Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 107 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 107 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska on Wed, Apr 27, 2022, 9:11 AM AKDT (17:11 UTC), 37 km (23 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 40 km SSE of False Pass, 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
2022-04-27 17:11:24 UTC
Depth
37.2 km (23.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.812° N, 164.230° 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
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 177 in the 60 days after this one and 71 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.9104 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1618 days ago · 50 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 2.060 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1618 days ago · 93 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 2.7145 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1618 days ago · 22 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 1.784 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1618 days ago · 45 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 1.983 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1618 days ago · 42 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 2.0108 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1617 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 2.085 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1617 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 2.5123 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1617 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
  9. 1.872 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1616 days ago · 21 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 3.5140 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1616 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 1.777 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1616 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 1.659 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1615 days ago · 37 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 1.558 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1615 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 2.1145 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1615 days ago · 23 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 1.675 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1614 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
  16. 2.092 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1614 days ago · 29 km deep · 46 km away
  17. 1.768 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1614 days ago · 48 km deep · 64 km away
  18. 1.950 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1614 days ago · 62 km deep · 57 km away
  19. 2.550 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1614 days ago · 64 km deep · 76 km away
  20. 2.697 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1613 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
  21. 3.392 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1613 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
  22. 3.474 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1612 days ago · 31 km deep · 88 km away
  23. 3.0164 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1612 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
  24. 1.859 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1612 days ago · 53 km deep · 55 km away
  25. 1.787 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1611 days ago · 38 km deep · 50 km away
  26. 2.881 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1611 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
  27. 1.890 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1611 days ago · 50 km deep · 45 km away
  28. 1.894 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1611 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
  29. 3.383 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1611 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  30. 2.099 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1611 days ago · 19 km deep · 50 km away
  31. 1.891 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1611 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  32. 1.798 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1611 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
  33. 1.949 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1610 days ago · 53 km deep · 91 km away
  34. 1.650 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1610 days ago · 70 km deep · 83 km away
  35. 2.071 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1610 days ago · 112 km deep · 94 km away
  36. 1.8105 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1610 days ago · 60 km deep · 3 km away
  37. 1.9118 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1610 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
  38. 1.568 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 1609 days ago · 45 km deep · 100 km away
  39. 2.1136 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1609 days ago · 79 km deep · 84 km away
  40. 1.662 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1609 days ago · 49 km deep · 60 km away
  41. 1.880 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1608 days ago · 69 km deep · 27 km away
  42. 3.487 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1608 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  43. 1.7110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1608 days ago · 49 km deep · 7 km away
  44. 3.5141 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1608 days ago · 28 km deep · 56 km away
  45. 1.6116 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1608 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
  46. 1.881 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1607 days ago · 55 km deep · 79 km away
  47. 2.742 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1607 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  48. 1.571 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1607 days ago · 47 km deep · 60 km away
  49. 2.686 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1606 days ago · 45 km deep · 46 km away
  50. 1.7107 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1606 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
  51. 1.674 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1606 days ago · 30 km deep · 33 km away
  52. 1.889 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1606 days ago · 50 km deep · 21 km away
  53. 2.589 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1606 days ago · 30 km deep · 51 km away
  54. 2.779 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1606 days ago · 30 km deep · 79 km away
  55. 1.696 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1605 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
  56. 1.8113 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1605 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away
  57. 1.7121 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1605 days ago · 46 km deep · 52 km away
  58. 1.695 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1604 days ago · 41 km deep · 23 km away
  59. 1.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1604 days ago · 17 km deep · 3 km away
  60. 1.879 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1604 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away

The first 60 of 177.

Before

  1. 2.641 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1619 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 2.098 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1619 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 1.9112 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1620 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 1.8125 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1620 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 3.0138 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1620 days ago · 21 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 1.9106 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1620 days ago · 49 km deep · 14 km away
  7. 3.578 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1621 days ago · 103 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 3.784 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1621 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
  9. 1.7132 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1621 days ago · 20 km deep · 25 km away
  10. 1.7115 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1621 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
  11. 1.787 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1621 days ago · 74 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 1.8119 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1621 days ago · 16 km deep · 49 km away
  13. 3.562 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1622 days ago · 84 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 1.9114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1622 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
  15. 1.856 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1622 days ago · 45 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 2.6119 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1623 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
  17. 2.7150 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1623 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  18. 2.3113 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1624 days ago · 41 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 2.741 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1624 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 1.768 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 1626 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away

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