Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 46 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 46 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska on Thu, Jul 8, 2021, 9:53 AM AKDT (17:53 UTC), 56 km (35 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.2 126 km S of Unalaska, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-07-08 17:53:04 UTC
Depth
55.9 km (34.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.553° N, 166.074° 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
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 108 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.2126 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 1.728 km E of Unalaska, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 80 km deep · 37 km away
  3. 2.9126 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 2.832 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 62 km deep · 15 km away
  5. 1.591 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 42 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 1.9109 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 1.864 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 22 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 1.638 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 90 km deep · 45 km away
  9. 1.679 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 18 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 1.969 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 54 km deep · 51 km away
  11. 1.686 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 17 km deep · 45 km away
  12. 2.181 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 1.8Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 44 km deep · 27 km away
  14. 1.632 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 80 km deep · 54 km away
  15. 1.619 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 78 km deep · 29 km away
  16. 2.083 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 37 km deep · 37 km away
  17. 1.840 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 61 km deep · 24 km away
  18. 1.63 km NNW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  19. 1.6125 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 1.678 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 20 km deep · 35 km away
  21. 2.991 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 47 km deep · 91 km away
  22. 1.799 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  23. 1.786 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 31 km deep · 68 km away
  24. 2.731 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 62 km deep · 30 km away
  25. 1.719 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
  26. 1.791 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  27. 1.5Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 91 km deep · 73 km away
  28. 1.777 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 52 km deep · 82 km away
  29. 2.073 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 57 km deep · 81 km away
  30. 2.16 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 114 km deep · 65 km away
  31. 2.092 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 60 km deep · 97 km away
  32. 2.422 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 120 km deep · 69 km away
  33. 2.223 km W of Akutan, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 142 km deep · 63 km away
  34. 2.087 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 37 km deep · 84 km away
  35. 2.365 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
  36. 1.658 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 78 km deep · 17 km away
  37. 2.094 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 65 km deep · 71 km away
  38. 1.967 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 23 km deep · 22 km away
  39. 1.5106 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 14 km deep · 60 km away
  40. 1.743 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 63 km deep · 56 km away
  41. 1.562 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 57 km deep · 88 km away
  42. 1.946 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 54 km deep · 27 km away
  43. 1.597 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 47 km deep · 95 km away
  44. 2.781 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1885 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  45. 2.277 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
  46. 1.720 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 73 km deep · 27 km away
  47. 1.870 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 48 km deep · 48 km away
  48. 2.061 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 109 km deep · 87 km away
  49. 1.575 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 68 km deep · 86 km away
  50. 2.055 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
  51. 1.783 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 47 km deep · 78 km away
  52. 3.219 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1879 days ago · 83 km deep · 74 km away
  53. 2.640 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1878 days ago · 75 km deep · 19 km away
  54. 1.673 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1877 days ago · 70 km deep · 85 km away
  55. 1.738 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 62 km deep · 43 km away
  56. 1.9100 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 25 km deep · 69 km away
  57. 3.524 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 86 km deep · 27 km away
  58. 3.094 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  59. 3.588 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  60. 1.688 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1876 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away

The first 60 of 108.

Before

  1. 2.075 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 63 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 1.695 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 36 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 1.581 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 2.414 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 103 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 1.954 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 45 km deep · 8 km away
  6. 2.722 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 2.075 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 2.623 km WSW of Akutan, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 110 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 4.781 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 47 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 3
  10. 3.5101 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 1.877 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 1.778 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 58 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 2.792 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  14. 1.8121 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 3.454 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 89 km deep · 34 km away
  16. 3.080 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  17. 1.893 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 43 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 1.972 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 45 km deep · 65 km away
  19. 2.636 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 78 km deep · 23 km away

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