Alaska earthquakes

M3.5 earthquake 18 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 18 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska on Sun, Nov 5, 2023, 7:55 AM AKST (16:55 UTC), 69 km (43 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 58 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.5 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2023-11-05 16:55:58 UTC
Depth
69.2 km (43.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
52.999° N, 168.600° 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.

Location uncertainty
About 12.9 km horizontally, 14.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
200°, 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: 53 in the 60 days after this one and 32 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.884 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1060 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 2.295 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1058 days ago · 21 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 2.881 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1057 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 3.923 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1056 days ago · 83 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 3.0104 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1055 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 2.359 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1053 days ago · 41 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 3.350 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1051 days ago · 30 km deep · 40 km away
  8. 2.847 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1051 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 2.850 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1049 days ago · 27 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 2.371 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1049 days ago · 24 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 2.892 km S of Nikolski, Alaska · 1048 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 2.874 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1048 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 1.920 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1047 days ago · 38 km deep · 37 km away
  14. 1.843 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1047 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
  15. 3.291 km NNE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1046 days ago · 128 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 2.648 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1044 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
  17. 2.737 km S of Nikolski, Alaska · 1042 days ago · 46 km deep · 48 km away
  18. 2.867 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1042 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 2.087 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1041 days ago · 53 km deep · 91 km away
  20. 1.780 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1041 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  21. 1.879 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1041 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
  22. 1.661 km NE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1038 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  23. 2.353 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1038 days ago · 31 km deep · 59 km away
  24. 3.094 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1037 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  25. 3.673 km W of Nikolski, Alaska · 1035 days ago · 221 km deep · 91 km away
  26. 1.887 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1033 days ago · 38 km deep · 70 km away
  27. 2.177 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1032 days ago · 16 km deep · 63 km away
  28. 3.286 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1028 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  29. 2.272 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1028 days ago · 44 km deep · 56 km away
  30. 3.492 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1026 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  31. 3.980 km S of Nikolski, Alaska · 1025 days ago · 38 km deep · 86 km away
  32. 4.280 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1024 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  33. 4.458 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1024 days ago · 40 km deep · 59 km away
  34. 2.491 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1024 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  35. 2.774 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1023 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  36. 3.075 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1023 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  37. 2.269 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1022 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  38. 2.656 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1022 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  39. 2.370 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1022 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  40. 2.073 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1021 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  41. 3.077 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1020 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  42. 1.769 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1018 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
  43. 1.797 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1018 days ago · 38 km deep · 80 km away
  44. 3.637 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1018 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
  45. 2.244 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1018 days ago · 41 km deep · 62 km away
  46. 2.152 km NE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1011 days ago · 79 km deep · 36 km away
  47. 3.179 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1010 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  48. 1.990 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1009 days ago · 40 km deep · 75 km away
  49. 2.879 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1008 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  50. 3.568 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1007 days ago · 74 km deep · 49 km away
  51. 3.813 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1006 days ago · 72 km deep · 38 km away
  52. 3.720 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1002 days ago · 54 km deep · 13 km away
  53. 3.676 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1000 days ago · 67 km deep · 58 km away

Before

  1. 3.3108 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1061 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 2.172 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1062 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 1.864 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1064 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 1.8108 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1064 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 3.842 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1064 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
  6. 2.782 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1065 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 2.221 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1065 days ago · 91 km deep · 21 km away
  8. 2.376 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1065 days ago · 37 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 2.225 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1066 days ago · 90 km deep · 28 km away
  10. 1.697 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1067 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 1.685 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1067 days ago · 55 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 2.659 km NE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1068 days ago · 89 km deep · 42 km away
  13. 1.643 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1068 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 2.0110 km NNE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1069 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 4.182 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1072 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 2.117 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1073 days ago · 45 km deep · 22 km away
  17. 2.256 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1076 days ago · 30 km deep · 74 km away
  18. 1.888 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1076 days ago · 58 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 1.7Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1082 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away
  20. 2.175 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 1082 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000lpwt (also filed as ak023e7ax38l). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:12 AM UTC.