Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 105 km E of Nikolski, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 105 km E of Nikolski, Alaska on Fri, Nov 8, 2019, 3:17 PM AKST (00:17 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 52 km S of Unalaska, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-11-09 00:17:17 UTC
Depth
25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
52.853° N, 167.298° 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
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 46 in the 60 days after this one and 35 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.158 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2517 days ago · 38 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 2.064 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2516 days ago · 28 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 1.825 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2516 days ago · 41 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 2.2Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2516 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
  5. 2.1111 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2516 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
  6. 2.0100 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2516 days ago · 32 km deep · 32 km away
  7. 1.761 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2515 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 2.655 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2514 days ago · 54 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 2.8159 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2514 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 2.4172 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2514 days ago · 21 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 2.265 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2513 days ago · 73 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 2.333 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2513 days ago · 91 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 1.660 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2512 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 1.971 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2512 days ago · 16 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 2.578 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2506 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
  16. 2.349 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2502 days ago · 44 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 2.3122 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2502 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
  18. 2.956 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2498 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 4.097 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  20. 2.942 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 39 km deep · 81 km away
  21. 2.388 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
  22. 1.955 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 57 km deep · 74 km away
  23. 2.868 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 71 km deep · 56 km away
  24. 4.352 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 61 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 9
  25. 2.1121 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
  26. 3.173 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 31 km deep · 61 km away
  27. 1.572 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
  28. 4.0156 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  29. 3.881 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 56 km deep · 50 km away
  30. 1.967 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 25 km deep · 42 km away
  31. 3.162 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 113 km deep · 68 km away
  32. 1.887 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 17 km deep · 37 km away
  33. 2.756 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 68 km deep · 69 km away
  34. 2.163 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 100 km deep · 87 km away
  35. 2.4142 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  36. 2.817 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 51 km deep · 90 km away
  37. 4.070 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 36 km deep · 100 km away
  38. 3.051 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  39. 2.4102 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 38 km deep · 69 km away
  40. 3.885 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
  41. 3.084 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 32 km deep · 47 km away
  42. 3.292 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  43. 4.150 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
  44. 2.080 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 18 km deep · 44 km away
  45. 2.093 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 55 km deep · 57 km away
  46. 2.566 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 51 km deep · 61 km away

Before

  1. 1.665 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2519 days ago · 48 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 1.754 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2520 days ago · 59 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 3.998 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2522 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 3.182 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2522 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 1.697 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2524 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 2.147 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2524 days ago · 66 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 2.963 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2524 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 2.788 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2526 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  9. 2.281 km S of Unalaska, AK · 2526 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  10. 4.073 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2527 days ago · 28 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 1.821 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2527 days ago · 50 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 2.339 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2527 days ago · 57 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 2.992 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2527 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
  14. 2.753 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 30 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 3.332 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 2.436 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 34 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 2.2111 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2530 days ago · 73 km deep · 17 km away
  18. 2.769 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2531 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
  19. 2.4126 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2533 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  20. 2.3136 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2533 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away

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