M1.7 earthquake 50 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 50 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska on Sat, Sep 3, 2016, 4:02 AM AKDT (12:02 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 90 km SSW 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
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-09-03 12:02:33 UTC
- Depth
- 13.4 km (8.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.650° N, 167.204° 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
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 89 in the 60 days after this one and 32 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.871 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3684 days ago · 18 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.9103 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 3681 days ago · 21 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.973 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 52 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.716 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.143 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 60 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.513 km W of Akutan, Alaska · 3676 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.653 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3676 days ago · 19 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.976 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3675 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.088 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3675 days ago · 29 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.161 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3675 days ago · 47 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.95 km NNW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3674 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.531 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.939 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 68 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.938 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.350 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 57 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.953 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 47 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.955 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 46 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.480 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 30 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.614 km W of Akutan, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.562 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3668 days ago · 69 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.064 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 38 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.995 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.156 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.757 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 16 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.798 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 40 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.339 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 64 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.958 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 24 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.257 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.67 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.68 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.68 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.669 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.714 km W of Akutan, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.8112 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.594 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 12 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.693 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.595 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 18 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.796 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.795 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.698 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.792 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 72 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.016 km W of Akutan, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.550 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3654 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.691 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 3654 days ago · 34 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.550 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 59 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.828 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 99 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.087 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.0102 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.922 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3650 days ago · 73 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.355 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3649 days ago · 18 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.144 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3648 days ago · 74 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.890 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3648 days ago · 20 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.670 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.7103 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.756 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 54 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.261 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.970 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 23 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.293 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3645 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.829 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3645 days ago · 84 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.961 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3643 days ago · 16 km deep · 16 km away
The first 60 of 89.
Before
- 1.885 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.286 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 46 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.078 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.663 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 44 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.371 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 39 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.014 km WNW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 125 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 1.790 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.742 km SSW of Akutan, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.571 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 47 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.582 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.039 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.985 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.57 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3694 days ago · 11 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.720 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3696 days ago · 77 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.577 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3696 days ago · 14 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.5Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3699 days ago · 41 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.742 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3700 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.667 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.9113 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 21 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.359 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 46 km deep · 94 km away
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