Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 4 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 4 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska on Mon, Jun 17, 2019, 3:11 AM AKDT (11:11 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 82 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2019-06-17 11:11:49 UTC
Depth
10.4 km (6.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.833° N, 166.562° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
1.5ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
1.2ML, local (Richter)AVFinal · ±0.339 · 17 stations

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
25

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 64 in the 60 days after this one and 34 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.813 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2666 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  2. 2.023 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2665 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 2.022 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2665 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  4. 3.268 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2665 days ago · 69 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 1.653 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2662 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 1.99 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2660 days ago · 114 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 2.269 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 2660 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 1.9100 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2658 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 2.133 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2656 days ago · 66 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 2.052 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2655 days ago · 57 km deep · 48 km away
  11. 1.851 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2655 days ago · 51 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 2.074 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2655 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 1.8Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2654 days ago · 80 km deep · 54 km away
  14. 3.183 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2654 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 1.929 km NNW of Akutan, Alaska · 2653 days ago · 111 km deep · 68 km away
  16. 1.561 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2653 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  17. 2.781 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2652 days ago · 46 km deep · 77 km away
  18. 1.876 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2652 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 1.653 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2652 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 1.970 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2651 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  21. 1.974 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2651 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  22. 2.676 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2649 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  23. 2.140 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2648 days ago · 58 km deep · 64 km away
  24. 2.448 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2647 days ago · 66 km deep · 43 km away
  25. 2.0Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2644 days ago · 73 km deep · 22 km away
  26. 1.583 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2643 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
  27. 1.560 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2643 days ago · 42 km deep · 58 km away
  28. 1.567 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2642 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
  29. 3.030 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2640 days ago · 76 km deep · 29 km away
  30. 2.151 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2638 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  31. 2.073 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2638 days ago · 83 km deep · 68 km away
  32. 1.534 km SSW of Akutan, Alaska · 2638 days ago · 75 km deep · 39 km away
  33. 2.065 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2636 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  34. 2.082 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2636 days ago · 44 km deep · 80 km away
  35. 1.990 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2635 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  36. 1.774 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2635 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
  37. 2.959 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2634 days ago · 90 km deep · 55 km away
  38. 1.935 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2633 days ago · 68 km deep · 89 km away
  39. 1.987 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2632 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away
  40. 1.651 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2632 days ago · 17 km deep · 50 km away
  41. 2.051 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2631 days ago · 52 km deep · 86 km away
  42. 1.733 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2631 days ago · 70 km deep · 29 km away
  43. 1.940 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2629 days ago · 65 km deep · 35 km away
  44. 1.648 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2629 days ago · 32 km deep · 94 km away
  45. 2.142 km N of Akutan, Alaska · 2629 days ago · 126 km deep · 91 km away
  46. 1.786 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2627 days ago · 51 km deep · 81 km away
  47. 2.554 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2627 days ago · 40 km deep · 52 km away
  48. 2.053 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2626 days ago · 45 km deep · 86 km away
  49. 2.717 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2626 days ago · 113 km deep · 59 km away
  50. 1.778 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2624 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
  51. 1.575 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2624 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
  52. 2.166 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2623 days ago · 52 km deep · 63 km away
  53. 1.837 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2622 days ago · 65 km deep · 82 km away
  54. 2.497 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2622 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  55. 1.862 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2621 days ago · 48 km deep · 89 km away
  56. 2.148 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2619 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
  57. 2.6103 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2619 days ago · 24 km deep · 98 km away
  58. 1.662 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2617 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
  59. 2.5101 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2617 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  60. 3.483 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2613 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away

The first 60 of 64.

Before

  1. 2.045 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2667 days ago · 71 km deep · 40 km away
  2. 1.64 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2667 days ago · 11 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 2.0100 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2668 days ago · 59 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 1.671 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2671 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 2.640 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 2671 days ago · 69 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 1.674 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2672 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 1.769 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2672 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 2.3104 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2672 days ago · 1 km deep · 100 km away
  9. 2.5102 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2672 days ago · 30 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 2.764 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2672 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  11. 1.8103 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2674 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 2.047 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2674 days ago · 67 km deep · 43 km away
  13. 2.212 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2675 days ago · 81 km deep · 8 km away
  14. 1.990 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2676 days ago · 107 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 1.634 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2676 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
  16. 2.847 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2677 days ago · 107 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 1.637 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2679 days ago · 69 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 3.046 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 2679 days ago · 64 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 3.292 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2680 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 1.863 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2680 days ago · 70 km deep · 58 km away

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