Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 15 km W of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 15 km W of Akutan, Alaska on Thu, Apr 5, 2018, 12:09 PM AKDT (20:09 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 53 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2018-04-05 20:09:16 UTC
Depth
4.9 km (3.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.145° N, 166.006° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
1.5ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
1.33ML, local (Richter)AVFinal · ±0.318 · 11 stations

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

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Stations used
15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 68 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.778 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3099 days ago · 30 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 1.868 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3099 days ago · 46 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 3.369 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 3098 days ago · 31 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 2.145 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3096 days ago · 83 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 1.745 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3094 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 2.157 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3094 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 1.944 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3094 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 2.652 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3091 days ago · 63 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 2.768 km NW of Akutan, Alaska · 3088 days ago · 201 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 3.352 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3088 days ago · 38 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 2.184 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3087 days ago · 62 km deep · 100 km away
  12. 1.978 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3087 days ago · 44 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 1.969 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3086 days ago · 18 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 2.984 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3084 days ago · 54 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 2.286 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3084 days ago · 51 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 2.672 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 73 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 2.350 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 67 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 2.288 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3081 days ago · 39 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 2.169 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3077 days ago · 45 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 2.022 km W of Akutan, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 104 km deep · 8 km away
  21. 1.741 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 44 km deep · 51 km away
  22. 1.516 km WSW of Akutan, Alaska · 3074 days ago · 14 km deep · 6 km away
  23. 2.757 km N of Akutan, Alaska · 3073 days ago · 142 km deep · 58 km away
  24. 3.643 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3073 days ago · 77 km deep · 58 km away
  25. 2.178 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3073 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
  26. 1.924 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3072 days ago · 76 km deep · 60 km away
  27. 2.183 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 3072 days ago · 40 km deep · 88 km away
  28. 1.876 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3071 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  29. 1.73 km WNW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3071 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
  30. 2.190 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3071 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
  31. 2.156 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3069 days ago · 49 km deep · 68 km away
  32. 1.839 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3067 days ago · 75 km deep · 82 km away
  33. 2.477 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3066 days ago · 51 km deep · 86 km away
  34. 2.068 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3066 days ago · 23 km deep · 79 km away
  35. 1.662 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3066 days ago · 49 km deep · 70 km away
  36. 1.651 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3066 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away
  37. 2.691 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3065 days ago · 20 km deep · 100 km away
  38. 1.860 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3065 days ago · 39 km deep · 78 km away
  39. 1.526 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3065 days ago · 69 km deep · 48 km away
  40. 1.875 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3064 days ago · 53 km deep · 84 km away
  41. 1.977 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3064 days ago · 21 km deep · 85 km away
  42. 1.635 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3063 days ago · 85 km deep · 49 km away
  43. 1.768 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 3063 days ago · 30 km deep · 74 km away
  44. 2.042 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3062 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  45. 1.551 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 3061 days ago · 83 km deep · 57 km away
  46. 1.636 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3061 days ago · 66 km deep · 50 km away
  47. 3.083 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3060 days ago · 69 km deep · 98 km away
  48. 2.156 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3060 days ago · 75 km deep · 71 km away
  49. 2.469 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3059 days ago · 21 km deep · 84 km away
  50. 1.555 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3058 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  51. 2.079 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3057 days ago · 38 km deep · 94 km away
  52. 1.872 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3054 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
  53. 1.755 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3053 days ago · 51 km deep · 65 km away
  54. 1.735 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3053 days ago · 81 km deep · 80 km away
  55. 2.287 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3053 days ago · 46 km deep · 97 km away
  56. 1.772 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3053 days ago · 47 km deep · 87 km away
  57. 3.039 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3052 days ago · 124 km deep · 55 km away
  58. 3.953 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3047 days ago · 41 km deep · 85 km away
  59. 2.561 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3046 days ago · 89 km deep · 75 km away
  60. 2.061 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3045 days ago · 68 km deep · 76 km away

The first 60 of 68.

Before

  1. 1.887 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 2.271 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3105 days ago · 46 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 2.458 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3106 days ago · 64 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 2.487 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 54 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 1.932 km SSW of Akutan, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 70 km deep · 31 km away
  6. 2.329 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 74 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 1.545 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3109 days ago · 79 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 2.063 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3110 days ago · 108 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 1.541 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3110 days ago · 61 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 1.856 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3110 days ago · 44 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 2.497 km NNW of Akutan, Alaska · 3111 days ago · 152 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 2.550 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3112 days ago · 71 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 1.79 km WSW of Akutan, Alaska · 3113 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
  14. 2.041 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3113 days ago · 64 km deep · 54 km away
  15. 2.144 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3113 days ago · 74 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 1.775 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3115 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 1.943 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3116 days ago · 34 km deep · 53 km away
  18. 1.951 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3117 days ago · 44 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 3.553 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3120 days ago · 66 km deep · 66 km away
  20. 1.6Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away

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