M2.8 earthquake 83 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska

Magnitude

2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Local time

Fri, Sep 29, 2017, 3:07 AM AKDT

UTC

2017-09-29 11:07:15 UTC

Depth

238.4 km (148.1 mi), intermediate-depth

Epicenter

52.328° N, 169.565° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 15.3 km horizontally, 10.6 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

219°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

21

• Unalaska, AlaskaPopulation 4,491. Forecast265 kmSW

After

1. 2.347 km SW of Nikolski, AlaskaFri, Sep 29, 9:26 PM AKDT · 3289 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
2. 4.5134 km SSW of Nikolski, AlaskaSat, Sep 30, 3:05 PM HADT · 3288 days ago · 30 km deep · 52 km away
3. 2.7139 km SSW of Nikolski, AlaskaSat, Sep 30, 3:23 PM HADT · 3288 days ago · 23 km deep · 58 km away
4. 2.5141 km SSW of Nikolski, AlaskaSat, Sep 30, 4:25 PM HADT · 3288 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
5. 2.9139 km SSW of Nikolski, AlaskaSun, Oct 1, 12:13 AM AKDT · 3288 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
6. 2.299 km SW of Nikolski, AlaskaSun, Oct 1, 4:13 PM AKDT · 3287 days ago · 24 km deep · 17 km away
7. 1.926 km SSW of Nikolski, AlaskaSun, Oct 1, 11:46 PM AKDT · 3287 days ago · 50 km deep · 58 km away
8. 2.444 km SE of Nikolski, AlaskaMon, Oct 2, 5:22 AM AKDT · 3287 days ago · 27 km deep · 91 km away
9. 2.278 km SW of Nikolski, AlaskaMon, Oct 2, 1:19 PM AKDT · 3286 days ago · 66 km deep · 29 km away
10. 2.378 km WSW of Nikolski, AlaskaTue, Oct 3, 11:10 PM AKDT · 3285 days ago · 80 km deep · 42 km away
11. 3.2Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, AlaskaFri, Oct 6, 12:38 AM AKDT · 3283 days ago · 36 km deep · 36 km away
12. 3.6Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, AlaskaFri, Oct 6, 5:31 AM HADT · 3283 days ago · 27 km deep · 53 km away
13. 2.7109 km S of Nikolski, AlaskaFri, Oct 6, 12:11 PM AKDT · 3282 days ago · 36 km deep · 71 km away
14. 2.364 km S of Nikolski, AlaskaMon, Oct 9, 8:15 AM AKDT · 3280 days ago · 18 km deep · 36 km away
15. 2.647 km W of Nikolski, AlaskaTue, Oct 10, 2:18 AM AKDT · 3279 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
16. 2.029 km ESE of Nikolski, AlaskaTue, Oct 10, 7:39 PM AKDT · 3278 days ago · 47 km deep · 94 km away
17. 3.9145 km SSW of Nikolski, AlaskaWed, Oct 11, 10:25 PM HADT · 3277 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
18. 4.9137 km SW of Nikolski, AlaskaWed, Oct 11, 11:23 PM HADT · 3277 days ago · 39 km deep · 54 km away
19. 2.444 km WSW of Nikolski, AlaskaThu, Oct 12, 2:08 AM AKDT · 3277 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
20. 4.4137 km SW of Nikolski, AlaskaThu, Oct 12, 10:39 PM HADT · 3276 days ago · 37 km deep · 55 km away
21. 4.8145 km SW of Nikolski, AlaskaThu, Oct 12, 11:00 PM HADT · 3276 days ago · 37 km deep · 63 km away
22. 3.7123 km SW of Nikolski, AlaskaThu, Oct 12, 11:22 PM HADT · 3276 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
23. 3.682 km SSW of Nikolski, AlaskaFri, Oct 13, 2:54 PM AKDT · 3275 days ago · 21 km deep · 3 km away
24. 4.677 km SW of Nikolski, AlaskaFri, Oct 13, 3:31 PM AKDT · 3275 days ago · 47 km deep · 22 km away
25. 3.177 km SW of Nikolski, AlaskaFri, Oct 13, 4:05 PM AKDT · 3275 days ago · 35 km deep · 9 km away
26. 3.1117 km SSW of Nikolski, AlaskaMon, Oct 16, 4:52 AM AKDT · 3273 days ago · 21 km deep · 35 km away
27. 2.488 km SSE of Nikolski, AlaskaMon, Oct 16, 5:22 AM AKDT · 3273 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
28. 2.5121 km SW of Nikolski, AlaskaMon, Oct 16, 10:21 AM HADT · 3273 days ago · 22 km deep · 43 km away
29. 4.0146 km SSW of Nikolski, AlaskaFri, Oct 20, 12:27 AM HADT · 3269 days ago · 31 km deep · 65 km away
30. 3.078 km SSW of Nikolski, AlaskaFri, Oct 20, 5:16 AM AKDT · 3269 days ago · 15 km deep · 27 km away
31. 3.0151 km SW of Nikolski, AlaskaMon, Oct 23, 3:02 AM HADT · 3266 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
32. 2.237 km SSE of Nikolski, AlaskaMon, Oct 23, 5:12 AM AKDT · 3266 days ago · 41 km deep · 74 km away
33. 2.125 km S of Nikolski, AlaskaMon, Oct 23, 8:26 AM AKDT · 3266 days ago · 46 km deep · 61 km away
34. 2.274 km SW of Nikolski, AlaskaMon, Oct 23, 5:11 PM AKDT · 3265 days ago · 14 km deep · 14 km away
35. 3.4165 km WSW of Nikolski, AlaskaWed, Oct 25, 8:01 PM HADT · 3263 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
36. 2.144 km WSW of Nikolski, AlaskaFri, Oct 27, 7:08 PM AKDT · 3261 days ago · 11 km deep · 48 km away
37. 3.264 km SW of Nikolski, AlaskaTue, Oct 31, 8:13 AM AKDT · 3258 days ago · 27 km deep · 19 km away
38. 2.385 km SSW of Nikolski, AlaskaThu, Nov 2, 11:49 PM AKDT · 3255 days ago · 19 km deep · 26 km away
39. 3.0138 km SW of Nikolski, AlaskaFri, Nov 3, 7:11 PM HADT · 3254 days ago · 66 km deep · 66 km away
40. 2.154 km SSW of Nikolski, AlaskaSun, Nov 5, 6:21 PM AKST · 3252 days ago · 41 km deep · 37 km away
41. 2.8164 km WSW of Nikolski, AlaskaWed, Nov 8, 7:04 PM HAST · 3249 days ago · 55 km deep · 99 km away
42. 3.094 km SSW of Nikolski, AlaskaThu, Nov 9, 3:23 PM AKST · 3248 days ago · 22 km deep · 22 km away
43. 3.2154 km SW of Nikolski, AlaskaFri, Nov 10, 10:31 PM HAST · 3247 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
44. 4.6166 km WSW of Nikolski, AlaskaSat, Nov 11, 1:50 AM HAST · 3247 days ago · 52 km deep · 98 km away
45. 1.8Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, AlaskaSun, Nov 12, 7:19 PM AKST · 3245 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
46. 2.253 km SSW of Nikolski, AlaskaTue, Nov 14, 3:55 AM AKST · 3244 days ago · 41 km deep · 39 km away
47. 2.045 km W of Nikolski, AlaskaThu, Nov 16, 9:49 AM AKST · 3242 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
48. 2.136 km WSW of Nikolski, AlaskaThu, Nov 16, 9:59 AM AKST · 3242 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
49. 3.3112 km SW of Nikolski, AlaskaFri, Nov 17, 4:30 AM HAST · 3241 days ago · 39 km deep · 38 km away
50. 2.5102 km SW of Nikolski, AlaskaMon, Nov 20, 6:08 AM AKST · 3238 days ago · 21 km deep · 20 km away
51. 3.575 km SW of Nikolski, AlaskaTue, Nov 21, 9:09 PM AKST · 3236 days ago · 39 km deep · 8 km away
52. 4.449 km SE of Nikolski, AlaskaTue, Nov 21, 9:48 PM AKST · 3236 days ago · 49 km deep · 93 km away
53. 3.483 km SW of Nikolski, AlaskaTue, Nov 21, 11:57 PM AKST · 3236 days ago · 71 km deep · 27 km away
54. 2.350 km SE of Nikolski, AlaskaSat, Nov 25, 2:17 AM AKST · 3233 days ago · 22 km deep · 96 km away
55. 2.444 km ESE of Nikolski, AlaskaSat, Nov 25, 5:28 PM AKST · 3232 days ago · 42 km deep · 97 km away
56. 4.7156 km SW of Nikolski, AlaskaSat, Nov 25, 8:07 PM HAST · 3232 days ago · 38 km deep · 77 km away
57. 3.7174 km SW of Nikolski, AlaskaSat, Nov 25, 10:20 PM HAST · 3232 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
58. 4.5158 km SW of Nikolski, AlaskaSun, Nov 26, 5:33 PM HAST · 3231 days ago · 38 km deep · 78 km away
59. 4.1179 km SW of Nikolski, AlaskaSun, Nov 26, 7:22 PM HAST · 3231 days ago · 28 km deep · 97 km away
60. 3.879 km SSW of Nikolski, AlaskaTue, Nov 28, 12:50 AM AKST · 3230 days ago · 43 km deep · 14 km away

Before

1. 1.955 km SSE of Nikolski, AlaskaThu, Sep 28, 9:57 PM AKDT · 3290 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
2. 4.4123 km SW of Nikolski, AlaskaThu, Sep 28, 4:26 PM HADT · 3290 days ago · 32 km deep · 41 km away
3. 4.9130 km SW of Nikolski, AlaskaThu, Sep 28, 4:22 PM HADT · 3290 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
4. 2.7136 km SW of Nikolski, AlaskaThu, Sep 28, 12:03 AM HADT · 3291 days ago · 37 km deep · 63 km away
5. 2.4104 km SW of Nikolski, AlaskaSat, Sep 23, 6:16 PM AKDT · 3295 days ago · 20 km deep · 22 km away
6. 2.878 km SW of Nikolski, AlaskaSat, Sep 23, 12:44 PM AKDT · 3295 days ago · 67 km deep · 9 km away
7. 3.4129 km SW of Nikolski, AlaskaSat, Sep 23, 2:21 AM HADT · 3296 days ago · 37 km deep · 59 km away
8. 3.6131 km SW of Nikolski, AlaskaFri, Sep 22, 10:33 PM HADT · 3296 days ago · 32 km deep · 57 km away
9. 3.6180 km SW of Nikolski, AlaskaWed, Sep 20, 12:59 AM HADT · 3299 days ago · 41 km deep · 98 km away
10. 2.9135 km WSW of Nikolski, AlaskaTue, Sep 19, 10:39 AM HADT · 3300 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
11. 2.4137 km SW of Nikolski, AlaskaTue, Sep 19, 2:37 AM HADT · 3300 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
12. 2.315 km SSE of Nikolski, AlaskaTue, Sep 19, 2:09 AM AKDT · 3300 days ago · 63 km deep · 78 km away
13. 3.3133 km WSW of Nikolski, AlaskaMon, Sep 18, 2:18 AM HADT · 3301 days ago · 36 km deep · 65 km away
14. 2.262 km S of Nikolski, AlaskaSun, Sep 17, 1:47 PM AKDT · 3301 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
15. 2.797 km SW of Nikolski, AlaskaSat, Sep 16, 8:13 PM AKDT · 3302 days ago · 54 km deep · 18 km away
16. 4.6161 km SW of Nikolski, AlaskaFri, Sep 15, 4:34 PM HADT · 3303 days ago · 38 km deep · 79 km away
17. 2.250 km SSE of Nikolski, AlaskaThu, Sep 14, 7:58 AM AKDT · 3305 days ago · 42 km deep · 79 km away
18. 3.3133 km WSW of Nikolski, AlaskaTue, Sep 12, 10:37 AM HADT · 3307 days ago · 37 km deep · 66 km away
19. 3.497 km SSW of Nikolski, AlaskaMon, Sep 11, 11:31 PM AKDT · 3307 days ago · 37 km deep · 28 km away
20. 3.468 km SW of Nikolski, AlaskaMon, Sep 11, 12:02 AM AKDT · 3308 days ago · 44 km deep · 24 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000b16q. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:25 AM UTC.