Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 70 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 70 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska on Mon, Apr 3, 2017, 10:59 PM AKDT (06:59 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 126 km SE of Akutan, 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
2017-04-04 06:59:11 UTC
Depth
22.6 km (14.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.388° N, 165.861° 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: 101 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.183 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3468 days ago · 21 km deep · 26 km away
  2. 2.086 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3468 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 1.937 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3467 days ago · 68 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 1.777 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3466 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
  5. 2.480 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3466 days ago · 25 km deep · 10 km away
  6. 1.881 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3466 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 1.765 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3465 days ago · 30 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 2.269 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3465 days ago · 66 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 1.764 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3465 days ago · 36 km deep · 10 km away
  10. 2.380 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3465 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  11. 1.977 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3465 days ago · 19 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 2.076 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3465 days ago · 19 km deep · 58 km away
  13. 1.782 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3464 days ago · 32 km deep · 26 km away
  14. 1.624 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3464 days ago · 87 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 1.7Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3464 days ago · 31 km deep · 50 km away
  16. 1.621 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3464 days ago · 80 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 1.857 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3463 days ago · 51 km deep · 44 km away
  18. 3.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 3463 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 1.826 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3463 days ago · 70 km deep · 45 km away
  20. 1.8south of the Aleutian Islands · 3462 days ago · 12 km deep · 45 km away
  21. 2.3126 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3462 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away
  22. 2.1126 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3462 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  23. 3.630 km W of Akutan, Alaska · 3460 days ago · 117 km deep · 91 km away
  24. 1.967 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3459 days ago · 24 km deep · 98 km away
  25. 1.835 km SSW of Akutan, Alaska · 3459 days ago · 104 km deep · 51 km away
  26. 1.758 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3456 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  27. 1.555 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3456 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
  28. 2.229 km SSW of Akutan, Alaska · 3456 days ago · 70 km deep · 56 km away
  29. 1.963 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3455 days ago · 49 km deep · 70 km away
  30. 2.073 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3454 days ago · 71 km deep · 97 km away
  31. 2.1130 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3454 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  32. 1.641 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 3453 days ago · 32 km deep · 42 km away
  33. 2.46 km NW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3453 days ago · 114 km deep · 78 km away
  34. 2.1101 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3452 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  35. 1.959 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3450 days ago · 47 km deep · 18 km away
  36. 2.366 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3450 days ago · 50 km deep · 73 km away
  37. 2.379 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
  38. 2.370 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 25 km deep · 7 km away
  39. 3.883 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
  40. 2.478 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
  41. 1.715 km E of Unalaska, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 93 km deep · 59 km away
  42. 1.876 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 22 km deep · 60 km away
  43. 1.770 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 71 km deep · 98 km away
  44. 1.785 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3445 days ago · 14 km deep · 54 km away
  45. 1.858 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3445 days ago · 42 km deep · 16 km away
  46. 2.294 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3445 days ago · 19 km deep · 68 km away
  47. 2.767 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 68 km deep · 96 km away
  48. 2.182 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
  49. 1.752 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 41 km deep · 72 km away
  50. 1.550 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 48 km deep · 22 km away
  51. 1.668 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 23 km deep · 2 km away
  52. 2.045 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 59 km deep · 65 km away
  53. 2.189 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
  54. 1.548 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 17 km deep · 83 km away
  55. 2.175 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 21 km deep · 40 km away
  56. 2.375 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 41 km deep · 38 km away
  57. 1.787 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3436 days ago · 17 km deep · 18 km away
  58. 1.875 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3436 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
  59. 2.414 km W of Akutan, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  60. 2.235 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 70 km deep · 75 km away

The first 60 of 101.

Before

  1. 2.160 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 51 km deep · 54 km away
  2. 2.984 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 48 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 2.288 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 20 km deep · 37 km away
  4. 2.1121 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 2.294 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 1.671 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3474 days ago · 22 km deep · 31 km away
  7. 2.3114 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3475 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 2.015 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3475 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  9. 2.022 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3477 days ago · 73 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 1.620 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3477 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 2.7124 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3479 days ago · 56 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 2.443 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3480 days ago · 71 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 1.645 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3480 days ago · 42 km deep · 24 km away
  14. 1.877 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3480 days ago · 81 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 2.2168 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3481 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 1.870 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3481 days ago · 23 km deep · 1 km away
  17. 1.559 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3482 days ago · 80 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 1.594 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3482 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 1.557 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3482 days ago · 44 km deep · 46 km away
  20. 1.976 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3484 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away

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