Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 13 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 13 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska on Wed, Jun 17, 2020, 1:06 AM AKDT (09:06 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 74 km S of Unalaska, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-06-17 09:06:29 UTC
Depth
8.2 km (5.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.844° N, 166.734° 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
2.0ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
1.89ML, local (Richter)AVFinal · ±0.414 · 12 stations

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

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Stations used
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 115 in the 60 days after this one and 90 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.216 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2297 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
  2. 3.315 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2297 days ago · 12 km deep · 7 km away
  3. 1.615 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2297 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  4. 1.816 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2297 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  5. 1.914 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2297 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
  6. 1.614 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2297 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 1.613 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2296 days ago · 9 km deep · 0 km away
  8. 2.011 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2296 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  9. 1.5Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2296 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 1.812 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2296 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  11. 1.612 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2296 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  12. 1.614 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2296 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  13. 1.813 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2295 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  14. 1.863 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2295 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  15. 3.117 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2295 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  16. 1.96 km WSW of Akutan, Alaska · 2295 days ago · 87 km deep · 64 km away
  17. 1.514 km W of Akutan, Alaska · 2295 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  18. 1.614 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2295 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  19. 2.716 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2294 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  20. 1.714 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2294 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  21. 1.614 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2294 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
  22. 2.072 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 2294 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  23. 1.814 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2294 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  24. 2.112 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2293 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  25. 1.915 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2293 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  26. 1.913 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2293 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
  27. 1.914 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2293 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  28. 1.614 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2292 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  29. 1.598 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2291 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  30. 1.515 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2291 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
  31. 1.513 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2290 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  32. 2.513 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2290 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  33. 1.765 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2290 days ago · 43 km deep · 73 km away
  34. 1.556 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2289 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
  35. 3.115 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2288 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  36. 1.712 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2288 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  37. 3.672 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2288 days ago · 74 km deep · 60 km away
  38. 1.513 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2288 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  39. 2.067 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2288 days ago · 55 km deep · 55 km away
  40. 1.629 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2287 days ago · 86 km deep · 26 km away
  41. 1.614 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2286 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  42. 1.715 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2286 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  43. 1.827 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2286 days ago · 75 km deep · 39 km away
  44. 1.514 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2285 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  45. 2.816 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2285 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  46. 3.716 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2285 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 2
  47. 2.079 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2285 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
  48. 1.512 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2285 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
  49. 1.613 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2285 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  50. 1.864 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 2285 days ago · 48 km deep · 78 km away
  51. 1.814 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2284 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  52. 1.5Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2284 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  53. 1.515 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2284 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
  54. 1.515 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2284 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  55. 1.674 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2282 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
  56. 1.815 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2282 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  57. 1.675 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2281 days ago · 64 km deep · 82 km away
  58. 1.776 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2279 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
  59. 1.661 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2279 days ago · 22 km deep · 61 km away
  60. 1.969 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2279 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away

The first 60 of 115.

Before

  1. 1.816 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2297 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 1.514 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2297 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 1.613 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2297 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 1.913 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2297 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  5. 2.143 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2297 days ago · 81 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 1.815 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2297 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  7. 1.756 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2298 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 1.715 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2298 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  9. 1.617 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2298 days ago · 11 km deep · 4 km away
  10. 1.916 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2298 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  11. 1.715 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2298 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
  12. 1.916 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2298 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  13. 2.617 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2298 days ago · 12 km deep · 4 km away
  14. 2.316 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2298 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  15. 3.417 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2298 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
  16. 1.613 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2298 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  17. 1.617 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2298 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  18. 1.612 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2298 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  19. 1.914 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2298 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  20. 1.614 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2298 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away

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