Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 27 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 27 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska on Sun, May 14, 2017, 10:53 AM AKDT (18:53 UTC), 73 km (45 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 66 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-05-14 18:53:20 UTC
Depth
72.5 km (45.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
53.894° N, 165.693° 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: 86 in the 60 days after this one and 51 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.9108 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 2.090 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 53 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 2.097 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 1.983 km NE of Akutan, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 2.453 km NNE of Akutan, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 125 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 2.253 km N of Akutan, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 141 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 2.0115 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 1.617 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 98 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 2.337 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 67 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 1.974 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3422 days ago · 59 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 1.971 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 2.5101 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 1.736 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 64 km deep · 48 km away
  14. 2.126 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3417 days ago · 71 km deep · 25 km away
  15. 2.286 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3417 days ago · 52 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 2.353 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 144 km deep · 47 km away
  17. 2.088 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 46 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 1.761 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 54 km deep · 46 km away
  19. 2.065 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 67 km deep · 52 km away
  20. 2.038 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 73 km deep · 81 km away
  21. 1.526 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 71 km deep · 6 km away
  22. 1.955 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 66 km deep · 44 km away
  23. 1.841 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 74 km deep · 45 km away
  24. 2.139 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 117 km deep · 95 km away
  25. 1.829 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 73 km deep · 51 km away
  26. 2.462 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 60 km deep · 51 km away
  27. 2.5Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3407 days ago · 82 km deep · 24 km away
  28. 2.032 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3404 days ago · 109 km deep · 86 km away
  29. 1.627 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3403 days ago · 74 km deep · 71 km away
  30. 1.957 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3401 days ago · 51 km deep · 34 km away
  31. 1.851 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3401 days ago · 56 km deep · 27 km away
  32. 2.272 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 104 km deep · 85 km away
  33. 2.080 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 62 km deep · 78 km away
  34. 2.376 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 198 km deep · 58 km away
  35. 1.991 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 47 km deep · 72 km away
  36. 2.436 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 64 km deep · 20 km away
  37. 1.556 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 55 km deep · 34 km away
  38. 2.188 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 54 km deep · 67 km away
  39. 2.098 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  40. 2.149 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3398 days ago · 55 km deep · 31 km away
  41. 2.718 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3397 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
  42. 1.718 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3397 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  43. 2.042 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3397 days ago · 38 km deep · 35 km away
  44. 2.277 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3397 days ago · 57 km deep · 67 km away
  45. 1.774 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3396 days ago · 21 km deep · 47 km away
  46. 1.968 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 1 km deep · 66 km away
  47. 2.164 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 99 km deep · 59 km away
  48. 1.685 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3393 days ago · 18 km deep · 64 km away
  49. 1.745 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3392 days ago · 74 km deep · 93 km away
  50. 1.998 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3390 days ago · 44 km deep · 90 km away
  51. 1.699 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  52. 2.091 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 51 km deep · 86 km away
  53. 2.080 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3387 days ago · 53 km deep · 73 km away
  54. 1.665 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3386 days ago · 23 km deep · 45 km away
  55. 1.519 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3384 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
  56. 2.3Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3384 days ago · 46 km deep · 50 km away
  57. 1.665 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3383 days ago · 31 km deep · 54 km away
  58. 2.086 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3383 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
  59. 1.860 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3383 days ago · 75 km deep · 98 km away
  60. 1.790 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3382 days ago · 46 km deep · 65 km away

The first 60 of 86.

Before

  1. 1.616 km WSW of Akutan, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 14 km deep · 31 km away
  2. 1.871 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 16 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 1.6110 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 1.8Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 1.757 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 58 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 1.976 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3431 days ago · 19 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 2.238 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3431 days ago · 73 km deep · 27 km away
  8. 2.485 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3431 days ago · 102 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 2.356 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 67 km deep · 42 km away
  10. 1.733 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 65 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 2.567 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 58 km deep · 54 km away
  12. 2.235 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 70 km deep · 27 km away
  13. 2.077 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 22 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 2.414 km W of Akutan, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  15. 2.2106 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3436 days ago · 50 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 2.078 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3436 days ago · 23 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 1.875 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3436 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
  18. 1.787 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3436 days ago · 17 km deep · 66 km away
  19. 2.375 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3436 days ago · 41 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 2.175 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 21 km deep · 49 km away

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