Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 74 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 74 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska on Thu, Aug 25, 2016, 12:06 PM AKDT (20:06 UTC), 21 km (13 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
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2016-08-25 20:06:26 UTC
Depth
21.1 km (13.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.428° N, 165.700° 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
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 117 in the 60 days after this one and 65 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.039 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 1.798 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 65 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 4.582 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 1.571 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 47 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 1.742 km SSW of Akutan, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
  6. 1.975 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 59 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 3.079 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 56 km deep · 43 km away
  8. 1.648 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 78 km deep · 42 km away
  9. 4.014 km WNW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 125 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.371 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 39 km deep · 5 km away
  11. 4.3Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 40 km deep · 24 km away
  12. 1.976 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 47 km deep · 24 km away
  13. 1.677 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 20 km deep · 18 km away
  14. 1.663 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 44 km deep · 11 km away
  15. 1.779 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 37 km deep · 43 km away
  16. 1.885 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  17. 2.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 3684 days ago · 51 km deep · 63 km away
  18. 1.812 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 3684 days ago · 105 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 3.179 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3681 days ago · 49 km deep · 5 km away
  20. 1.741 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3681 days ago · 59 km deep · 47 km away
  21. 1.953 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3681 days ago · 73 km deep · 65 km away
  22. 3.1100 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 58 km deep · 100 km away
  23. 3.4109 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 27 km deep · 97 km away
  24. 2.2101 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 53 km deep · 100 km away
  25. 2.674 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 59 km deep · 32 km away
  26. 1.9104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 48 km deep · 97 km away
  27. 2.497 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 57 km deep · 96 km away
  28. 1.857 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 47 km deep · 40 km away
  29. 1.992 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 72 km deep · 100 km away
  30. 1.880 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 17 km deep · 28 km away
  31. 3.095 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 16 km deep · 66 km away
  32. 1.956 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 57 km deep · 46 km away
  33. 1.951 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 80 km deep · 43 km away
  34. 1.716 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  35. 2.274 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 58 km deep · 29 km away
  36. 1.878 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 46 km deep · 32 km away
  37. 2.143 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 60 km deep · 31 km away
  38. 1.749 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3675 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
  39. 2.131 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3675 days ago · 67 km deep · 59 km away
  40. 2.513 km W of Akutan, Alaska · 3675 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  41. 2.088 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3674 days ago · 29 km deep · 87 km away
  42. 2.161 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3674 days ago · 47 km deep · 68 km away
  43. 1.935 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3674 days ago · 67 km deep · 62 km away
  44. 1.981 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 23 km deep · 8 km away
  45. 1.95 km NNW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
  46. 3.789 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 32 km deep · 56 km away
  47. 1.531 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  48. 2.939 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 68 km deep · 65 km away
  49. 1.938 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
  50. 3.350 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 57 km deep · 25 km away
  51. 2.242 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 75 km deep · 90 km away
  52. 2.065 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 65 km deep · 89 km away
  53. 1.953 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 47 km deep · 30 km away
  54. 2.359 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 65 km deep · 88 km away
  55. 1.874 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 37 km deep · 30 km away
  56. 1.955 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 46 km deep · 19 km away
  57. 2.480 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3668 days ago · 30 km deep · 78 km away
  58. 4.863 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3668 days ago · 50 km deep · 23 km away
  59. 2.614 km W of Akutan, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
  60. 2.562 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 69 km deep · 85 km away

The first 60 of 117.

Before

  1. 1.577 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 41 km deep · 25 km away
  2. 1.974 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 34 km deep · 21 km away
  3. 1.985 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 1.57 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 1.759 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 98 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 2.033 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3694 days ago · 69 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 1.720 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3694 days ago · 77 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 2.294 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3695 days ago · 24 km deep · 21 km away
  9. 2.5Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3698 days ago · 41 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 1.742 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3699 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 1.667 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 23 km deep · 15 km away
  12. 2.359 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 46 km deep · 17 km away
  13. 2.647 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 32 km deep · 33 km away
  14. 2.3108 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 19 km deep · 50 km away
  15. 2.274 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3704 days ago · 58 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 1.894 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3705 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away
  17. 1.575 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3705 days ago · 66 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 2.196 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3705 days ago · 42 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 1.764 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3706 days ago · 65 km deep · 80 km away
  20. 1.6128 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3706 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away

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