M1.6 earthquake 53 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska

Magnitude

1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Alaska Earthquake Center

Local time

Wed, Jan 27, 2021, 5:34 AM AKST

UTC

2021-01-27 14:34:57 UTC

Depth

15.6 km (9.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

53.583° N, 167.172° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Stations used

22

• Unalaska, AlaskaPopulation 4,491. Forecast53 kmSW

After

1. 4.068 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaWed, Jan 27, 10:29 AM AKST · 2074 days ago · 59 km deep · 39 km away
2. 1.993 km E of Nikolski, AlaskaWed, Jan 27, 11:05 AM AKST · 2074 days ago · 31 km deep · 71 km away
3. 1.760 km SSE of Unalaska, AlaskaWed, Jan 27, 11:57 AM AKST · 2074 days ago · 41 km deep · 73 km away
4. 2.774 km SE of Unalaska, AlaskaSun, Jan 31, 4:29 AM AKST · 2070 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
5. 2.3119 km S of Unalaska, AlaskaSun, Jan 31, 9:41 AM AKST · 2070 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
6. 1.922 km SSE of Unalaska, AlaskaMon, Feb 1, 1:58 AM AKST · 2069 days ago · 90 km deep · 48 km away
7. 2.073 km S of Unalaska, AlaskaMon, Feb 1, 10:34 AM AKST · 2069 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
8. 3.195 km E of Nikolski, AlaskaTue, Feb 2, 7:52 AM AKST · 2068 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
9. 1.596 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaWed, Feb 3, 4:36 PM AKST · 2067 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away
10. 1.731 km ESE of Unalaska, AlaskaFri, Feb 5, 2:12 AM AKST · 2065 days ago · 68 km deep · 74 km away
11. 2.910 km NE of Dutch Harbor, AlaskaFri, Feb 5, 10:51 AM AKST · 2065 days ago · 18 km deep · 64 km away
12. 1.840 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaSat, Feb 6, 6:22 AM AKST · 2064 days ago · 73 km deep · 35 km away
13. 1.66 km NNW of Dutch Harbor, AlaskaSat, Feb 6, 5:51 PM AKST · 2064 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
14. 3.254 km SE of Unalaska, AlaskaSat, Feb 6, 6:32 PM AKST · 2064 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
15. 1.987 km ENE of Nikolski, AlaskaSun, Feb 7, 12:49 AM AKST · 2063 days ago · 73 km deep · 46 km away
16. 2.890 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaMon, Feb 8, 2:36 AM AKST · 2062 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
17. 3.988 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaMon, Feb 8, 3:34 AM AKST · 2062 days ago · 44 km deep · 48 km away
18. 1.688 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaTue, Feb 9, 4:16 AM AKST · 2061 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
19. 1.677 km SW of Unalaska, AlaskaTue, Feb 9, 9:10 PM AKST · 2061 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
20. 2.68 km SE of Unalaska, AlaskaWed, Feb 10, 9:09 PM AKST · 2060 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
21. 1.64 km ENE of Unalaska, AlaskaThu, Feb 11, 1:49 AM AKST · 2059 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
22. 1.65 km ESE of Unalaska, AlaskaThu, Feb 11, 5:46 AM AKST · 2059 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
23. 1.861 km SSE of Unalaska, AlaskaThu, Feb 11, 6:01 PM AKST · 2059 days ago · 29 km deep · 76 km away
24. 1.885 km E of Nikolski, AlaskaFri, Feb 12, 10:14 AM AKST · 2058 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
25. 2.7Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, AlaskaMon, Feb 15, 11:21 AM AKST · 2055 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
26. 2.013 km ENE of Dutch Harbor, AlaskaWed, Feb 17, 6:26 AM AKST · 2053 days ago · 95 km deep · 66 km away
27. 2.072 km SE of Unalaska, AlaskaFri, Feb 19, 4:16 PM AKST · 2051 days ago · 22 km deep · 92 km away
28. 1.584 km SW of Unalaska, AlaskaSat, Feb 20, 5:48 PM AKST · 2050 days ago · 14 km deep · 37 km away
29. 1.984 km S of Unalaska, AlaskaMon, Feb 22, 6:49 PM AKST · 2048 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
30. 3.374 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaTue, Feb 23, 5:57 AM AKST · 2047 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
31. 2.1118 km S of Unalaska, AlaskaTue, Feb 23, 4:05 PM AKST · 2047 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
32. 3.279 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaSat, Feb 27, 8:43 AM AKST · 2043 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
33. 1.710 km WNW of Dutch Harbor, AlaskaMon, Mar 1, 4:41 AM AKST · 2041 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
34. 2.9102 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaMon, Mar 8, 11:45 PM AKST · 2034 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
35. 2.750 km S of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Mar 14, 12:05 AM AKST · 2028 days ago · 62 km deep · 93 km away
36. 1.956 km SE of Unalaska, AlaskaSun, Mar 14, 1:14 AM AKST · 2028 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away
37. 3.148 km S of Unalaska, AlaskaSun, Mar 14, 9:40 AM AKDT · 2028 days ago · 67 km deep · 37 km away
38. 2.636 km SE of Unalaska, AlaskaSun, Mar 14, 11:40 PM AKDT · 2028 days ago · 41 km deep · 69 km away
39. 1.979 km S of Unalaska, AlaskaTue, Mar 16, 10:31 AM AKDT · 2026 days ago · 22 km deep · 55 km away
40. 1.986 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaTue, Mar 16, 11:25 AM AKDT · 2026 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
41. 1.869 km SE of Unalaska, AlaskaTue, Mar 16, 4:29 PM AKDT · 2026 days ago · 43 km deep · 94 km away
42. 1.666 km SW of Unalaska, AlaskaTue, Mar 16, 5:12 PM AKDT · 2026 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away
43. 1.574 km S of Unalaska, AlaskaWed, Mar 17, 11:38 PM AKDT · 2025 days ago · 45 km deep · 53 km away
44. 1.561 km ESE of Unalaska, AlaskaThu, Mar 18, 2:31 AM AKDT · 2024 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
45. 3.278 km S of Unalaska, AlaskaThu, Mar 18, 2:36 AM AKDT · 2024 days ago · 25 km deep · 56 km away
46. 1.988 km ENE of Nikolski, AlaskaSat, Mar 20, 1:53 AM AKDT · 2022 days ago · 55 km deep · 55 km away
47. 1.825 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaSun, Mar 21, 8:40 AM AKDT · 2021 days ago · 70 km deep · 38 km away
48. 3.077 km SE of Unalaska, AlaskaMon, Mar 22, 12:39 AM AKDT · 2021 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away
49. 2.070 km SE of Unalaska, AlaskaMon, Mar 22, 12:40 AM AKDT · 2021 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
50. 2.266 km SE of Unalaska, AlaskaMon, Mar 22, 2:47 AM AKDT · 2020 days ago · 48 km deep · 92 km away
51. 2.880 km SE of Unalaska, AlaskaMon, Mar 22, 4:59 AM AKDT · 2020 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
52. 2.3124 km S of Unalaska, AlaskaWed, Mar 24, 9:59 AM AKDT · 2018 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
53. 1.8107 km E of Nikolski, AlaskaWed, Mar 24, 8:48 PM AKDT · 2018 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away
54. 1.771 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaWed, Mar 24, 9:42 PM AKDT · 2018 days ago · 50 km deep · 40 km away
55. 1.727 km S of Unalaska, AlaskaThu, Mar 25, 3:02 AM AKDT · 2017 days ago · 89 km deep · 38 km away
56. 2.938 km SSE of Unalaska, AlaskaThu, Mar 25, 9:23 PM AKDT · 2017 days ago · 80 km deep · 57 km away
57. 1.6104 km E of Nikolski, AlaskaThu, Mar 25, 11:12 PM AKDT · 2017 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
58. 1.743 km W of Dutch Harbor, AlaskaSun, Mar 28, 2:50 AM AKDT · 2014 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away

Before

1. 2.543 km S of Unalaska, AlaskaTue, Jan 26, 12:53 AM AKST · 2075 days ago · 63 km deep · 42 km away
2. 2.282 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaMon, Jan 25, 11:58 PM AKST · 2076 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
3. 1.840 km ESE of Unalaska, AlaskaSun, Jan 24, 7:07 PM AKST · 2077 days ago · 28 km deep · 79 km away
4. 1.585 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaSun, Jan 24, 9:10 AM AKST · 2077 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
5. 1.892 km E of Nikolski, AlaskaFri, Jan 22, 5:35 AM AKST · 2079 days ago · 22 km deep · 75 km away
6. 1.538 km S of Akutan, AlaskaThu, Jan 21, 4:48 PM AKST · 2080 days ago · 46 km deep · 95 km away
7. 2.148 km SSW of Unalaska, AKThu, Jan 21, 2:50 AM AKST · 2080 days ago · 64 km deep · 34 km away
8. 1.676 km S of Unalaska, AlaskaWed, Jan 20, 12:01 PM AKST · 2081 days ago · 1 km deep · 66 km away
9. 1.995 km SW of Unalaska, AlaskaTue, Jan 19, 7:16 PM AKST · 2082 days ago · 64 km deep · 45 km away
10. 3.440 km ESE of Unalaska, AlaskaTue, Jan 19, 3:27 AM AKST · 2082 days ago · 72 km deep · 82 km away
11. 2.573 km E of Nikolski, AlaskaMon, Jan 18, 11:37 AM AKST · 2083 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
12. 1.572 km WSW of Unalaska, AlaskaSun, Jan 17, 8:08 PM AKST · 2084 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
13. 1.929 km ESE of Unalaska, AlaskaSun, Jan 17, 1:28 AM AKST · 2084 days ago · 72 km deep · 70 km away
14. 1.750 km SW of Unalaska, AlaskaSat, Jan 16, 8:14 PM AKST · 2085 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
15. 2.077 km S of Unalaska, AlaskaSat, Jan 16, 6:13 AM AKST · 2085 days ago · 21 km deep · 55 km away
16. 2.796 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaWed, Jan 13, 12:42 AM AKST · 2088 days ago · 32 km deep · 58 km away
17. 1.972 km WSW of Unalaska, AlaskaMon, Jan 11, 1:34 AM AKST · 2090 days ago · 14 km deep · 22 km away
18. 1.658 km SW of Unalaska, AlaskaMon, Jan 11, 12:53 AM AKST · 2090 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
19. 2.074 km E of Nikolski, AlaskaSun, Jan 10, 10:20 AM AKST · 2091 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
20. 2.883 km NE of Nikolski, AlaskaSat, Jan 9, 9:54 PM AKST · 2092 days ago · 94 km deep · 52 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02118w1uku. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:34 PM UTC.