Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 87 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 87 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska on Wed, Nov 16, 2022, 5:47 PM AKST (02:47 UTC), 22 km (14 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 82 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2022-11-17 02:47:39 UTC
Depth
22.3 km (13.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.151° N, 167.054° 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
19

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 165 in the 60 days after this one and 56 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.647 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1416 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 1.875 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1416 days ago · 22 km deep · 24 km away
  3. 1.9106 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1415 days ago · 25 km deep · 25 km away
  4. 1.5Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1415 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 2.040 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1415 days ago · 65 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 1.576 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1415 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
  7. 2.0134 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1414 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away
  8. 2.828 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1413 days ago · 76 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 3.282 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1413 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
  10. 1.679 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1413 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
  11. 1.590 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1412 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
  12. 3.041 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1412 days ago · 100 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 2.122 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1411 days ago · 75 km deep · 65 km away
  14. 1.968 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1410 days ago · 47 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 3.2102 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1408 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
  16. 2.1128 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1408 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
  17. 1.773 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1408 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 2.067 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1407 days ago · 54 km deep · 56 km away
  19. 1.851 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1407 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 1.944 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1407 days ago · 69 km deep · 44 km away
  21. 2.288 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1406 days ago · 56 km deep · 35 km away
  22. 3.2144 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1406 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  23. 2.050 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1405 days ago · 62 km deep · 37 km away
  24. 2.158 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1405 days ago · 82 km deep · 30 km away
  25. 3.3Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1405 days ago · 23 km deep · 23 km away
  26. 2.324 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1405 days ago · 84 km deep · 82 km away
  27. 1.879 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1404 days ago · 45 km deep · 10 km away
  28. 1.920 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1404 days ago · 80 km deep · 67 km away
  29. 2.882 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1404 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away
  30. 2.078 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1404 days ago · 31 km deep · 14 km away
  31. 1.7105 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1402 days ago · 26 km deep · 18 km away
  32. 2.2124 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1402 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  33. 4.882 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1402 days ago · 44 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 4
  34. 2.286 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1402 days ago · 25 km deep · 18 km away
  35. 2.385 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1402 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
  36. 3.384 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1402 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
  37. 1.984 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1402 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
  38. 1.784 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1402 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
  39. 1.684 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1402 days ago · 22 km deep · 15 km away
  40. 1.685 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1402 days ago · 24 km deep · 14 km away
  41. 2.6Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1402 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away
  42. 2.084 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1402 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
  43. 2.7119 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1402 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  44. 3.190 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1402 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away
  45. 1.671 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1401 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  46. 2.780 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1401 days ago · 50 km deep · 13 km away
  47. 1.675 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1401 days ago · 66 km deep · 19 km away
  48. 1.673 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1401 days ago · 52 km deep · 15 km away
  49. 2.656 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 1401 days ago · 134 km deep · 78 km away
  50. 1.892 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1401 days ago · 68 km deep · 27 km away
  51. 1.9115 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1401 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  52. 2.688 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1400 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
  53. 2.015 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1400 days ago · 80 km deep · 92 km away
  54. 2.698 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1399 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away
  55. 2.190 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1399 days ago · 20 km deep · 17 km away
  56. 3.689 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1399 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
  57. 2.387 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1399 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
  58. 2.1104 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1399 days ago · 23 km deep · 30 km away
  59. 2.291 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1399 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  60. 2.6122 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1398 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away

The first 60 of 165.

Before

  1. 1.980 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1417 days ago · 17 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 2.375 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1417 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
  3. 1.662 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1417 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 2.2113 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1417 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 3.082 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1418 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 1.978 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1419 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
  7. 2.075 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1419 days ago · 46 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 2.141 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1419 days ago · 70 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 1.758 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1420 days ago · 24 km deep · 35 km away
  10. 3.687 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1420 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  11. 1.883 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1420 days ago · 16 km deep · 4 km away
  12. 2.591 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1421 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 1.963 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1421 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
  14. 2.087 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1421 days ago · 51 km deep · 36 km away
  15. 1.869 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1422 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
  16. 2.181 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1423 days ago · 23 km deep · 10 km away
  17. 1.7Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1424 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
  18. 1.6Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1425 days ago · 75 km deep · 73 km away
  19. 2.589 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1425 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  20. 2.072 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1425 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away

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