Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 66 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 66 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska on Thu, Dec 28, 2017, 8:58 PM AKST (05:58 UTC), 57 km (35 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 96 km SE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-12-29 05:58:05 UTC
Depth
56.7 km (35.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.463° N, 165.796° 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
13

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 102 in the 60 days after this one and 45 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.774 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 68 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 3.196 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 49 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 3.065 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 2.084 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 18 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 1.983 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 62 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 2.527 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 72 km deep · 39 km away
  7. 2.1102 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 59 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 2.059 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 55 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 2.150 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 52 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 2.1Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 23 km deep · 25 km away
  11. 2.082 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 59 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 1.776 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 56 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 1.668 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 20 km deep · 2 km away
  14. 3.878 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 38 km deep · 29 km away
  15. 2.5132 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  16. 2.084 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
  17. 2.787 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 47 km deep · 75 km away
  18. 2.176 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 32 km deep · 88 km away
  19. 1.763 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 1.656 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 21 km deep · 39 km away
  21. 2.179 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 56 km deep · 80 km away
  22. 2.042 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 19 km deep · 80 km away
  23. 3.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 24 km deep · 71 km away
  24. 1.745 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away
  25. 1.869 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 42 km deep · 3 km away
  26. 1.868 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 23 km deep · 6 km away
  27. 1.852 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 25 km deep · 37 km away
  28. 1.858 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 67 km deep · 67 km away
  29. 2.080 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 21 km deep · 34 km away
  30. 2.1103 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
  31. 1.967 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 20 km deep · 44 km away
  32. 2.698 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  33. 1.534 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 34 km deep · 33 km away
  34. 2.491 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 19 km deep · 25 km away
  35. 2.7137 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  36. 2.8143 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 24 km deep · 95 km away
  37. 1.810 km NNE of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 88 km deep · 72 km away
  38. 3.3140 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  39. 2.067 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 21 km deep · 1 km away
  40. 1.867 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 21 km deep · 24 km away
  41. 1.743 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 68 km deep · 65 km away
  42. 1.881 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 20 km deep · 32 km away
  43. 1.745 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 57 km deep · 21 km away
  44. 2.022 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 76 km deep · 74 km away
  45. 2.532 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 78 km deep · 81 km away
  46. 2.351 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 76 km deep · 78 km away
  47. 2.4Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 32 km deep · 4 km away
  48. 2.022 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  49. 2.071 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  50. 2.538 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 83 km deep · 36 km away
  51. 1.9117 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  52. 2.125 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 93 km deep · 49 km away
  53. 2.190 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
  54. 3.672 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 59 km deep · 78 km away
  55. 1.823 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 70 km deep · 70 km away
  56. 2.225 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 74 km deep · 44 km away
  57. 1.954 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 44 km deep · 30 km away
  58. 2.482 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 25 km deep · 69 km away
  59. 2.080 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 24 km deep · 70 km away
  60. 2.1109 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 19 km deep · 45 km away

The first 60 of 102.

Before

  1. 3.053 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 37 km deep · 40 km away
  2. 1.829 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 70 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 1.778 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 18 km deep · 32 km away
  4. 1.9102 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 44 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 2.071 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 50 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 2.1137 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 23 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 2.0108 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 2.1102 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 22 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 3.9102 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 1.836 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 65 km deep · 61 km away
  11. 2.1100 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 51 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 1.9112 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 46 km deep · 46 km away
  13. 1.812 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 82 km deep · 67 km away
  14. 2.185 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 2.285 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 19 km deep · 19 km away
  16. 1.613 km W of Akutan, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 18 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 2.264 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 65 km deep · 35 km away
  18. 2.168 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 62 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 2.791 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  20. 3.666 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 33 km deep · 2 km away

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