Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 179 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 179 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska on Wed, Jul 12, 2023, 7:22 PM AKDT (03:22 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 south of the Aleutian Islands. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2023-07-13 03:22:44 UTC
Depth
5.8 km (3.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
52.414° N, 165.385° 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
15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.591 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1173 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 2.7194 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1170 days ago · 18 km deep · 28 km away
  3. 1.9137 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1164 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 2.1130 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1163 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 2.6147 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1162 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 2.3213 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1160 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
  7. 1.592 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1158 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 2.6south of the Aleutian Islands · 1156 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  9. 2.1198 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1156 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 2.6143 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1148 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 2.5Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1148 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 2.1124 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1147 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 2.9south of the Aleutian Islands · 1145 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  14. 2.2212 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1139 days ago · 23 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 2.1204 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1137 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 2.3146 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1133 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 2.9183 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1131 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  18. 1.9115 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1129 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  19. 2.8136 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1129 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 1.9120 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1121 days ago · 24 km deep · 60 km away
  21. 2.0142 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1120 days ago · 18 km deep · 90 km away

Before

  1. 1.9149 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1177 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 3.0149 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1177 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 2.2Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1178 days ago · 28 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 2.8198 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1189 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  5. 2.7216 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1192 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 2.0132 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1194 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 2.7131 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1194 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 1.9127 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1196 days ago · 32 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 2.0141 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 1204 days ago · 38 km deep · 90 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0238ww6fsu. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 10:47 PM UTC.