Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 48 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 48 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska on Thu, Aug 15, 2024, 8:18 PM AKDT (04:18 UTC), 28 km (17 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 85 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-08-16 04:18:44 UTC
Depth
27.5 km (17.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.674° N, 165.889° 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
28

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 62 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.136 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 774 days ago · 77 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 2.677 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 774 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 2.170 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 773 days ago · 36 km deep · 32 km away
  4. 3.664 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 773 days ago · 47 km deep · 34 km away
  5. 2.073 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 773 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
  6. 3.087 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 772 days ago · 30 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 1.734 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 771 days ago · 81 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 1.732 km NNW of Akutan, Alaska · 771 days ago · 94 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 1.677 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 769 days ago · 46 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 1.783 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 769 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 1.79 km E of Unalaska, Alaska · 769 days ago · 93 km deep · 40 km away
  12. 1.530 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 769 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
  13. 1.574 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 769 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 1.881 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 768 days ago · 57 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 1.573 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 768 days ago · 21 km deep · 36 km away
  16. 1.720 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 767 days ago · 107 km deep · 55 km away
  17. 1.575 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 767 days ago · 45 km deep · 49 km away
  18. 2.644 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 767 days ago · 81 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 3.270 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 766 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
  20. 1.769 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 765 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away
  21. 2.087 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 765 days ago · 30 km deep · 44 km away
  22. 2.251 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 764 days ago · 60 km deep · 11 km away
  23. 1.873 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 764 days ago · 19 km deep · 39 km away
  24. 2.184 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 763 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away
  25. 1.825 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 762 days ago · 69 km deep · 43 km away
  26. 2.172 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 762 days ago · 64 km deep · 58 km away
  27. 2.679 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 761 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  28. 2.280 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 761 days ago · 48 km deep · 67 km away
  29. 2.176 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 761 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  30. 2.072 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 761 days ago · 40 km deep · 44 km away
  31. 2.288 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 760 days ago · 24 km deep · 57 km away
  32. 3.657 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 760 days ago · 35 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
  33. 1.984 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 759 days ago · 39 km deep · 43 km away
  34. 1.852 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 759 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
  35. 1.975 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 759 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away
  36. 2.768 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 759 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
  37. 2.656 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 759 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  38. 2.558 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 759 days ago · 19 km deep · 79 km away
  39. 1.720 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 758 days ago · 88 km deep · 47 km away
  40. 2.067 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 758 days ago · 58 km deep · 74 km away
  41. 3.415 km ENE of Unalaska, Alaska · 758 days ago · 12 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 2
  42. 1.715 km ENE of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 758 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  43. 1.978 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 758 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
  44. 1.812 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 757 days ago · 82 km deep · 36 km away
  45. 2.078 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 756 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  46. 1.547 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 756 days ago · 53 km deep · 43 km away
  47. 1.695 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 756 days ago · 21 km deep · 62 km away
  48. 1.823 km NNE of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 756 days ago · 111 km deep · 60 km away
  49. 2.991 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 755 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  50. 2.381 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 755 days ago · 28 km deep · 53 km away
  51. 1.557 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 755 days ago · 42 km deep · 12 km away
  52. 1.638 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 755 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  53. 1.983 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 755 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
  54. 3.096 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 754 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  55. 2.987 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 754 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  56. 1.977 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 753 days ago · 18 km deep · 43 km away
  57. 1.737 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 753 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
  58. 2.380 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 753 days ago · 50 km deep · 80 km away
  59. 3.493 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 753 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  60. 2.077 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 753 days ago · 16 km deep · 41 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 1.857 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 775 days ago · 23 km deep · 20 km away
  2. 1.967 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 775 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 1.995 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 776 days ago · 39 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 1.670 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 777 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
  5. 1.574 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 777 days ago · 36 km deep · 34 km away
  6. 1.821 km SSW of Akutan, Alaska · 777 days ago · 75 km deep · 32 km away
  7. 2.520 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 777 days ago · 79 km deep · 27 km away
  8. 2.240 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 778 days ago · 67 km deep · 10 km away
  9. 1.940 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 778 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 1.671 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 778 days ago · 23 km deep · 34 km away
  11. 1.838 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 778 days ago · 83 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 1.731 km SW of Akutan, Alaska · 779 days ago · 75 km deep · 28 km away
  13. 2.798 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 779 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 1.996 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 779 days ago · 46 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 1.881 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 779 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 3.2131 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 779 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 2.182 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 780 days ago · 37 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 1.939 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 781 days ago · 64 km deep · 50 km away
  19. 1.7101 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 782 days ago · 22 km deep · 76 km away
  20. 1.841 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 782 days ago · 84 km deep · 34 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak024aisk5un. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 2:50 PM UTC.