M1.5 earthquake 15 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 15 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska on Mon, Aug 24, 2020, 11:50 PM AKDT (07:50 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 29 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-08-25 07:50:29 UTC
- Depth
- 6.4 km (4.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.858° N, 166.768° 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
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 49 in the 60 days after this one and 45 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.814 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.542 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 17 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.861 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.715 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.2103 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 78 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.938 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 76 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.546 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 34 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.170 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.614 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 82 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.881 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 81 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.183 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.281 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.929 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 77 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.946 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 38 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.915 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.378 km NE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 144 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.615 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.427 km NNE of Akutan, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 159 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.241 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 36 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.986 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 49 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.927 km ENE of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 105 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.377 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 58 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.816 km SSW of Akutan, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 77 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.820 km NE of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 99 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.568 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.558 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 72 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.283 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 118 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.871 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 24 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.538 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 32 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.2Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.887 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 17 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.896 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 39 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.949 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 58 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.644 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 24 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.761 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 43 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.871 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 28 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.540 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 61 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.537 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 69 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.765 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.945 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 27 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.768 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 38 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.974 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 71 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.667 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 49 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.529 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 107 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.070 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 67 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.747 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 52 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.779 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.054 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 56 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.622 km SSW of Akutan, Alaska · 2169 days ago · 92 km deep · 55 km away
Before
- 1.676 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 30 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.514 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.566 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 97 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.714 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.690 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.681 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.677 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.5103 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 48 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.061 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.962 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.668 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 38 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.276 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 28 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.216 km W of Akutan, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 21 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.815 km W of Akutan, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 19 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.975 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.626 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 87 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.514 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.747 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 57 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.614 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.384 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
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