Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 134 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 134 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska on Sun, Dec 31, 2023, 8:57 AM AKST (17:57 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 121 km S of Unalaska, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2023-12-31 17:57:43 UTC
Depth
1.0 km (0.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
52.626° N, 166.933° 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: 72 in the 60 days after this one and 36 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.567 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1001 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 3.581 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1000 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  3. 3.676 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 998 days ago · 67 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 2.080 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 997 days ago · 21 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 2.181 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 997 days ago · 21 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 3.183 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 995 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 1.958 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 993 days ago · 43 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 1.985 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 992 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
  9. 2.889 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 990 days ago · 28 km deep · 52 km away
  10. 3.0141 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 989 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  11. 3.8141 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 989 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  12. 3.9135 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 989 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  13. 1.866 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 988 days ago · 23 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 1.980 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 985 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 2.4140 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 984 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  16. 2.7207 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 984 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 1.955 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 984 days ago · 50 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 2.5146 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 984 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  19. 1.982 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 982 days ago · 16 km deep · 59 km away
  20. 2.075 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 982 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  21. 2.261 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 982 days ago · 79 km deep · 83 km away
  22. 2.9167 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 980 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  23. 2.691 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 979 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  24. 3.1179 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 979 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  25. 2.3159 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 978 days ago · 25 km deep · 38 km away
  26. 2.150 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 978 days ago · 53 km deep · 84 km away
  27. 2.347 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 978 days ago · 44 km deep · 87 km away
  28. 1.852 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 978 days ago · 75 km deep · 95 km away
  29. 2.0100 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 978 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  30. 2.095 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 977 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
  31. 1.858 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 977 days ago · 61 km deep · 78 km away
  32. 1.972 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 977 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  33. 2.086 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 976 days ago · 54 km deep · 70 km away
  34. 2.868 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 975 days ago · 83 km deep · 93 km away
  35. 1.880 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 972 days ago · 61 km deep · 79 km away
  36. 1.550 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 971 days ago · 18 km deep · 91 km away
  37. 2.1100 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 971 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
  38. 2.0100 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 970 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
  39. 2.093 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 969 days ago · 71 km deep · 58 km away
  40. 2.871 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 967 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  41. 2.076 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 966 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  42. 2.581 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 966 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  43. 2.2104 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 965 days ago · 44 km deep · 54 km away
  44. 1.848 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 963 days ago · 51 km deep · 100 km away
  45. 2.3113 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 962 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  46. 2.294 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 962 days ago · 41 km deep · 50 km away
  47. 2.950 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 960 days ago · 75 km deep · 98 km away
  48. 2.3154 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 960 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  49. 2.286 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 959 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  50. 2.170 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 958 days ago · 48 km deep · 65 km away
  51. 3.073 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 954 days ago · 59 km deep · 82 km away
  52. 2.085 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 954 days ago · 37 km deep · 72 km away
  53. 1.897 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 953 days ago · 30 km deep · 48 km away
  54. 2.291 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 953 days ago · 68 km deep · 60 km away
  55. 3.6126 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 953 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  56. 4.3121 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 953 days ago · 28 km deep · 24 km away
  57. 2.0140 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 952 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
  58. 2.0130 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 952 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
  59. 3.0129 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 951 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away
  60. 2.7125 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 951 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away

The first 60 of 72.

Before

  1. 2.0142 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1002 days ago · 18 km deep · 9 km away
  2. 2.3139 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1003 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 3.362 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1004 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 3.568 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1005 days ago · 74 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 1.673 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1005 days ago · 41 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 1.877 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1007 days ago · 55 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 1.990 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1007 days ago · 40 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 2.6191 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1007 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 3.179 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1008 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 2.278 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1008 days ago · 46 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 3.581 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1015 days ago · 29 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 1.963 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1015 days ago · 98 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 3.637 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1016 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 1.797 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1016 days ago · 38 km deep · 47 km away
  15. 3.6135 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1016 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  16. 2.8135 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1016 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  17. 2.8192 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1016 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 2.094 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1016 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
  19. 2.6134 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1018 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  20. 2.1115 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1018 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak023grxmcpp. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 6:35 PM UTC.