Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 74 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 74 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska on Fri, Dec 28, 2018, 2:53 PM AKST (23:53 UTC), 71 km (44 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
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-12-28 23:53:01 UTC
Depth
70.5 km (43.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
53.498° N, 167.468° 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
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 36 in the 60 days after this one and 27 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.375 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 21 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 3.3108 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 3.675 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 1.871 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 18 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 3.748 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 32 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 1.977 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
  7. 2.180 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 29 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 2.832 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 66 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 2.569 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 2.3126 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 54 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 2.585 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 31 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 3.6Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 37 km deep · 56 km away
  13. 2.179 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 64 km deep · 29 km away
  14. 1.778 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 69 km deep · 22 km away
  15. 2.242 km NNE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 100 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 2.2106 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 1.892 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 38 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 3.262 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
  19. 2.261 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  20. 1.510 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 73 km deep · 77 km away
  21. 2.679 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 19 km deep · 64 km away
  22. 1.657 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
  23. 1.978 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 71 km deep · 33 km away
  24. 2.279 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 17 km deep · 78 km away
  25. 2.076 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2792 days ago · 19 km deep · 59 km away
  26. 1.9Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 24 km deep · 64 km away
  27. 2.2134 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  28. 1.935 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  29. 1.871 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 34 km deep · 51 km away
  30. 1.848 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 63 km deep · 40 km away
  31. 1.980 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  32. 1.552 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 14 km deep · 24 km away
  33. 1.9107 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 30 km deep · 57 km away
  34. 2.175 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 68 km deep · 37 km away
  35. 2.134 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 62 km deep · 76 km away
  36. 2.380 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 61 km deep · 60 km away

Before

  1. 2.978 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 3.448 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 2.451 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
  4. 2.672 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 2.367 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 45 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 2.778 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 2.342 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
  8. 2.451 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 2.460 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 39 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 2.684 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 27 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 3.389 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 24 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 2.452 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2848 days ago · 56 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 2.181 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2848 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 4.078 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 2.467 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 37 km deep · 68 km away
  16. 1.78 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
  17. 2.388 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2852 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
  18. 3.588 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2852 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
  19. 2.488 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 1.973 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 15 km deep · 22 km away

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