Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 52 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 52 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska on Sat, Feb 16, 2019, 4:27 PM AKST (01:27 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 127 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-02-17 01:27:08 UTC
Depth
14.3 km (8.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.550° N, 167.110° 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: 56 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.9107 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 30 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 2.175 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 68 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 2.134 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 62 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 2.380 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 61 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 2.153 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 24 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 2.767 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 100 km deep · 38 km away
  7. 2.377 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 2.6102 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 24 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 2.182 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 42 km deep · 46 km away
  10. 1.830 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 71 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 2.177 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 3.640 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 2768 days ago · 91 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 2.088 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2766 days ago · 27 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 1.645 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2765 days ago · 46 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 1.860 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2765 days ago · 37 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 3.673 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 28 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 2.682 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 28 km deep · 45 km away
  18. 1.884 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2763 days ago · 41 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 2.033 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2763 days ago · 68 km deep · 37 km away
  20. 2.561 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 69 km deep · 25 km away
  21. 2.326 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 78 km deep · 40 km away
  22. 1.812 km ENE of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 78 km deep · 66 km away
  23. 2.176 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
  24. 1.788 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 38 km deep · 71 km away
  25. 1.684 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2756 days ago · 59 km deep · 36 km away
  26. 1.737 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 64 km deep · 52 km away
  27. 1.858 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 54 km deep · 98 km away
  28. 2.351 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2752 days ago · 29 km deep · 91 km away
  29. 2.231 km SSW of Akutan, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 72 km deep · 82 km away
  30. 2.465 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2748 days ago · 24 km deep · 83 km away
  31. 2.365 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2748 days ago · 24 km deep · 81 km away
  32. 2.765 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2748 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away
  33. 2.081 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
  34. 2.381 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 34 km deep · 87 km away
  35. 1.946 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
  36. 2.360 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2745 days ago · 24 km deep · 79 km away
  37. 2.247 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2745 days ago · 58 km deep · 72 km away
  38. 1.967 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2744 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
  39. 2.398 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2743 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away
  40. 2.288 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2743 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
  41. 2.560 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2738 days ago · 45 km deep · 68 km away
  42. 2.288 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2737 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away
  43. 2.355 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2737 days ago · 89 km deep · 3 km away
  44. 2.266 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2737 days ago · 31 km deep · 97 km away
  45. 1.788 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2735 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
  46. 4.6127 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2732 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  47. 3.7125 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2732 days ago · 32 km deep · 95 km away
  48. 3.233 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2732 days ago · 68 km deep · 51 km away
  49. 2.648 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2731 days ago · 78 km deep · 25 km away
  50. 1.860 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2727 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
  51. 3.183 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2726 days ago · 31 km deep · 57 km away
  52. 2.678 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2725 days ago · 29 km deep · 31 km away
  53. 2.980 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2725 days ago · 29 km deep · 46 km away
  54. 2.677 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2724 days ago · 32 km deep · 26 km away
  55. 3.856 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2724 days ago · 53 km deep · 79 km away
  56. 2.518 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2723 days ago · 91 km deep · 37 km away

Before

  1. 1.980 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 1.723 km SSW of Akutan, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 72 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 1.848 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 63 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 1.871 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 34 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 1.935 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  6. 2.2134 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 1.9Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 24 km deep · 42 km away
  8. 2.076 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 19 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 2.279 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 17 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 1.978 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 71 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 1.657 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
  12. 2.679 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 19 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 1.510 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 73 km deep · 54 km away
  14. 2.261 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  15. 3.262 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
  16. 1.892 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 38 km deep · 71 km away
  17. 2.2106 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 11 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 1.778 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 69 km deep · 27 km away
  19. 2.279 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 2.179 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 64 km deep · 30 km away

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