Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 27 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 27 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska on Sun, May 19, 2024, 9:21 AM AKDT (17:21 UTC), 75 km (47 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 87 km SE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2024-05-19 17:21:37 UTC
Depth
74.9 km (46.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
53.674° N, 166.299° 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
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 119 in the 60 days after this one and 66 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.840 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 866 days ago · 65 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 1.781 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 866 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 2.143 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 866 days ago · 73 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 1.988 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 866 days ago · 21 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 2.222 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 866 days ago · 79 km deep · 13 km away
  6. 2.290 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 865 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 3.289 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 865 days ago · 50 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 2.984 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 865 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 2.371 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 864 days ago · 47 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 2.5110 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 864 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 2.176 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 863 days ago · 25 km deep · 66 km away
  12. 1.836 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 863 days ago · 59 km deep · 58 km away
  13. 1.546 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 862 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 2.049 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 861 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away
  15. 2.992 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 861 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 2.758 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 859 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
  17. 2.432 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 859 days ago · 67 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 1.978 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 858 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  19. 1.846 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 857 days ago · 27 km deep · 24 km away
  20. 1.746 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 857 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
  21. 1.648 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 857 days ago · 14 km deep · 50 km away
  22. 1.648 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 857 days ago · 81 km deep · 41 km away
  23. 2.567 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 856 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  24. 1.75 km W of Akutan, Alaska · 856 days ago · 107 km deep · 58 km away
  25. 2.081 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 855 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away
  26. 1.86 km SSW of Akutan, Alaska · 854 days ago · 67 km deep · 56 km away
  27. 1.761 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 853 days ago · 75 km deep · 59 km away
  28. 1.670 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 853 days ago · 25 km deep · 44 km away
  29. 1.744 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 852 days ago · 86 km deep · 49 km away
  30. 2.8106 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 852 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  31. 1.616 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 852 days ago · 91 km deep · 24 km away
  32. 1.822 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 852 days ago · 81 km deep · 78 km away
  33. 2.784 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 850 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  34. 2.889 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 850 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  35. 1.854 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 849 days ago · 47 km deep · 28 km away
  36. 3.119 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 848 days ago · 77 km deep · 64 km away
  37. 1.665 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 848 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
  38. 1.729 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 847 days ago · 83 km deep · 29 km away
  39. 1.827 km SSW of Akutan, Alaska · 847 days ago · 75 km deep · 36 km away
  40. 1.829 km NE of Akutan, Alaska · 847 days ago · 84 km deep · 90 km away
  41. 3.567 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 847 days ago · 79 km deep · 72 km away
  42. 1.550 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 846 days ago · 50 km deep · 29 km away
  43. 1.647 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 846 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
  44. 2.061 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 845 days ago · 53 km deep · 58 km away
  45. 1.774 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 844 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
  46. 2.348 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 844 days ago · 80 km deep · 50 km away
  47. 2.653 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 844 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  48. 1.876 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 843 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
  49. 2.766 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 843 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
  50. 2.781 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 843 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  51. 2.054 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 842 days ago · 58 km deep · 72 km away
  52. 1.574 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 842 days ago · 36 km deep · 58 km away
  53. 3.463 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 841 days ago · 98 km deep · 73 km away
  54. 3.419 km NE of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 841 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  55. 1.775 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 839 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
  56. 1.946 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 839 days ago · 48 km deep · 22 km away
  57. 1.756 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 838 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
  58. 1.961 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 838 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  59. 2.147 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 838 days ago · 44 km deep · 24 km away
  60. 1.839 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 837 days ago · 83 km deep · 97 km away

The first 60 of 119.

Before

  1. 1.573 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 866 days ago · 17 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 2.546 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 866 days ago · 60 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 2.066 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 868 days ago · 14 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 1.523 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 868 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  5. 1.978 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 869 days ago · 43 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 1.781 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 869 days ago · 32 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 3.285 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 869 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 1.962 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 870 days ago · 63 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 3.075 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 871 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 2.2105 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 871 days ago · 21 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 1.915 km W of Akutan, Alaska · 871 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 2.196 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 871 days ago · 17 km deep · 73 km away
  13. 1.916 km WSW of Akutan, Alaska · 872 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  14. 1.815 km W of Akutan, Alaska · 872 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  15. 3.384 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 872 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 1.614 km W of Akutan, Alaska · 875 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 1.871 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 875 days ago · 31 km deep · 63 km away
  18. 1.922 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 875 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  19. 1.986 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 876 days ago · 21 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 1.984 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 876 days ago · 17 km deep · 58 km away

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