Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 24 km S of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 24 km S of Unalaska, Alaska on Thu, Nov 18, 2021, 11:25 AM AKST (20:25 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.0 73 km SE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-11-18 20:25:18 UTC
Depth
25.1 km (15.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.652° N, 166.497° 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
42

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 106 in the 60 days after this one and 70 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.073 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 52 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 2.390 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1768 days ago · 46 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 2.054 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1768 days ago · 52 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 1.892 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1768 days ago · 46 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 2.739 km SSW of Akutan, Alaska · 1768 days ago · 76 km deep · 40 km away
  6. 2.051 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 32 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 3.446 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1766 days ago · 101 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 2.035 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1766 days ago · 71 km deep · 34 km away
  9. 1.648 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1766 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 2.983 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1765 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 1.641 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 68 km deep · 28 km away
  12. 2.633 km NNW of Akutan, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 110 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 1.883 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1764 days ago · 17 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 2.060 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 47 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 2.270 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 37 km deep · 46 km away
  16. 1.656 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1763 days ago · 71 km deep · 42 km away
  17. 3.133 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 106 km deep · 75 km away
  18. 1.975 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 41 km deep · 78 km away
  19. 2.988 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 61 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 1.958 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 1760 days ago · 55 km deep · 54 km away
  21. 2.197 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  22. 2.2103 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1759 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  23. 1.985 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1758 days ago · 53 km deep · 94 km away
  24. 1.776 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
  25. 1.980 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  26. 1.673 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 17 km deep · 61 km away
  27. 2.770 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 29 km deep · 71 km away
  28. 1.987 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 56 km deep · 91 km away
  29. 1.96 km NW of Akutan, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 106 km deep · 73 km away
  30. 1.654 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
  31. 1.832 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 46 km deep · 85 km away
  32. 2.066 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 39 km deep · 52 km away
  33. 3.563 km NNW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 183 km deep · 90 km away
  34. 1.877 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1750 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
  35. 3.530 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 80 km deep · 92 km away
  36. 2.268 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 29 km deep · 50 km away
  37. 2.030 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 86 km deep · 94 km away
  38. 2.019 km WSW of Akutan, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 90 km deep · 53 km away
  39. 2.173 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 21 km deep · 59 km away
  40. 1.964 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 75 km deep · 53 km away
  41. 1.850 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 56 km deep · 87 km away
  42. 1.8117 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away
  43. 1.973 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 56 km deep · 91 km away
  44. 3.2116 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
  45. 3.4Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  46. 2.943 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 62 km deep · 77 km away
  47. 1.641 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 28 km deep · 39 km away
  48. 1.748 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 65 km deep · 33 km away
  49. 1.845 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 66 km deep · 40 km away
  50. 1.735 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
  51. 2.240 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 63 km deep · 26 km away
  52. 1.779 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  53. 2.158 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
  54. 1.516 km WSW of Akutan, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 16 km deep · 58 km away
  55. 1.934 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 59 km deep · 61 km away
  56. 1.783 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1735 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  57. 2.1109 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1733 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
  58. 2.532 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1732 days ago · 78 km deep · 19 km away
  59. 1.774 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1731 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
  60. 1.991 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1730 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away

The first 60 of 106.

Before

  1. 1.791 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 3.163 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 1.965 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 71 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 2.290 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 53 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 1.793 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 1.629 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
  7. 3.539 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 65 km deep · 20 km away
  8. 1.5100 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 1.553 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 43 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 2.675 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 41 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 1.845 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  12. 1.554 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 55 km deep · 43 km away
  13. 1.894 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 3.986 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 42 km deep · 67 km away
  15. 1.519 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 79 km deep · 20 km away
  16. 1.623 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 71 km deep · 2 km away
  17. 1.623 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1780 days ago · 71 km deep · 2 km away
  18. 2.182 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  19. 3.282 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 27 km deep · 58 km away
  20. 1.5105 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021esv3tis. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 3:14 PM UTC.