M1.6 earthquake 52 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 52 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska on Sat, May 2, 2020, 8:21 AM AKDT (16:21 UTC), 52 km (32 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 23 km W 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
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-05-02 16:21:11 UTC
- Depth
- 51.7 km (32.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.624° N, 165.855° 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: 176 in the 60 days after this one and 24 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.181 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2342 days ago · 45 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.792 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2339 days ago · 27 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.999 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.196 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2334 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.517 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2334 days ago · 78 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.9Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2333 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.833 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2332 days ago · 62 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.992 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 62 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.228 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 112 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.080 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 78 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.5103 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.864 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 52 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.887 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.679 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.886 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.539 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 39 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.877 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 58 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.944 km NNE of Akutan, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 83 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.0100 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2327 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.234 km N of Akutan, Alaska · 2326 days ago · 111 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.738 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2326 days ago · 38 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.962 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2324 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.837 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2322 days ago · 73 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.524 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2321 days ago · 75 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.659 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2321 days ago · 51 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.982 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2319 days ago · 67 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.812 km W of Akutan, Alaska · 2318 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.143 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 57 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.918 km N of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 138 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.713 km WSW of Akutan, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.378 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2314 days ago · 22 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.813 km WSW of Akutan, Alaska · 2314 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.813 km WSW of Akutan, Alaska · 2313 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.791 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2312 days ago · 40 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.558 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2312 days ago · 46 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.671 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2310 days ago · 46 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.655 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2310 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.973 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2309 days ago · 44 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.780 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2307 days ago · 36 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.780 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2306 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.171 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2306 days ago · 46 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.777 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2306 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.177 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2306 days ago · 42 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.815 km WSW of Akutan, Alaska · 2306 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.980 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2306 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.291 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2305 days ago · 21 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.5132 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2305 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.981 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2304 days ago · 24 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.981 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2304 days ago · 23 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.083 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2304 days ago · 56 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.584 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2301 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.9110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2300 days ago · 19 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.655 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2299 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.523 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2298 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 12
- 2.214 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2298 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.1103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2298 days ago · 27 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.113 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2298 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
- 1.514 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2298 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.613 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2298 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.514 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2298 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
The first 60 of 176.
Before
- 1.535 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2344 days ago · 64 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.0101 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2344 days ago · 41 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.785 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2345 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.849 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 2345 days ago · 50 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.071 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2347 days ago · 74 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.759 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2347 days ago · 95 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.1129 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2349 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.928 km E of Unalaska, Alaska · 2351 days ago · 77 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.885 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2353 days ago · 36 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.925 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2353 days ago · 80 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.427 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2359 days ago · 75 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.648 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2359 days ago · 14 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.181 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2359 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.563 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2359 days ago · 38 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.979 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 24 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.665 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 50 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.548 km NE of Akutan, Alaska · 2364 days ago · 124 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.879 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2366 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.1Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2366 days ago · 72 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.534 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2367 days ago · 37 km deep · 22 km away
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