Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 166 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 166 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska on Thu, May 25, 2017, 7:25 PM AKDT (03:25 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 102 km E of Nikolski, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-05-26 03:25:30 UTC
Depth
14.4 km (8.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
52.322° N, 166.625° 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
12

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 50 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.0147 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3417 days ago · 25 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 2.2154 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 20 km deep · 13 km away
  3. 2.1141 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 25 km deep · 32 km away
  4. 2.4171 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 1.9148 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  6. 2.7161 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 25 km deep · 8 km away
  7. 2.5Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 25 km deep · 12 km away
  8. 1.8131 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  9. 2.3155 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  10. 3.497 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 37 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 2.599 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 1.994 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 38 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 2.5145 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
  14. 1.9Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3411 days ago · 25 km deep · 11 km away
  15. 2.186 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3406 days ago · 41 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 2.990 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3406 days ago · 42 km deep · 77 km away
  17. 1.875 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 3404 days ago · 38 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 2.1138 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3404 days ago · 23 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 1.681 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 36 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 2.6127 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  21. 1.9171 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3398 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
  22. 2.0108 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3398 days ago · 1 km deep · 66 km away
  23. 1.6108 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away
  24. 1.6103 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 3392 days ago · 18 km deep · 81 km away
  25. 2.1147 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3392 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
  26. 1.892 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 3390 days ago · 73 km deep · 98 km away
  27. 2.2192 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3390 days ago · 30 km deep · 90 km away
  28. 1.991 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3388 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
  29. 1.6105 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 3387 days ago · 17 km deep · 82 km away
  30. 3.2169 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3384 days ago · 20 km deep · 4 km away
  31. 2.188 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3384 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  32. 1.978 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3384 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  33. 1.978 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3384 days ago · 44 km deep · 96 km away
  34. 2.379 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3384 days ago · 42 km deep · 94 km away
  35. 1.979 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3384 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
  36. 2.086 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3383 days ago · 19 km deep · 90 km away
  37. 3.086 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3383 days ago · 42 km deep · 95 km away
  38. 2.2153 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3381 days ago · 47 km deep · 13 km away
  39. 1.9101 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 3381 days ago · 51 km deep · 77 km away
  40. 3.6102 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 3381 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
  41. 2.082 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3378 days ago · 51 km deep · 97 km away
  42. 3.1173 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3377 days ago · 23 km deep · 54 km away
  43. 1.983 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3375 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
  44. 2.3207 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3372 days ago · 38 km deep · 55 km away
  45. 2.3112 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
  46. 1.5Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3370 days ago · 48 km deep · 92 km away
  47. 2.4135 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
  48. 2.378 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 23 km deep · 96 km away
  49. 1.794 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 47 km deep · 83 km away
  50. 1.9145 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3358 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away

Before

  1. 2.4163 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3417 days ago · 24 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 2.5165 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3417 days ago · 18 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 3.6163 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 79 km deep · 5 km away
  4. 3.8170 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 34 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 2.7156 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 59 km deep · 10 km away
  6. 2.8155 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 25 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 5.9163 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1 · tsunami flag
  8. 5.3163 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 11 km deep · 3 km away
  9. 2.1100 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 3.291 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 51 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 1.9108 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 1.6113 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 1.8113 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 2.5122 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 30 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 1.884 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 2.182 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3443 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 1.986 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 1.5101 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 39 km deep · 98 km away

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