Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 73 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 73 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska on Sun, Feb 11, 2024, 4:00 AM AKST (13:00 UTC), 70 km (43 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 87 km SSW of Unalaska, 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
2024-02-11 13:00:58 UTC
Depth
69.9 km (43.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.672° N, 167.594° 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.ScaleComputed byNotes
1.7ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
-0.28ML, local (Richter)AVFinal · ±0.119262167059225 · 4 stations

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
12

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 94 in the 60 days after this one and 46 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.950 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 966 days ago · 75 km deep · 44 km away
  2. 2.113 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 965 days ago · 81 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 2.916 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 965 days ago · 102 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 2.170 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 964 days ago · 48 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 2.366 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 961 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
  6. 1.586 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 960 days ago · 17 km deep · 26 km away
  7. 3.073 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 960 days ago · 59 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 2.085 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 960 days ago · 37 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 1.852 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 959 days ago · 77 km deep · 22 km away
  10. 1.897 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 959 days ago · 30 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 2.291 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 959 days ago · 68 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 1.755 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 957 days ago · 16 km deep · 34 km away
  13. 1.910 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 955 days ago · 63 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 2.049 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 955 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
  15. 1.849 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 955 days ago · 16 km deep · 39 km away
  16. 3.061 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 954 days ago · 123 km deep · 29 km away
  17. 1.652 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 954 days ago · 15 km deep · 30 km away
  18. 1.994 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 953 days ago · 64 km deep · 65 km away
  19. 2.114 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 952 days ago · 76 km deep · 66 km away
  20. 3.690 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 952 days ago · 100 km deep · 32 km away
  21. 1.873 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 952 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  22. 2.699 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 951 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  23. 1.868 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 951 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
  24. 2.077 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 951 days ago · 29 km deep · 26 km away
  25. 1.974 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 950 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
  26. 2.46 km NE of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 950 days ago · 94 km deep · 79 km away
  27. 2.022 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 950 days ago · 82 km deep · 90 km away
  28. 2.3103 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 948 days ago · 43 km deep · 79 km away
  29. 1.941 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 945 days ago · 58 km deep · 69 km away
  30. 2.599 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 945 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  31. 1.88 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 944 days ago · 71 km deep · 67 km away
  32. 1.631 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 944 days ago · 44 km deep · 91 km away
  33. 1.665 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 943 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
  34. 1.9108 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 943 days ago · 60 km deep · 86 km away
  35. 1.99 km E of Unalaska, Alaska · 943 days ago · 84 km deep · 83 km away
  36. 1.939 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 942 days ago · 44 km deep · 93 km away
  37. 2.092 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 941 days ago · 64 km deep · 53 km away
  38. 1.990 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 941 days ago · 67 km deep · 58 km away
  39. 2.120 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 939 days ago · 81 km deep · 60 km away
  40. 2.166 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 939 days ago · 121 km deep · 34 km away
  41. 1.654 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 938 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
  42. 4.481 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 937 days ago · 39 km deep · 99 km away
  43. 1.989 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 937 days ago · 29 km deep · 92 km away
  44. 1.769 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 935 days ago · 29 km deep · 99 km away
  45. 1.829 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 934 days ago · 73 km deep · 95 km away
  46. 1.979 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 934 days ago · 70 km deep · 54 km away
  47. 2.815 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 933 days ago · 87 km deep · 58 km away
  48. 1.873 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 933 days ago · 45 km deep · 70 km away
  49. 4.292 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 932 days ago · 59 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  50. 3.999 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 931 days ago · 43 km deep · 93 km away
  51. 1.992 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 931 days ago · 62 km deep · 44 km away
  52. 2.982 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 931 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  53. 2.594 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 931 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  54. 1.53 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 930 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
  55. 2.034 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 930 days ago · 67 km deep · 57 km away
  56. 3.695 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 929 days ago · 47 km deep · 70 km away
  57. 2.18 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 929 days ago · 81 km deep · 79 km away
  58. 2.0100 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 929 days ago · 48 km deep · 79 km away
  59. 1.973 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 927 days ago · 48 km deep · 49 km away
  60. 2.138 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 927 days ago · 104 km deep · 54 km away

The first 60 of 94.

Before

  1. 1.651 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 967 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
  2. 1.823 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 967 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 1.723 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 967 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 2.294 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 968 days ago · 41 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 1.854 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 968 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 3.531 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 969 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 1.848 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 969 days ago · 51 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 1.967 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 971 days ago · 14 km deep · 22 km away
  9. 2.2104 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 971 days ago · 44 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 2.581 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 972 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 2.076 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 972 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
  12. 2.871 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 973 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 2.147 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 974 days ago · 30 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 3.239 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 975 days ago · 68 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 1.770 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 975 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
  16. 2.093 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 975 days ago · 71 km deep · 66 km away
  17. 2.0100 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 976 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 2.1100 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 977 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 1.550 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 977 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 1.753 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 977 days ago · 43 km deep · 100 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0241xobc3f (also filed as av91131593). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:31 PM UTC.