Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 86 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 86 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska on Sun, Jan 29, 2023, 1:12 AM AKST (10:12 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 89 km ENE of Nikolski, 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
2023-01-29 10:12:21 UTC
Depth
17.9 km (11.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.140° N, 166.972° 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
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 137 in the 60 days after this one and 76 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.872 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1343 days ago · 66 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 2.0Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1342 days ago · 50 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 2.287 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1342 days ago · 26 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 1.635 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1342 days ago · 27 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 2.087 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away
  6. 2.960 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 63 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 2.022 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 62 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 2.097 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 23 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 1.967 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 3.141 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1341 days ago · 63 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 1.741 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1340 days ago · 60 km deep · 49 km away
  12. 2.076 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1340 days ago · 73 km deep · 40 km away
  13. 2.2Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 1.574 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1339 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
  15. 1.937 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 64 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 1.540 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 29 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 1.889 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1338 days ago · 70 km deep · 52 km away
  18. 1.947 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 1337 days ago · 28 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 1.866 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1337 days ago · 42 km deep · 20 km away
  20. 2.1134 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1336 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
  21. 3.989 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1336 days ago · 55 km deep · 41 km away
  22. 1.842 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1334 days ago · 65 km deep · 53 km away
  23. 1.834 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1334 days ago · 72 km deep · 94 km away
  24. 2.092 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1334 days ago · 53 km deep · 17 km away
  25. 1.797 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1334 days ago · 59 km deep · 31 km away
  26. 2.1Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1334 days ago · 41 km deep · 21 km away
  27. 1.9133 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1333 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  28. 2.068 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1333 days ago · 73 km deep · 67 km away
  29. 2.675 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1333 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  30. 1.781 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1332 days ago · 22 km deep · 7 km away
  31. 2.575 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1331 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
  32. 2.179 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1331 days ago · 34 km deep · 18 km away
  33. 3.5Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1331 days ago · 68 km deep · 41 km away
  34. 2.191 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1330 days ago · 52 km deep · 42 km away
  35. 2.255 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1330 days ago · 51 km deep · 69 km away
  36. 2.2132 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1330 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  37. 3.027 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1329 days ago · 76 km deep · 76 km away
  38. 2.856 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1328 days ago · 20 km deep · 45 km away
  39. 2.169 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1328 days ago · 50 km deep · 60 km away
  40. 1.957 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1327 days ago · 21 km deep · 38 km away
  41. 2.6Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1327 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  42. 2.3131 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1327 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away
  43. 1.78 km ENE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1326 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  44. 1.7Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1326 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  45. 2.5Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1325 days ago · 30 km deep · 34 km away
  46. 1.620 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 1324 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  47. 2.354 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1324 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
  48. 3.046 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1324 days ago · 48 km deep · 92 km away
  49. 2.0107 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1323 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
  50. 1.995 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1323 days ago · 18 km deep · 28 km away
  51. 3.851 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1322 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  52. 2.053 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1322 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  53. 1.767 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1322 days ago · 30 km deep · 39 km away
  54. 1.758 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1322 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  55. 1.672 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1321 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
  56. 2.724 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1318 days ago · 80 km deep · 79 km away
  57. 2.5129 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1318 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  58. 1.955 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1318 days ago · 55 km deep · 37 km away
  59. 2.945 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1316 days ago · 66 km deep · 66 km away
  60. 2.815 km NW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 1316 days ago · 112 km deep · 94 km away

The first 60 of 137.

Before

  1. 2.1100 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1345 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
  2. 2.0Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1346 days ago · 20 km deep · 34 km away
  3. 2.2Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1346 days ago · 106 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 2.152 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1346 days ago · 65 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 2.1137 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 1.764 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1347 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 2.059 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 52 km deep · 37 km away
  8. 1.56 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1348 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 1.991 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 50 km deep · 39 km away
  10. 2.051 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 2.352 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 1.7Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1349 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  13. 2.387 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1351 days ago · 115 km deep · 18 km away
  14. 1.556 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
  15. 1.875 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1352 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
  16. 1.678 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 30 km deep · 8 km away
  17. 3.0Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 34 km deep · 81 km away
  18. 1.55 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  19. 1.871 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1353 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
  20. 2.587 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1354 days ago · 28 km deep · 10 km away

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