Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 51 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 51 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska on Mon, Dec 24, 2018, 4:48 AM AKST (13:48 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 48 km E of Nikolski, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-12-24 13:48:03 UTC
Depth
13.2 km (8.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.575° N, 167.130° 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
30

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 34 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.157 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 46 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 1.862 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 47 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 2.978 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 15 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 2.074 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 71 km deep · 24 km away
  5. 2.375 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 21 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 2.354 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 51 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 2.561 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 30 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 2.947 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 1.761 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 34 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 3.445 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 59 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 3.3108 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 3.675 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 1.871 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 18 km deep · 20 km away
  14. 3.748 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 32 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 1.977 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
  16. 1.865 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 2.180 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 29 km deep · 100 km away
  18. 1.734 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 72 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 1.759 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 47 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 2.832 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 66 km deep · 42 km away
  21. 2.684 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  22. 2.569 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  23. 2.669 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
  24. 2.3126 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 54 km deep · 94 km away
  25. 1.830 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 62 km deep · 100 km away
  26. 2.585 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 31 km deep · 56 km away
  27. 3.6Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 37 km deep · 49 km away
  28. 2.179 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 64 km deep · 32 km away
  29. 2.279 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  30. 1.778 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 69 km deep · 29 km away
  31. 2.2106 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
  32. 1.892 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 38 km deep · 73 km away
  33. 3.262 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
  34. 2.261 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  35. 1.510 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 73 km deep · 54 km away
  36. 2.679 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 19 km deep · 54 km away
  37. 1.657 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
  38. 1.978 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 71 km deep · 56 km away
  39. 2.279 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away
  40. 2.076 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 19 km deep · 50 km away
  41. 1.9Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2791 days ago · 24 km deep · 44 km away
  42. 1.935 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  43. 1.871 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 34 km deep · 71 km away
  44. 1.848 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 63 km deep · 21 km away
  45. 1.723 km SSW of Akutan, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 72 km deep · 91 km away
  46. 1.980 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  47. 1.552 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 14 km deep · 3 km away
  48. 1.9107 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 30 km deep · 65 km away

Before

  1. 2.672 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 2.367 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 45 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 2.778 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
  4. 2.342 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
  5. 2.869 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 40 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 2.460 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 39 km deep · 57 km away
  7. 2.684 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 27 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 3.389 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 24 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 2.128 km NE of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2845 days ago · 118 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 2.452 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 56 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 2.246 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 61 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 2.181 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 25 km deep · 49 km away
  13. 2.034 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 30 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 4.078 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  15. 2.467 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2850 days ago · 37 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 1.78 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 12 km deep · 43 km away
  17. 2.388 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2852 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  18. 3.588 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2852 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
  19. 2.248 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 50 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 2.488 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away

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