M1.9 earthquake 50 km S of Unalaska, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 50 km S of Unalaska, Alaska on Tue, Oct 31, 2017, 6:11 PM AKDT (02:11 UTC), 59 km (36 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 83 km ENE of Nikolski, 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
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-11-01 02:11:29 UTC
- Depth
- 58.5 km (36.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.424° N, 166.563° 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
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 106 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.894 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 86 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.774 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 62 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.646 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 62 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.376 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3257 days ago · 53 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.97 km ENE of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 125 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.777 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 55 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.846 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 31 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.774 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3256 days ago · 49 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.6109 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 31 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.2124 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.1134 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.0129 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.6125 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.6126 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.1146 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.120 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 81 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.3124 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 1 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.083 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3255 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.556 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.757 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.557 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.970 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.0134 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3253 days ago · 17 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.427 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 92 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.892 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 34 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.992 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.2119 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 32 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.816 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.862 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3250 days ago · 49 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.55 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.678 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3249 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.585 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 70 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.783 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3247 days ago · 68 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 1.696 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 3247 days ago · 24 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.795 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 3247 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.784 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3247 days ago · 18 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.5126 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3247 days ago · 16 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.334 km SSW of Akutan, Alaska · 3246 days ago · 68 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.960 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3246 days ago · 45 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.896 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 3245 days ago · 22 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.424 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3245 days ago · 76 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.2103 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 3245 days ago · 38 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.5102 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 3245 days ago · 41 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.185 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3244 days ago · 15 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.321 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 80 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.619 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.991 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 79 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.886 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3240 days ago · 68 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.212 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 85 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.347 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3236 days ago · 55 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
- 2.035 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 3236 days ago · 65 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.772 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3236 days ago · 77 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.480 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3234 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.089 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3234 days ago · 17 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.971 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3234 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.754 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 54 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.8Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.2132 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.184 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3231 days ago · 49 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.860 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3229 days ago · 14 km deep · 38 km away
The first 60 of 106.
Before
- 2.083 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.053 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3258 days ago · 72 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.858 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.7144 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 23 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.158 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3261 days ago · 23 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.981 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 23 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.272 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 61 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.752 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 24 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.078 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 14 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.139 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 64 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.3117 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 29 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.767 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.782 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.631 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3267 days ago · 72 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.082 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3267 days ago · 75 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.759 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3267 days ago · 39 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.076 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 22 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.944 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 51 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.3111 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.872 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 21 km deep · 53 km away
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