Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 80 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 80 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska on Tue, Nov 17, 2020, 11:36 PM AKST (08:36 UTC), 99 km (62 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.4 46 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-11-18 08:36:08 UTC
Depth
99.3 km (61.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
53.510° N, 167.586° 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
15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 150 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.146 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 78 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 2.687 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2141 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 2.7101 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2141 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 1.637 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 36 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 3.888 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 71 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 1.724 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2139 days ago · 73 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 3.829 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2139 days ago · 74 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 1.9Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2139 days ago · 43 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 2.155 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 15 km deep · 29 km away
  10. 1.664 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
  11. 1.766 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 3.384 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 72 km deep · 14 km away
  13. 2.942 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 77 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 1.972 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
  15. 3.184 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  16. 5.545 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 34 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 5
  17. 3.853 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 1.959 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 4.837 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 48 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  20. 3.145 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  21. 1.879 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
  22. 1.613 km NE of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
  23. 6.446 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 11 · tsunami flag
  24. 3.646 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 32 km deep · 94 km away
  25. 2.460 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
  26. 3.155 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  27. 2.343 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 50 km deep · 96 km away
  28. 2.145 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 43 km deep · 95 km away
  29. 3.149 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 24 km deep · 95 km away
  30. 2.058 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 21 km deep · 100 km away
  31. 2.154 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  32. 2.247 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 42 km deep · 95 km away
  33. 2.250 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 27 km deep · 93 km away
  34. 2.148 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 43 km deep · 95 km away
  35. 2.549 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 27 km deep · 90 km away
  36. 2.044 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 42 km deep · 98 km away
  37. 2.052 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
  38. 2.053 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 21 km deep · 93 km away
  39. 2.049 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 41 km deep · 95 km away
  40. 2.056 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 21 km deep · 97 km away
  41. 2.052 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 21 km deep · 93 km away
  42. 2.260 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 32 km deep · 96 km away
  43. 3.162 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  44. 2.073 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  45. 2.063 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
  46. 2.049 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  47. 2.053 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
  48. 3.452 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 30 km deep · 87 km away
  49. 1.964 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
  50. 2.058 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 21 km deep · 89 km away
  51. 2.058 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  52. 4.541 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 39 km deep · 98 km away
  53. 2.070 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 19 km deep · 91 km away
  54. 1.949 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
  55. 2.159 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
  56. 2.053 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
  57. 2.053 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
  58. 4.440 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 39 km deep · 98 km away
  59. 3.949 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 36 km deep · 99 km away
  60. 2.151 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 42 km deep · 99 km away

The first 60 of 150.

Before

  1. 4.183 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2144 days ago · 36 km deep · 27 km away
  2. 1.864 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2144 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 2.665 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2144 days ago · 52 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 2.980 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2144 days ago · 68 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 3.639 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 56 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 1.944 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 15 km deep · 38 km away
  7. 2.290 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2146 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 1.880 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2147 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 3.279 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2147 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 1.827 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2148 days ago · 75 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 3.155 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 42 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 1.881 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2152 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 3.783 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2152 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  14. 1.957 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 23 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 1.531 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 70 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 2.382 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 3.053 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2156 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 3.268 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2158 days ago · 76 km deep · 25 km away
  19. 3.549 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2159 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 2.856 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2159 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away

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