Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 85 km NE of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 85 km NE of Akutan, Alaska on Sun, Oct 6, 2019, 4:30 PM AKDT (00:30 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 114 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-10-07 00:30:49 UTC
Depth
4.1 km (2.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.632° N, 164.779° 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
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 35 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.833 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2549 days ago · 80 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 2.698 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2548 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 1.979 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 52 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 2.945 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 74 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 2.883 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 128 km deep · 8 km away
  6. 2.079 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 47 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 2.529 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 131 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 1.634 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2534 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 2.948 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2531 days ago · 84 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 3.8114 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2530 days ago · 42 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 1.982 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2528 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 2.075 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 2527 days ago · 93 km deep · 19 km away
  13. 2.048 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2527 days ago · 84 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 2.078 km NE of Akutan, Alaska · 2523 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
  15. 1.712 km WNW of Akutan, Alaska · 2520 days ago · 21 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 1.952 km NE of Akutan, Alaska · 2519 days ago · 98 km deep · 33 km away
  17. 1.997 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2517 days ago · 59 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 2.073 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2516 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  19. 3.127 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2515 days ago · 125 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 2.810 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2514 days ago · 98 km deep · 79 km away
  21. 2.910 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2512 days ago · 122 km deep · 84 km away
  22. 1.918 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2510 days ago · 74 km deep · 82 km away
  23. 2.191 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2510 days ago · 49 km deep · 96 km away
  24. 3.739 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2509 days ago · 70 km deep · 97 km away
  25. 2.2101 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2509 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
  26. 2.9112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2505 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  27. 2.2107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2503 days ago · 51 km deep · 88 km away
  28. 2.395 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2501 days ago · 58 km deep · 86 km away
  29. 2.1Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2500 days ago · 84 km deep · 39 km away
  30. 2.822 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2500 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  31. 2.6111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2499 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
  32. 3.313 km W of Akutan, Alaska · 2499 days ago · 98 km deep · 96 km away
  33. 2.548 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 36 km deep · 71 km away
  34. 2.096 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 39 km deep · 72 km away
  35. 2.649 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 69 km deep · 94 km away

Before

  1. 1.775 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2550 days ago · 50 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 1.882 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 2.829 km NNW of Akutan, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 158 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 2.568 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2554 days ago · 79 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 1.785 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 2555 days ago · 24 km deep · 15 km away
  6. 4.263 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2556 days ago · 73 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 1.932 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2558 days ago · 73 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 3.618 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2559 days ago · 102 km deep · 100 km away
  9. 2.122 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2560 days ago · -2 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 2.0105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2563 days ago · 45 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 2.183 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 50 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 2.045 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2570 days ago · 59 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 3.5115 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2572 days ago · 41 km deep · 100 km away
  14. 5.416 km SSW of Akutan, Alaska · 2573 days ago · 67 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 29
  15. 2.961 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2576 days ago · 69 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 2.062 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2576 days ago · 76 km deep · 72 km away

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