M1.5 earthquake 31 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 31 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska on Tue, Sep 13, 2016, 12:47 PM AKDT (20:47 UTC), 8 km (5 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
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-09-13 20:47:04 UTC
- Depth
- 7.5 km (4.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.792° N, 166.998° 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
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 81 in the 60 days after this one and 31 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.939 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 68 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.938 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 12 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.350 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 57 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.953 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 47 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.955 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 46 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.480 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 30 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.614 km W of Akutan, Alaska · 3668 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.562 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 69 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.064 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 38 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.995 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.156 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 13 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.757 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 16 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.798 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 40 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.339 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 64 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.958 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 24 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.257 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.67 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.68 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.68 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.669 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.714 km W of Akutan, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.594 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.693 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 11 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.595 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 18 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.796 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.795 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.698 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.792 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 72 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.016 km W of Akutan, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.550 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.691 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 34 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.550 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 59 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.828 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 99 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.087 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.0102 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3650 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.922 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3649 days ago · 73 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.355 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3649 days ago · 18 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.890 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.670 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.756 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 54 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.261 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3646 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.970 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3646 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.293 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3645 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.829 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3644 days ago · 84 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.926 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3643 days ago · 69 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.961 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 16 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.840 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 63 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.751 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.082 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.617 km ENE of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.983 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.881 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.658 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 36 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.710 km WNW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3637 days ago · 114 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.7109 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3636 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.169 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 27 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.792 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 49 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.917 km ENE of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.524 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 68 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.777 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 75 km deep · 82 km away
The first 60 of 81.
Before
- 1.95 km NNW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 11 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.161 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3675 days ago · 47 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.088 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3675 days ago · 29 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.976 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3675 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.653 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3675 days ago · 19 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.513 km W of Akutan, Alaska · 3675 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.143 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 60 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.716 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.973 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 52 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.9103 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 3681 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.871 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 18 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.750 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.812 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 3684 days ago · 105 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.885 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.286 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 46 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.663 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 44 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.371 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 39 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.014 km WNW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 125 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
- 1.790 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.742 km SSW of Akutan, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
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