 km NW of Akutan, Alaska · 3737 days ago · 102 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.055 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3737 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.791 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 3733 days ago · 52 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.994 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3733 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.779 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3732 days ago · 30 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.053 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3730 days ago · 15 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.523 km ENE of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3730 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.550 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3730 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.692 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 3729 days ago · 52 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.957 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3727 days ago · 67 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.988 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3727 days ago · 32 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.083 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3727 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.365 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3724 days ago · 48 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.822 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3723 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.624 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3723 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.920 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3723 days ago · 11 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.241 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3723 days ago · 82 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.650 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 51 km deep · 70 km away
- 5.4116 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1 · tsunami flag
- 2.1116 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3721 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.056 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3721 days ago · 49 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.6106 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 22 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.885 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 24 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.5108 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 39 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.0117 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 40 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.9115 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3719 days ago · 22 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.8115 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3719 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.777 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3719 days ago · 69 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.968 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3719 days ago · 45 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.621 km WNW of Akutan, Alaska · 3719 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.971 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 31 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.084 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 131 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.267 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 24 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.376 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.9119 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3716 days ago · 40 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.4118 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3716 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.668 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3713 days ago · 57 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.575 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 3712 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.357 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3711 days ago · 26 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.199 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3711 days ago · 16 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.027 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 84 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.5104 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.055 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3707 days ago · 78 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.196 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3706 days ago · 42 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.274 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3704 days ago · 58 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.894 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3704 days ago · 58 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.647 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 32 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.359 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 46 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.9113 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 21 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.667 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 23 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.742 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3699 days ago · 15 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.5Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3698 days ago · 41 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.577 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3695 days ago · 14 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.720 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3695 days ago · 77 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.57 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away
The first 60 of 75.
Before
- 1.622 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3745 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.261 km NW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3745 days ago · 145 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.794 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 3745 days ago · 55 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.997 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 3745 days ago · 45 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.615 km WSW of Akutan, Alaska · 3746 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.613 km WSW of Akutan, Alaska · 3746 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.928 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3747 days ago · 74 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.672 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3747 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.145 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3748 days ago · 67 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.829 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3749 days ago · 86 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.756 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 3749 days ago · 44 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.641 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3749 days ago · 58 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.963 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3750 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.760 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3751 days ago · 23 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.863 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3751 days ago · 36 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.362 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3751 days ago · 43 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.8102 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3752 days ago · 37 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.932 km SSW of Akutan, Alaska · 3753 days ago · 74 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.015 km N of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3756 days ago · 112 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.8116 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3758 days ago · 29 km deep · 98 km away
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