Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 109 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 109 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska on Wed, Jan 24, 2018, 3:50 PM AKST (00:50 UTC), 19 km (12 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 134 km SE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2018-01-25 00:50:11 UTC
Depth
18.7 km (11.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.078° N, 165.574° 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
15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 75 in the 60 days after this one and 60 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.690 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 3.686 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 34 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 1.988 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 38 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 1.988 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 2.188 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 2.590 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 30 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 2.143 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 64 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 2.173 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 23 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 2.6187 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3164 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 2.7140 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3161 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 2.5186 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3161 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 1.996 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 15 km deep · 57 km away
  13. 2.057 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 40 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 2.774 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 3157 days ago · 52 km deep · 44 km away
  15. 3.681 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3157 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
  16. 2.645 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3155 days ago · 58 km deep · 86 km away
  17. 3.760 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3155 days ago · 107 km deep · 100 km away
  18. 2.368 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3155 days ago · 37 km deep · 41 km away
  19. 3.372 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3154 days ago · 32 km deep · 37 km away
  20. 1.770 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3154 days ago · 49 km deep · 45 km away
  21. 2.271 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3154 days ago · 29 km deep · 38 km away
  22. 2.192 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3154 days ago · 23 km deep · 18 km away
  23. 2.487 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3152 days ago · 19 km deep · 92 km away
  24. 2.187 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3149 days ago · 23 km deep · 22 km away
  25. 2.137 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 3148 days ago · 47 km deep · 81 km away
  26. 3.480 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3147 days ago · 43 km deep · 85 km away
  27. 4.696 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 34 km deep · 78 km away
  28. 2.095 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 43 km deep · 75 km away
  29. 2.897 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 22 km deep · 83 km away
  30. 3.2122 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3144 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  31. 2.539 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 3143 days ago · 37 km deep · 82 km away
  32. 4.3135 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3142 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  33. 2.169 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3141 days ago · 38 km deep · 82 km away
  34. 2.366 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3140 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  35. 2.045 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3140 days ago · 60 km deep · 69 km away
  36. 4.8134 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3139 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
  37. 3.4135 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3139 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
  38. 3.873 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3137 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  39. 2.261 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 30 km deep · 75 km away
  40. 1.777 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3134 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away
  41. 1.979 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3134 days ago · 1 km deep · 59 km away
  42. 2.266 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3133 days ago · 45 km deep · 69 km away
  43. 2.0100 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3133 days ago · 58 km deep · 92 km away
  44. 1.963 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3133 days ago · 42 km deep · 91 km away
  45. 2.163 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3133 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  46. 3.490 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3133 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  47. 1.776 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3132 days ago · 36 km deep · 36 km away
  48. 3.442 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3132 days ago · 67 km deep · 71 km away
  49. 1.883 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3132 days ago · 50 km deep · 55 km away
  50. 2.477 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3131 days ago · 32 km deep · 73 km away
  51. 1.984 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3130 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  52. 2.256 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3130 days ago · 65 km deep · 73 km away
  53. 2.039 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 91 km deep · 72 km away
  54. 3.6144 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  55. 2.376 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 48 km deep · 68 km away
  56. 1.651 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
  57. 2.067 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 60 km deep · 100 km away
  58. 2.4146 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  59. 3.126 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3120 days ago · 16 km deep · 83 km away
  60. 3.425 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3120 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away

The first 60 of 75.

Before

  1. 2.080 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 24 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 2.482 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 1.954 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 44 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 2.225 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 74 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 3.672 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 59 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 2.190 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 23 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 2.125 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 93 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 1.9117 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 2.538 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 83 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 2.4Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 32 km deep · 44 km away
  11. 1.745 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 57 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 1.881 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 20 km deep · 33 km away
  13. 1.743 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 68 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 1.867 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 21 km deep · 44 km away
  15. 2.067 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 21 km deep · 44 km away
  16. 3.3140 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 2.8143 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 24 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 2.7137 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 2.491 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 19 km deep · 28 km away
  20. 2.6184 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away

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