M2.5 earthquake 155 km SE of Akutan, Alaska
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 155 km SE of Akutan, Alaska on Tue, Nov 27, 2018, 2:38 AM AKST (11:38 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 177 km SSE of Unalaska, 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
- 2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-11-27 11:38:23 UTC
- Depth
- 9.3 km (5.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 52.980° N, 164.445° 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: 48 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.591 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2869 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.6133 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2868 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.261 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2868 days ago · 56 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.977 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.8Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.382 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.983 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 23 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.6163 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.458 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 58 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.3104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 62 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.6159 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2850 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.0Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.388 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 54 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.8111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2845 days ago · 53 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.7149 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 22 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.9141 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 28 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.1177 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.1100 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 36 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.6172 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.8167 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 21 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.184 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 19 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.7150 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.879 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 42 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.1104 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 25 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.9161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.8148 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.8237 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.970 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 48 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.3110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 45 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.5114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.4107 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 46 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.7107 km ESE of Akutan, AK · 2827 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.5147 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 32 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.686 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.0177 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.0109 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.3121 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 31 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.684 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.4153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.6154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 24 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.3125 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.4140 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 27 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.4141 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 29 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.8231 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.6161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 17 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.8176 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.8153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.5235 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
Before
- 3.4147 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2869 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.774 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 2869 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.6147 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2869 days ago · 28 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.1139 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2869 days ago · 24 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.9143 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2870 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.4106 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2870 days ago · 42 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.2108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2871 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.879 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2871 days ago · 17 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.277 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 50 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.577 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.467 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 38 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.186 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 59 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.9157 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.2107 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2879 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.2134 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2879 days ago · 32 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.4192 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2880 days ago · 32 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.4114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2881 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.2112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2882 days ago · 17 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.3114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2882 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.172 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2883 days ago · 61 km deep · 97 km away
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