Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 32 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 32 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska on Mon, Sep 24, 2018, 7:15 PM AKDT (03:15 UTC), 61 km (38 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 68 km NNE of Akutan, 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
2018-09-25 03:15:31 UTC
Depth
61.0 km (37.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.890° N, 165.507° 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
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 87 in the 60 days after this one and 51 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.881 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 57 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 1.6104 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 36 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 1.6Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 103 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 2.644 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 75 km deep · 30 km away
  5. 2.111 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 85 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 2.273 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 71 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 1.678 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 23 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 3.1111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 32 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 2.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 22 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 2.882 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 3.398 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  12. 2.336 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 56 km deep · 4 km away
  13. 3.2121 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 29 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 3.2115 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 41 km deep · 100 km away
  15. 1.860 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 37 km deep · 28 km away
  16. 1.934 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 74 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 3.7102 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 34 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 2.1112 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  19. 3.2123 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
  20. 4.768 km NNE of Akutan, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 163 km deep · 90 km away
  21. 2.4122 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 41 km deep · 89 km away
  22. 2.0102 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  23. 1.8115 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  24. 2.314 km W of Akutan, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  25. 2.763 km N of Akutan, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 56 km deep · 90 km away
  26. 1.521 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
  27. 2.267 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 23 km deep · 81 km away
  28. 1.990 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 11 km deep · 60 km away
  29. 2.9112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
  30. 1.874 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 22 km deep · 74 km away
  31. 2.669 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 44 km deep · 38 km away
  32. 2.162 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 48 km deep · 31 km away
  33. 3.168 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
  34. 2.515 km W of Akutan, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  35. 1.716 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  36. 1.792 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 18 km deep · 64 km away
  37. 1.883 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 64 km deep · 53 km away
  38. 3.438 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2906 days ago · 70 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
  39. 2.162 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2906 days ago · 70 km deep · 83 km away
  40. 1.69 km SW of Akutan, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 14 km deep · 32 km away
  41. 2.163 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 27 km deep · 52 km away
  42. 2.087 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 49 km deep · 55 km away
  43. 3.077 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 25 km deep · 46 km away
  44. 2.076 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 34 km deep · 44 km away
  45. 2.188 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2903 days ago · 49 km deep · 57 km away
  46. 1.991 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2902 days ago · 17 km deep · 61 km away
  47. 3.388 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2901 days ago · 21 km deep · 56 km away
  48. 3.2115 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2901 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  49. 1.841 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 2898 days ago · 95 km deep · 26 km away
  50. 2.399 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2898 days ago · 39 km deep · 67 km away
  51. 4.5117 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  52. 2.1107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 38 km deep · 95 km away
  53. 2.541 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2896 days ago · 70 km deep · 37 km away
  54. 2.4114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2893 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  55. 2.043 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2891 days ago · 24 km deep · 11 km away
  56. 2.127 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2891 days ago · 75 km deep · 76 km away
  57. 2.662 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2889 days ago · 28 km deep · 75 km away
  58. 2.589 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2887 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  59. 3.687 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2887 days ago · 27 km deep · 56 km away
  60. 2.890 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2887 days ago · 27 km deep · 58 km away

The first 60 of 87.

Before

  1. 1.915 km NNE of Akutan, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 122 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 1.532 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 37 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 1.680 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 1.874 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 55 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 1.9101 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 54 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 1.989 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 47 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 1.720 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 1.827 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 68 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 1.665 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 47 km deep · 34 km away
  10. 2.418 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 2.175 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 42 km deep · 46 km away
  12. 1.873 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 68 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 1.7109 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 23 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 1.984 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 51 km deep · 53 km away
  15. 1.621 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 1.821 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 1.821 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 2.620 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 2.419 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 1.920 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away

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