M1.8 earthquake 94 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 94 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska on Thu, Dec 8, 2016, 2:52 AM AKST (11:52 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 69 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-12-08 11:52:44 UTC
- Depth
- 25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.235° N, 167.464° 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: 86 in the 60 days after this one and 34 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.055 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 16 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.764 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 52 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.685 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.681 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.648 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 65 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.6133 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 21 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.383 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3576 days ago · 85 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.180 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3576 days ago · 36 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.181 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 25 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.173 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 46 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.028 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 93 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.794 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.697 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.171 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.776 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 21 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.893 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3571 days ago · 48 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.083 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 49 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.865 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.492 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 55 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.214 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 83 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.0122 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 60 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.075 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 30 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.616 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 72 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.9129 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.469 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 30 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.979 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.097 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.397 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.586 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3561 days ago · 103 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.035 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 85 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.983 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 104 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.926 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 63 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 2.136 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 65 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.046 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 38 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.267 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.1113 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.2125 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3557 days ago · 46 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.771 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3557 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.5117 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.060 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 40 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.566 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.3151 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 51 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.698 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.966 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 32 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
- 2.428 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 41 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.634 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 81 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.7134 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.728 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 70 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.025 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 63 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.969 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 42 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.968 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 22 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.869 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 14 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.853 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 14 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.2131 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 17 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.968 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 68 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.684 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 41 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.737 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3545 days ago · 63 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.7100 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 40 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.373 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 75 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.291 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3543 days ago · 43 km deep · 15 km away
The first 60 of 86.
Before
- 1.955 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 70 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.879 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 39 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.9Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.823 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.951 km NE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 11 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.088 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 25 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.449 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 36 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.275 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 48 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.525 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 76 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.867 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 39 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.271 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 47 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.669 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 43 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.070 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.034 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 83 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.850 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3598 days ago · 14 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.732 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.633 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.756 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 14 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.734 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.041 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
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