Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 193 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 193 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska on Thu, Jun 29, 2017, 1:59 PM AKDT (21:59 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 135 km SE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-06-29 21:59:00 UTC
Depth
2.0 km (1.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
52.366° N, 165.104° 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
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.3207 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 38 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 3.0135 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3368 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 2.4134 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3364 days ago · 66 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 3.0145 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 2.8138 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 2.5198 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3355 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  7. 2.0192 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 41 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 2.1200 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  9. 2.3193 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 25 km deep · 9 km away
  10. 1.8south of the Aleutian Islands · 3341 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
  11. 2.1113 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 24 km deep · 80 km away
  12. 1.7134 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 2.1191 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 20 km deep · 9 km away
  14. 2.0129 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 2.3137 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away

Before

  1. 2.7188 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3385 days ago · 20 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 2.6127 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 2.1138 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3404 days ago · 23 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 1.9Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3411 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away

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