Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 78 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 78 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska on Thu, Sep 6, 2018, 3:00 PM AKDT (23:00 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 102 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-09-06 23:00:44 UTC
Depth
20.6 km (12.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.414° N, 165.644° 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
12

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 89 in the 60 days after this one and 46 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.758 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 49 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 2.0Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 125 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 2.045 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 57 km deep · 51 km away
  4. 1.576 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 50 km deep · 30 km away
  5. 1.991 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 42 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 2.1123 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 22 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 2.781 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 28 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 1.723 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 2.777 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 2.090 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 3.4Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 83 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 2.0100 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 41 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 2.180 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 50 km deep · 26 km away
  14. 1.572 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 12 km deep · 6 km away
  15. 1.921 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 1.920 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 2.419 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 2.620 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 1.821 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 1.821 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  21. 1.621 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  22. 1.984 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 51 km deep · 52 km away
  23. 1.7109 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 23 km deep · 40 km away
  24. 2.175 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 42 km deep · 9 km away
  25. 2.418 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  26. 1.665 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 47 km deep · 50 km away
  27. 1.827 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 68 km deep · 58 km away
  28. 1.720 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  29. 1.989 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 47 km deep · 80 km away
  30. 1.874 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 55 km deep · 66 km away
  31. 1.680 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away
  32. 1.532 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 37 km deep · 46 km away
  33. 1.915 km NNE of Akutan, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 122 km deep · 95 km away
  34. 1.532 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 61 km deep · 54 km away
  35. 2.881 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 57 km deep · 90 km away
  36. 1.6Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 103 km deep · 80 km away
  37. 1.877 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 44 km deep · 79 km away
  38. 2.644 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 75 km deep · 77 km away
  39. 2.111 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 85 km deep · 67 km away
  40. 1.678 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 23 km deep · 17 km away
  41. 1.656 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
  42. 1.879 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 23 km deep · 77 km away
  43. 2.882 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
  44. 3.398 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  45. 2.336 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 56 km deep · 50 km away
  46. 3.2121 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 29 km deep · 59 km away
  47. 1.860 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 37 km deep · 43 km away
  48. 1.934 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 74 km deep · 73 km away
  49. 3.7102 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 34 km deep · 31 km away
  50. 2.1112 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  51. 3.2123 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
  52. 2.4122 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 41 km deep · 62 km away
  53. 2.0102 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  54. 2.1135 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away
  55. 1.8115 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
  56. 2.314 km W of Akutan, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  57. 1.521 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
  58. 2.267 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 23 km deep · 41 km away
  59. 1.990 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2906 days ago · 11 km deep · 17 km away
  60. 1.874 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 22 km deep · 27 km away

The first 60 of 89.

Before

  1. 3.059 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 56 km deep · 21 km away
  2. 1.662 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 42 km deep · 15 km away
  3. 2.157 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 46 km deep · 28 km away
  4. 1.686 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 43 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 1.572 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 42 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 1.846 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 2.1152 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 39 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 1.565 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 51 km deep · 30 km away
  9. 2.673 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 1.950 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 75 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 2.179 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 22 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 2.535 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 72 km deep · 44 km away
  13. 2.144 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 58 km deep · 57 km away
  14. 1.638 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 69 km deep · 59 km away
  15. 1.835 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 68 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 2.944 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 49 km deep · 34 km away
  17. 1.753 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 40 km deep · 39 km away
  18. 1.812 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 107 km deep · 69 km away
  19. 2.289 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 3.082 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak018bg6ihbd. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 7:30 PM UTC.