Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 79 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 79 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska on Mon, Nov 30, 2020, 1:53 PM AKST (22:53 UTC), 9 km (6 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
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-11-30 22:53:11 UTC
Depth
9.3 km (5.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.341° N, 167.341° 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: 182 in the 60 days after this one and 49 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.613 km NE of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 6.446 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 11 · tsunami flag
  3. 2.762 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 3.646 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 32 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 2.460 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 3.155 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.958 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 2.343 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 50 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 3.050 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
  10. 2.850 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 2.145 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 43 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 3.149 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 2.751 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 2.058 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 21 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 2.154 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 2.247 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 42 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 2.250 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 27 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 2.148 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 43 km deep · 88 km away
  19. 2.152 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 3.241 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 34 km deep · 96 km away
  21. 2.549 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 27 km deep · 84 km away
  22. 2.044 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 42 km deep · 93 km away
  23. 2.052 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 22 km deep · 85 km away
  24. 2.955 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away
  25. 2.052 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
  26. 2.053 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
  27. 2.049 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 41 km deep · 88 km away
  28. 2.056 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
  29. 2.052 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
  30. 2.260 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 32 km deep · 86 km away
  31. 3.162 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  32. 2.073 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  33. 2.063 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
  34. 2.049 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  35. 2.053 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 21 km deep · 78 km away
  36. 3.452 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 30 km deep · 80 km away
  37. 1.964 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
  38. 3.053 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  39. 2.058 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 21 km deep · 80 km away
  40. 2.058 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  41. 4.541 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 39 km deep · 93 km away
  42. 2.070 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 19 km deep · 79 km away
  43. 1.949 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 23 km deep · 83 km away
  44. 2.159 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
  45. 2.053 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away
  46. 2.252 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 42 km deep · 93 km away
  47. 2.556 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 30 km deep · 93 km away
  48. 2.053 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 21 km deep · 87 km away
  49. 4.440 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 39 km deep · 94 km away
  50. 3.949 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 36 km deep · 92 km away
  51. 2.950 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
  52. 2.151 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 42 km deep · 92 km away
  53. 2.240 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 57 km deep · 90 km away
  54. 3.243 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  55. 2.542 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 43 km deep · 87 km away
  56. 2.263 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  57. 2.842 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 34 km deep · 100 km away
  58. 2.244 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 41 km deep · 79 km away
  59. 2.148 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 40 km deep · 100 km away
  60. 2.643 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away

The first 60 of 182.

Before

  1. 3.145 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 4.837 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 48 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.959 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 3.853 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 5.545 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 34 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 5
  6. 3.184 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
  7. 1.972 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
  8. 2.942 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 77 km deep · 44 km away
  9. 3.384 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 72 km deep · 12 km away
  10. 1.766 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
  11. 1.664 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2139 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
  12. 2.155 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2139 days ago · 15 km deep · 26 km away
  13. 1.9Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2141 days ago · 43 km deep · 62 km away
  14. 3.829 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2141 days ago · 74 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 1.724 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2141 days ago · 73 km deep · 78 km away
  16. 3.888 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 71 km deep · 40 km away
  17. 2.670 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 44 km deep · 83 km away
  18. 1.637 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 36 km deep · 69 km away
  19. 2.7101 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  20. 2.687 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 35 km deep · 8 km away

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