Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 21 km S of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 21 km S of Unalaska, Alaska on Tue, Dec 17, 2019, 3:58 AM AKST (12:58 UTC), 117 km (73 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
2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2019-12-17 12:58:01 UTC
Depth
116.7 km (72.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
53.685° N, 166.498° 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: 48 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.9Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 31 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 3.051 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
  3. 1.932 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 41 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 1.75 km NNW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 2.519 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 109 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 2.934 km NNW of Akutan, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 133 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 3.885 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 3.084 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 32 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 2.111 km NW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
  10. 1.776 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 17 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 3.292 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 2.133 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 69 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 2.080 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 18 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 1.513 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  15. 2.093 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2468 days ago · 55 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 2.566 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 51 km deep · 47 km away
  17. 2.087 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 3.9Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 37 km deep · 59 km away
  19. 2.371 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 58 km deep · 77 km away
  20. 2.043 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 14 km deep · 36 km away
  21. 1.66 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  22. 2.763 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 57 km deep · 43 km away
  23. 2.182 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
  24. 2.325 km SSW of Akutan, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 77 km deep · 47 km away
  25. 2.952 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 88 km deep · 65 km away
  26. 2.970 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 53 km deep · 92 km away
  27. 2.2107 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 44 km deep · 91 km away
  28. 3.367 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 40 km deep · 46 km away
  29. 2.271 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 40 km deep · 56 km away
  30. 1.943 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 61 km deep · 86 km away
  31. 1.978 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 43 km deep · 60 km away
  32. 1.861 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 25 km deep · 48 km away
  33. 1.6Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
  34. 2.177 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  35. 2.956 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 61 km deep · 37 km away
  36. 2.982 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  37. 2.032 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 74 km deep · 64 km away
  38. 3.223 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 69 km deep · 65 km away
  39. 2.880 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  40. 3.677 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 21 km deep · 57 km away
  41. 2.252 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 121 km deep · 45 km away
  42. 3.782 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  43. 2.776 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 31 km deep · 57 km away
  44. 2.075 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 43 km deep · 62 km away
  45. 2.770 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
  46. 1.639 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 63 km deep · 19 km away
  47. 2.639 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 94 km deep · 47 km away
  48. 2.573 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2423 days ago · 102 km deep · 70 km away

Before

  1. 2.163 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 100 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 2.756 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 68 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 1.887 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 17 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 3.162 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 43 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 1.766 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 49 km deep · 54 km away
  6. 2.028 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 66 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 3.881 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 56 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 1.973 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 52 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 1.857 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 75 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 1.572 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 3.173 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 31 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 1.773 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 21 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 2.649 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 69 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 3.466 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  15. 4.352 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 61 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 9
  16. 1.874 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away
  17. 2.868 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 71 km deep · 52 km away
  18. 1.955 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 57 km deep · 35 km away
  19. 2.388 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 2.065 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away

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