Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 21 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 21 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska on Sun, Dec 18, 2022, 9:35 PM AKST (06:35 UTC), 77 km (48 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 86 km SE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2022-12-19 06:35:49 UTC
Depth
76.6 km (47.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
53.693° N, 166.418° 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
23

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 141 in the 60 days after this one and 88 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.935 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1382 days ago · 72 km deep · 25 km away
  2. 1.56 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 1382 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
  3. 2.084 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1380 days ago · 19 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 2.379 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1380 days ago · 19 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 1.9107 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1380 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 2.076 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1379 days ago · 36 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 1.946 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 1379 days ago · 30 km deep · 46 km away
  8. 3.176 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1378 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 2.193 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1378 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 4.486 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1378 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 2.588 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1378 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 2.181 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1378 days ago · 51 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 2.275 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1378 days ago · 53 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 2.078 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1378 days ago · 53 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 2.560 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1377 days ago · 76 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 2.074 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1377 days ago · 34 km deep · 65 km away
  17. 1.778 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1377 days ago · 17 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 1.972 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1376 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
  19. 2.285 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1376 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 1.923 km SW of Akutan, Alaska · 1376 days ago · 82 km deep · 41 km away
  21. 1.894 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1373 days ago · 40 km deep · 86 km away
  22. 2.591 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1373 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  23. 1.678 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 41 km deep · 61 km away
  24. 1.822 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 86 km deep · 20 km away
  25. 2.059 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 89 km deep · 83 km away
  26. 3.694 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 39 km deep · 73 km away
  27. 3.059 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  28. 1.8Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1371 days ago · 60 km deep · 81 km away
  29. 2.192 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1370 days ago · 71 km deep · 92 km away
  30. 2.658 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
  31. 3.6Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 69 km deep · 62 km away
  32. 1.750 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
  33. 1.773 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1369 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
  34. 1.7Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  35. 2.544 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 92 km deep · 28 km away
  36. 2.149 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away
  37. 1.972 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 44 km deep · 55 km away
  38. 3.039 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 64 km deep · 71 km away
  39. 2.723 km NNE of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 81 km deep · 43 km away
  40. 2.658 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  41. 1.951 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 17 km deep · 46 km away
  42. 1.649 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
  43. 1.650 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
  44. 3.427 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 79 km deep · 59 km away
  45. 1.963 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 45 km deep · 67 km away
  46. 2.249 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 60 km deep · 78 km away
  47. 1.59 km ENE of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  48. 3.089 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  49. 3.861 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 49 km deep · 92 km away
  50. 3.284 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  51. 2.233 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 67 km deep · 17 km away
  52. 1.880 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 27 km deep · 65 km away
  53. 2.117 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 104 km deep · 66 km away
  54. 2.2Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  55. 1.99 km NE of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  56. 1.69 km NE of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  57. 2.79 km ENE of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
  58. 2.267 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 37 km deep · 48 km away
  59. 1.6Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  60. 3.6Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 50 km deep · 92 km away

The first 60 of 141.

Before

  1. 1.9Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1385 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 3.384 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 3.0Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1388 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 2.689 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1388 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 2.078 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1389 days ago · 40 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 3.260 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1389 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 2.174 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1390 days ago · 52 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 3.086 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1390 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 1.853 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1390 days ago · 52 km deep · 32 km away
  10. 1.766 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 25 km deep · 45 km away
  11. 1.983 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 31 km deep · 67 km away
  12. 1.789 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 2.269 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 105 km deep · 61 km away
  14. 2.268 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 60 km deep · 55 km away
  15. 2.059 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 76 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 2.783 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 2.172 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 46 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 3.095 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  19. 1.883 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 40 km deep · 67 km away
  20. 2.585 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away

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