Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 73 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 73 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska on Wed, Dec 4, 2019, 5:27 PM AKST (02:27 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-12-05 02:27:30 UTC
Depth
21.1 km (13.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.449° N, 165.686° 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
11

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 61 in the 60 days after this one and 46 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.173 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 31 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 1.572 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 1.857 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 75 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 1.973 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 52 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 2.088 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 21 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 2.028 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 66 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 1.979 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 34 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 1.766 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 49 km deep · 8 km away
  9. 3.162 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 43 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 1.887 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 2.756 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 68 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 3.593 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  13. 2.221 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 117 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 2.597 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 2.9Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 31 km deep · 7 km away
  16. 3.051 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 1.932 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 41 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 1.75 km NNW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 3.493 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 29 km deep · 56 km away
  20. 2.519 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 109 km deep · 66 km away
  21. 3.084 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 32 km deep · 80 km away
  22. 2.345 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 83 km deep · 96 km away
  23. 2.111 km NW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  24. 1.776 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2470 days ago · 17 km deep · 20 km away
  25. 3.292 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  26. 2.133 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 69 km deep · 56 km away
  27. 2.080 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
  28. 1.513 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
  29. 3.1101 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
  30. 3.0108 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  31. 2.359 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 72 km deep · 87 km away
  32. 2.566 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 51 km deep · 73 km away
  33. 2.087 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
  34. 3.9Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 37 km deep · 80 km away
  35. 2.371 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 58 km deep · 25 km away
  36. 2.043 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
  37. 1.66 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  38. 2.676 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 47 km deep · 78 km away
  39. 2.893 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 27 km deep · 53 km away
  40. 2.763 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 57 km deep · 58 km away
  41. 2.182 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
  42. 2.274 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  43. 2.325 km SSW of Akutan, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 77 km deep · 54 km away
  44. 2.952 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 88 km deep · 29 km away
  45. 2.684 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 59 km deep · 76 km away
  46. 2.970 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 53 km deep · 44 km away
  47. 2.2107 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 44 km deep · 37 km away
  48. 3.367 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 40 km deep · 59 km away
  49. 2.8146 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  50. 2.271 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 40 km deep · 7 km away
  51. 1.943 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 61 km deep · 59 km away
  52. 1.978 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 43 km deep · 88 km away
  53. 1.861 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
  54. 2.177 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
  55. 2.956 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 61 km deep · 32 km away
  56. 2.982 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  57. 2.032 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 74 km deep · 47 km away
  58. 3.3135 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  59. 2.770 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 80 km deep · 98 km away
  60. 3.223 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 69 km deep · 56 km away

The first 60 of 61.

Before

  1. 2.649 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 69 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 3.466 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away
  3. 4.352 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 61 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 9
  4. 1.874 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 20 km deep · 5 km away
  5. 2.868 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 71 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 1.955 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 57 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 2.388 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 2.065 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 26 km deep · 12 km away
  9. 3.484 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
  10. 2.276 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 22 km deep · 22 km away
  11. 2.548 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 36 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 3.660 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2498 days ago · 65 km deep · 37 km away
  13. 2.956 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2498 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 3.313 km W of Akutan, Alaska · 2499 days ago · 98 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 1.874 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2499 days ago · 25 km deep · 4 km away
  16. 2.395 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2501 days ago · 58 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 3.178 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2501 days ago · 24 km deep · 55 km away
  18. 2.3122 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2502 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 2.173 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2503 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
  20. 3.362 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2506 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away

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