Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 45 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 45 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska on Mon, Dec 23, 2019, 3:21 PM AKST (00:21 UTC), 83 km (51 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 48 km S of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-12-24 00:21:38 UTC
Depth
82.6 km (51.3 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
54.244° N, 165.105° 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: 42 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.776 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2470 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 2.133 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 69 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 2.6117 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 3.1101 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 2.283 km NE of Akutan, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  6. 2.873 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 65 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 2.359 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 72 km deep · 25 km away
  8. 2.087 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 2.2114 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 23 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 2.371 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 58 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 2.066 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 24 km deep · 23 km away
  12. 2.687 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 51 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 2.187 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 53 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 2.676 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 47 km deep · 50 km away
  15. 2.893 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 27 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 3.3112 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 34 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 2.5110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 2.274 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  19. 2.325 km SSW of Akutan, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 77 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 2.952 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 88 km deep · 68 km away
  21. 2.684 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 59 km deep · 61 km away
  22. 2.970 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 53 km deep · 68 km away
  23. 1.943 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 61 km deep · 39 km away
  24. 2.1125 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
  25. 2.177 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  26. 2.032 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 74 km deep · 52 km away
  27. 2.770 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 80 km deep · 30 km away
  28. 3.223 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 69 km deep · 47 km away
  29. 2.636 km NE of Akutan, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 107 km deep · 28 km away
  30. 2.291 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 70 km deep · 54 km away
  31. 3.7106 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  32. 2.7111 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 28 km deep · 90 km away
  33. 2.8111 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  34. 2.075 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 43 km deep · 95 km away
  35. 2.794 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  36. 2.798 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  37. 2.488 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2423 days ago · 61 km deep · 97 km away
  38. 2.5115 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2420 days ago · 34 km deep · 92 km away
  39. 2.670 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2415 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  40. 3.848 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 2415 days ago · 70 km deep · 76 km away
  41. 1.9Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2413 days ago · 17 km deep · 84 km away
  42. 2.769 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2412 days ago · 53 km deep · 62 km away

Before

  1. 2.797 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 34 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 2.934 km NNW of Akutan, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 133 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 2.519 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 109 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 3.493 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 29 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 1.932 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 41 km deep · 25 km away
  6. 3.8121 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 2.9Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 31 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 2.597 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 2.3104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 3.593 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 3.162 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 43 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 1.766 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 49 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 1.979 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 34 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 2.090 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 22 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 2.028 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 66 km deep · 46 km away
  16. 2.088 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 2.299 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 41 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 2.994 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 62 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 1.973 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 52 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 1.857 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 75 km deep · 43 km away

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