Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 30 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 30 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska on Thu, Nov 15, 2018, 11:51 PM AKST (08:51 UTC), 72 km (45 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 78 km S of Unalaska, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2018-11-16 08:51:53 UTC
Depth
72.1 km (44.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
53.759° N, 166.114° 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
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 73 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.070 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 1.511 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 12 km deep · 34 km away
  3. 1.790 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 23 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 1.792 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 2.467 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 38 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 1.577 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2872 days ago · 25 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 2.153 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2872 days ago · 47 km deep · 40 km away
  8. 2.277 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2872 days ago · 50 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 1.960 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2871 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 1.879 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2870 days ago · 17 km deep · 58 km away
  11. 1.953 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2869 days ago · 24 km deep · 59 km away
  12. 2.774 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 2868 days ago · 20 km deep · 45 km away
  13. 2.591 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 1.573 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2866 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 2.261 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2866 days ago · 56 km deep · 68 km away
  16. 1.977 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2866 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away
  17. 1.866 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2866 days ago · 23 km deep · 38 km away
  18. 1.865 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2866 days ago · 22 km deep · 38 km away
  19. 1.8Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2865 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 2.236 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2865 days ago · 38 km deep · 6 km away
  21. 1.846 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2862 days ago · 54 km deep · 38 km away
  22. 1.511 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 12 km deep · 34 km away
  23. 2.053 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 86 km deep · 67 km away
  24. 2.955 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 70 km deep · 74 km away
  25. 3.378 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 48 km deep · 79 km away
  26. 1.973 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
  27. 2.248 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 2857 days ago · 50 km deep · 29 km away
  28. 2.382 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2856 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
  29. 1.983 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2856 days ago · 23 km deep · 67 km away
  30. 3.588 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
  31. 2.388 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  32. 1.78 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 12 km deep · 36 km away
  33. 3.458 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2853 days ago · 58 km deep · 55 km away
  34. 2.467 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2853 days ago · 37 km deep · 61 km away
  35. 4.078 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2852 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  36. 2.034 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 2852 days ago · 30 km deep · 23 km away
  37. 2.181 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2852 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
  38. 2.246 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 2852 days ago · 61 km deep · 23 km away
  39. 2.136 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 64 km deep · 54 km away
  40. 3.0Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2848 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
  41. 2.128 km NE of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2848 days ago · 118 km deep · 31 km away
  42. 3.389 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 24 km deep · 88 km away
  43. 2.684 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 27 km deep · 82 km away
  44. 2.460 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 39 km deep · 49 km away
  45. 2.388 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2846 days ago · 54 km deep · 92 km away
  46. 2.869 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2846 days ago · 40 km deep · 40 km away
  47. 2.342 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
  48. 2.778 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  49. 2.747 km N of Akutan, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 153 km deep · 90 km away
  50. 2.1100 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 36 km deep · 92 km away
  51. 2.672 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  52. 2.451 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
  53. 2.184 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 19 km deep · 62 km away
  54. 2.157 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 46 km deep · 30 km away
  55. 1.862 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 47 km deep · 36 km away
  56. 2.978 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
  57. 2.074 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 71 km deep · 94 km away
  58. 2.879 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 42 km deep · 87 km away
  59. 2.1104 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
  60. 2.375 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 21 km deep · 72 km away

The first 60 of 73.

Before

  1. 2.330 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2879 days ago · 70 km deep · 5 km away
  2. 1.934 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2879 days ago · 71 km deep · 7 km away
  3. 4.616 km E of Unalaska, Alaska · 2879 days ago · 84 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 3
  4. 2.087 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2880 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 2.695 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2880 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 2.172 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2881 days ago · 61 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 1.962 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 2883 days ago · 40 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 2.318 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2883 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 1.618 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  10. 1.820 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 1.720 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  12. 1.979 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 2.769 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2885 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  14. 2.276 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2885 days ago · 50 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 2.890 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2885 days ago · 27 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 3.687 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2885 days ago · 27 km deep · 70 km away
  17. 2.662 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2887 days ago · 28 km deep · 45 km away
  18. 2.127 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2889 days ago · 75 km deep · 34 km away
  19. 2.087 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2889 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
  20. 2.043 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2890 days ago · 24 km deep · 48 km away

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