Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 48 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 48 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska on Tue, Apr 30, 2024, 9:32 AM AKDT (17:32 UTC), 69 km (43 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 117 km E 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
2024-04-30 17:32:16 UTC
Depth
69.1 km (42.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.486° N, 166.882° 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
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 114 in the 60 days after this one and 71 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.416 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 885 days ago · 82 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 1.932 km SSW of Akutan, Alaska · 885 days ago · 75 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 1.899 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 884 days ago · 49 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 2.737 km SSW of Akutan, Alaska · 883 days ago · 73 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 3.383 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 883 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 2.084 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 882 days ago · 21 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 3.036 km WNW of Akutan, Alaska · 881 days ago · 189 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 1.96 km E of Unalaska, Alaska · 880 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 1.864 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 880 days ago · 14 km deep · 25 km away
  10. 1.969 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 879 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 1.814 km E of Unalaska, Alaska · 879 days ago · 81 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 1.885 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 879 days ago · 82 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 2.216 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 879 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  14. 1.871 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 879 days ago · 61 km deep · 38 km away
  15. 1.9104 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 878 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 1.666 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 878 days ago · 41 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 1.94 km E of Unalaska, Alaska · 878 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
  18. 1.979 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 877 days ago · 18 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 2.849 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 877 days ago · 89 km deep · 15 km away
  20. 2.045 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 877 days ago · 54 km deep · 63 km away
  21. 1.984 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 876 days ago · 17 km deep · 64 km away
  22. 1.986 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 876 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away
  23. 1.922 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 875 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  24. 1.871 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 875 days ago · 31 km deep · 22 km away
  25. 1.614 km W of Akutan, Alaska · 875 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  26. 1.994 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 873 days ago · 24 km deep · 76 km away
  27. 3.384 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 872 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
  28. 1.815 km W of Akutan, Alaska · 872 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  29. 1.916 km WSW of Akutan, Alaska · 872 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  30. 2.196 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 871 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away
  31. 1.915 km W of Akutan, Alaska · 871 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  32. 3.075 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 871 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  33. 3.286 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 871 days ago · 67 km deep · 61 km away
  34. 1.962 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 870 days ago · 63 km deep · 18 km away
  35. 1.772 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 870 days ago · 40 km deep · 81 km away
  36. 3.285 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 869 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  37. 1.781 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 869 days ago · 32 km deep · 36 km away
  38. 1.978 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 869 days ago · 43 km deep · 33 km away
  39. 1.523 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 868 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  40. 1.8100 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 868 days ago · 48 km deep · 66 km away
  41. 2.153 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 868 days ago · 71 km deep · 94 km away
  42. 2.066 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 868 days ago · 14 km deep · 26 km away
  43. 1.8101 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 868 days ago · 44 km deep · 62 km away
  44. 2.0130 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 868 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
  45. 4.4117 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 867 days ago · 40 km deep · 82 km away
  46. 2.546 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 867 days ago · 60 km deep · 93 km away
  47. 1.573 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 867 days ago · 17 km deep · 32 km away
  48. 1.627 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 866 days ago · 75 km deep · 44 km away
  49. 2.222 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 866 days ago · 79 km deep · 54 km away
  50. 2.371 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 864 days ago · 47 km deep · 99 km away
  51. 2.5110 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 864 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  52. 2.1125 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 862 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  53. 1.546 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 862 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
  54. 2.049 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 861 days ago · 18 km deep · 13 km away
  55. 2.992 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 861 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  56. 2.758 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 859 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  57. 1.978 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 858 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
  58. 1.846 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 857 days ago · 27 km deep · 66 km away
  59. 1.746 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 857 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
  60. 1.648 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 857 days ago · 14 km deep · 13 km away

The first 60 of 114.

Before

  1. 1.668 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 886 days ago · 40 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 1.551 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 886 days ago · 47 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 2.6102 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 887 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 1.6100 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 887 days ago · 17 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 1.575 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 887 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 1.578 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 887 days ago · 70 km deep · 49 km away
  7. 1.685 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 888 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 2.069 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 888 days ago · 23 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 3.280 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 889 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
  10. 2.163 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 889 days ago · 46 km deep · 17 km away
  11. 3.148 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 889 days ago · 81 km deep · 49 km away
  12. 2.033 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 889 days ago · 78 km deep · 18 km away
  13. 1.654 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 890 days ago · 49 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 1.997 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 890 days ago · 37 km deep · 68 km away
  15. 1.859 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 891 days ago · 67 km deep · 86 km away
  16. 1.765 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 891 days ago · 21 km deep · 62 km away
  17. 2.887 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 892 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  18. 1.988 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 894 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
  19. 2.615 km W of Akutan, Alaska · 894 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 1.799 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 895 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0245kec98e. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:47 AM UTC.