M2.0 earthquake 61 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 61 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska on Mon, Aug 17, 2020, 8:26 PM AKDT (04:26 UTC), 14 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 29 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-08-18 04:26:05 UTC
- Depth
- 13.6 km (8.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.547° N, 167.293° 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
- 32
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 54 in the 60 days after this one and 34 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.5103 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 48 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.714 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.566 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 97 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.588 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 28 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.514 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.676 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 30 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.949 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 49 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.682 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 32 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.515 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.877 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 37 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.814 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.542 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 17 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.861 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.715 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.2103 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 78 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.938 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 76 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.546 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 34 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.1104 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 40 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.170 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.614 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 82 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.881 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 81 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.593 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.183 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.281 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.929 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 77 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.915 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.378 km NE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 144 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.615 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.241 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 36 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.927 km ENE of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 105 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.377 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 58 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.820 km NE of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 99 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.891 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 48 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.568 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.991 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.558 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 72 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.2100 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.394 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.283 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 118 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.883 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 58 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.236 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 107 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.538 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 32 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.887 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 17 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.896 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 39 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.644 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.761 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 43 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.871 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 28 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.540 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 61 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.765 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.945 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 27 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.768 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 38 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.974 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 71 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.667 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 49 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.529 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 107 km deep · 37 km away
Before
- 1.962 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.276 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 28 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.975 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.644 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.626 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 87 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.514 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.614 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.384 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 14 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.952 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 50 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.999 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.677 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.657 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 42 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.185 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.89 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 83 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.859 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2246 days ago · 73 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.617 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.518 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.518 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.717 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.696 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 40 km deep · 48 km away
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