M2.9 earthquake 91 km SE of Akutan, Alaska
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 91 km SE of Akutan, Alaska on Sat, Jul 8, 2023, 11:38 AM AKDT (19:38 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 101 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-07-08 19:38:52 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.577° N, 164.763° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.9 | ML, local (Richter) | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.128 · 8 stations |
| 2.4 | ML, local (Richter) | Alaska Earthquake Center | Preliminary |
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 2.6 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 234°, poorly surrounded by stations
- 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: 183 in the 60 days after this one and 80 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.273 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1182 days ago · 57 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.3112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1182 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.669 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1182 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.697 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1182 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.973 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1182 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.295 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1181 days ago · 46 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.9Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1181 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.970 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1181 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.673 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1180 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.663 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1180 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.7103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1180 days ago · 48 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.668 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1179 days ago · 41 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.694 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1179 days ago · 19 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.7101 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1179 days ago · 17 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.5Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1178 days ago · 76 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.895 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1177 days ago · 19 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.836 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 1176 days ago · 62 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.591 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1176 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.124 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1175 days ago · 76 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.5138 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1175 days ago · 27 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.491 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1175 days ago · 31 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.556 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1174 days ago · 38 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.6156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1174 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.083 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1174 days ago · 30 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.8113 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1174 days ago · 48 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1 · tsunami flag
- 3.5112 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1174 days ago · 39 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.2120 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1173 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.971 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1173 days ago · 60 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1172 days ago · 30 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.2154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1172 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.2118 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1172 days ago · 28 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.3187 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1171 days ago · 0 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.571 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1171 days ago · 80 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.084 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1171 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.991 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1171 days ago · 31 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.1112 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1171 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.1138 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1171 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.1116 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1170 days ago · 29 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.95 km NNE of Akutan, Alaska · 1170 days ago · 105 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.987 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1170 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.2101 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1170 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1170 days ago · 84 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.7171 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1169 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.870 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 1169 days ago · 24 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.793 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1168 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.8118 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1168 days ago · 34 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.678 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1168 days ago · 40 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.985 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1167 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.549 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1167 days ago · 39 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.881 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1167 days ago · 46 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.9163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1167 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.073 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1166 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.298 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1166 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.965 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1166 days ago · 53 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.084 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1166 days ago · 73 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.2156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1165 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.6115 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1165 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.979 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1163 days ago · 31 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.152 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1163 days ago · 54 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.992 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1162 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
The first 60 of 183.
Before
- 2.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1183 days ago · 108 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.7139 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1184 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.993 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1185 days ago · 17 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.189 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1185 days ago · 21 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.290 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1185 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.721 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1185 days ago · 70 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.654 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 1185 days ago · 51 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.9Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1186 days ago · 25 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.878 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1186 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.1121 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1186 days ago · 16 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.154 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1186 days ago · 52 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1187 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.0112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1187 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.590 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1187 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.7117 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1188 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.1121 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1188 days ago · 47 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.768 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1188 days ago · 52 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.9107 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1189 days ago · 34 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.1113 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1189 days ago · 21 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.5122 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1189 days ago · 31 km deep · 59 km away
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