M1.9 earthquake 36 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 36 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska on Sun, Oct 23, 2016, 12:53 PM AKDT (20:53 UTC), 14 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 58 km SSE 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
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-10-23 20:53:06 UTC
- Depth
- 13.5 km (8.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.751° N, 167.051° 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
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 62 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.613 km W of Akutan, Alaska · 3632 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.614 km W of Akutan, Alaska · 3631 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.381 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 80 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.649 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 28 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.273 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.231 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 72 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.766 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3626 days ago · 1 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.728 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3625 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.964 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 82 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.673 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 27 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.343 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 103 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.873 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 18 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.255 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 62 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.872 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3620 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.868 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3620 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.758 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3618 days ago · 72 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.880 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.776 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3615 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.757 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 52 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.971 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 27 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.078 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3607 days ago · 67 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.789 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 3607 days ago · 39 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.495 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 37 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.481 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 128 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.954 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.041 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.362 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 45 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.734 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.643 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.756 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 14 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.774 km WNW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 217 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.633 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.732 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.850 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3598 days ago · 14 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.034 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 83 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.070 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 25 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.142 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 85 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.867 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 39 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.525 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 76 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.275 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 48 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.088 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.823 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.93 km WSW of Akutan, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 102 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.814 km N of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 86 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.9Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.879 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 39 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.955 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 70 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.894 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.055 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 16 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.435 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 76 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.685 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.681 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.09 km ENE of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 86 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.648 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 65 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.383 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3576 days ago · 85 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.180 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 36 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.181 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.028 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 93 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.794 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.697 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
The first 60 of 62.
Before
- 1.673 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 29 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.974 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.7102 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.777 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 75 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.917 km ENE of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.792 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 49 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.169 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 27 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.7109 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.710 km WNW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3636 days ago · 114 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.658 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3637 days ago · 36 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.881 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.983 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.617 km ENE of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.082 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.751 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.840 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 63 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.961 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 16 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.926 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 69 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.829 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3643 days ago · 84 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.293 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3644 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
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