Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 19 km SE of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 19 km SE of Akutan, Alaska on Wed, Mar 14, 2018, 1:08 AM AKDT (09:08 UTC), 106 km (66 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 96 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2018-03-14 09:08:11 UTC
Depth
105.5 km (65.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
53.993° N, 165.593° 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
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 92 in the 60 days after this one and 27 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.927 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 82 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 1.829 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3120 days ago · 77 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 3.126 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3119 days ago · 16 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 3.425 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3119 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 1.6Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3119 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 3.553 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3118 days ago · 66 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 2.4111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3117 days ago · 31 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 2.093 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3116 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 2.094 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3116 days ago · 52 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 1.951 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3115 days ago · 44 km deep · 33 km away
  11. 1.943 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3114 days ago · 34 km deep · 43 km away
  12. 1.775 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3113 days ago · 19 km deep · 57 km away
  13. 2.041 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3111 days ago · 64 km deep · 22 km away
  14. 1.79 km WSW of Akutan, Alaska · 3111 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  15. 2.888 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3110 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  16. 2.550 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3110 days ago · 71 km deep · 37 km away
  17. 1.856 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3109 days ago · 44 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 1.541 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 61 km deep · 23 km away
  19. 2.063 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 108 km deep · 64 km away
  20. 1.689 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
  21. 2.4102 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 48 km deep · 83 km away
  22. 1.8107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away
  23. 1.999 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 40 km deep · 80 km away
  24. 2.329 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3106 days ago · 74 km deep · 84 km away
  25. 1.932 km SSW of Akutan, Alaska · 3106 days ago · 70 km deep · 29 km away
  26. 2.487 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3106 days ago · 54 km deep · 68 km away
  27. 2.271 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3104 days ago · 46 km deep · 52 km away
  28. 2.288 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  29. 1.887 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3101 days ago · 17 km deep · 80 km away
  30. 1.515 km W of Akutan, Alaska · 3100 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  31. 1.993 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3100 days ago · 51 km deep · 74 km away
  32. 3.7115 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3099 days ago · 36 km deep · 97 km away
  33. 1.778 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3098 days ago · 30 km deep · 59 km away
  34. 2.892 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3098 days ago · 31 km deep · 97 km away
  35. 1.868 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3097 days ago · 46 km deep · 51 km away
  36. 3.369 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 3097 days ago · 31 km deep · 54 km away
  37. 2.145 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3094 days ago · 83 km deep · 41 km away
  38. 1.745 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3092 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
  39. 2.157 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3092 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
  40. 1.944 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3092 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
  41. 3.595 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3090 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
  42. 2.652 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 63 km deep · 71 km away
  43. 2.768 km NW of Akutan, Alaska · 3087 days ago · 201 km deep · 88 km away
  44. 3.352 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3086 days ago · 38 km deep · 92 km away
  45. 2.184 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3086 days ago · 62 km deep · 73 km away
  46. 1.978 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3085 days ago · 44 km deep · 64 km away
  47. 1.969 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3084 days ago · 18 km deep · 61 km away
  48. 2.984 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 54 km deep · 65 km away
  49. 2.286 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 51 km deep · 67 km away
  50. 2.672 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 73 km deep · 53 km away
  51. 2.194 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3080 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  52. 4.596 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3079 days ago · 32 km deep · 77 km away
  53. 3.8101 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3079 days ago · 36 km deep · 82 km away
  54. 2.193 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3079 days ago · 16 km deep · 74 km away
  55. 3.695 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3079 days ago · 19 km deep · 76 km away
  56. 2.288 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3079 days ago · 39 km deep · 69 km away
  57. 2.3103 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3079 days ago · 38 km deep · 98 km away
  58. 2.695 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3078 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away
  59. 2.598 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 19 km deep · 79 km away
  60. 2.392 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 42 km deep · 74 km away

The first 60 of 92.

Before

  1. 2.067 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 60 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 1.651 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 2.376 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 48 km deep · 56 km away
  4. 2.072 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 65 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 2.039 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 91 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 1.67 km NW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3129 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 2.256 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3130 days ago · 65 km deep · 37 km away
  8. 3.433 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3131 days ago · 85 km deep · 24 km away
  9. 1.883 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3131 days ago · 50 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 3.442 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3132 days ago · 67 km deep · 45 km away
  11. 1.776 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3132 days ago · 36 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 2.0100 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3132 days ago · 58 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 1.979 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3133 days ago · 1 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 1.777 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3134 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 1.73 km E of Unalaska, Alaska · 3134 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  16. 2.045 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3139 days ago · 60 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 2.169 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3140 days ago · 38 km deep · 50 km away
  18. 1.885 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3142 days ago · -1 km deep · 85 km away
  19. 2.086 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3142 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 2.539 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 3142 days ago · 37 km deep · 30 km away

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