M1.8 earthquake 25 km NE of Akutan, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 25 km NE of Akutan, Alaska on Tue, Dec 5, 2017, 12:00 PM AKST (21:00 UTC), 95 km (59 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 78 km SSE of Akutan, 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
- 2017-12-05 21:00:14 UTC
- Depth
- 94.7 km (58.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 54.311° N, 165.523° 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
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 48 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.783 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 40 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.159 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 84 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.316 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 119 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.836 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 76 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.666 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.083 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 63 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.264 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 65 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.613 km W of Akutan, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 18 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.4100 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 67 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.293 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 81 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.812 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 82 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.836 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 65 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.988 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 41 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.2102 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 70 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.778 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.829 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 70 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.493 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.053 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 37 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.866 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 57 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.527 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 72 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.059 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 55 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.150 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 52 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.082 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 59 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.668 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.974 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.878 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 38 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.179 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 56 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.869 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 42 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.852 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.080 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.534 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 34 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.810 km NNE of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 88 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.067 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 21 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.745 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 57 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.022 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 76 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.532 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 78 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.4Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 32 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.538 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 83 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.125 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 93 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.190 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 23 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.672 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 59 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.823 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 70 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.225 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 74 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.183 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.131 km W of Akutan, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 110 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.173 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.494 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 21 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.177 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 37 km deep · 70 km away
Before
- 1.993 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 38 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.394 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 21 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.688 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 56 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.015 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.016 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.863 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.182 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 43 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.586 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 39 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.263 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 37 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.754 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 3232 days ago · 54 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.971 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3232 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.035 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 3235 days ago · 65 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.347 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3235 days ago · 55 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
- 2.212 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3236 days ago · 85 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.389 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 100 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.028 km NE of Akutan, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 90 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.619 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3240 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.321 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 80 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 53 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.424 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 76 km deep · 96 km away
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