Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 58 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 58 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska on Mon, Jan 11, 2021, 12:53 AM AKST (09:53 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.9 72 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-01-11 09:53:37 UTC
Depth
25.7 km (16.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.548° N, 167.231° 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
14

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 53 in the 60 days after this one and 34 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.972 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 14 km deep · 18 km away
  2. 2.796 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 32 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 2.077 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 21 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 1.750 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
  5. 1.929 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 72 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 1.572 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
  7. 2.573 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 3.440 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 72 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 1.995 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 64 km deep · 39 km away
  10. 1.676 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 1 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 2.148 km SSW of Unalaska, AK · 2072 days ago · 64 km deep · 37 km away
  12. 1.538 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 46 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 1.892 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 22 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 1.585 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  15. 1.840 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 28 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 2.282 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  17. 2.543 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 63 km deep · 45 km away
  18. 1.653 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 16 km deep · 6 km away
  19. 4.068 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 59 km deep · 38 km away
  20. 1.993 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 31 km deep · 66 km away
  21. 1.760 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 41 km deep · 76 km away
  22. 2.774 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  23. 2.3119 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 19 km deep · 92 km away
  24. 1.922 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 90 km deep · 53 km away
  25. 2.073 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
  26. 3.195 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  27. 1.596 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away
  28. 1.731 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 68 km deep · 79 km away
  29. 2.910 km NE of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
  30. 1.840 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 73 km deep · 38 km away
  31. 1.66 km NNW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  32. 3.254 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  33. 1.987 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 73 km deep · 41 km away
  34. 2.890 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
  35. 3.988 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 44 km deep · 45 km away
  36. 1.688 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
  37. 1.677 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
  38. 2.68 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
  39. 1.64 km ENE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
  40. 1.65 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  41. 1.861 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 29 km deep · 79 km away
  42. 1.885 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  43. 2.7Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  44. 2.013 km ENE of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 95 km deep · 71 km away
  45. 2.072 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
  46. 1.584 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 14 km deep · 32 km away
  47. 1.984 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  48. 3.374 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
  49. 2.1118 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  50. 3.279 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  51. 2.167 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
  52. 1.710 km WNW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2033 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
  53. 2.9102 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away

Before

  1. 2.074 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 2.883 km NE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 94 km deep · 47 km away
  3. 2.556 km NNE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 130 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 2.238 km NE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 70 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 4.336 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 47 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 2.3Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 96 km deep · 62 km away
  7. 1.571 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 3.381 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 1.790 km N of Nikolski, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 1.855 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 2.792 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 84 km deep · 58 km away
  12. 1.676 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  13. 3.261 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 29 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 2.060 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 57 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 1.775 km NE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 70 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 1.671 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
  17. 2.852 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 62 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 1.746 km NE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 2.376 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 1.866 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 44 km deep · 80 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021icl5p1. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 10:14 AM UTC.