Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 80 km S of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 80 km S of Unalaska, Alaska on Wed, Jan 17, 2024, 6:52 PM AKST (03:52 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 81 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2024-01-18 03:52:08 UTC
Depth
25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.163° N, 166.730° 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
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 143 in the 60 days after this one and 45 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.955 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 988 days ago · 50 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 2.5146 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 988 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 1.746 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 987 days ago · 48 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 3.172 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 986 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 1.982 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 986 days ago · 16 km deep · 7 km away
  6. 2.075 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 986 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 2.261 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 986 days ago · 79 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 2.424 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 984 days ago · 79 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 1.643 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 984 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
  10. 2.691 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 983 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 2.835 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 983 days ago · 72 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 2.114 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 982 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 2.3159 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 982 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 1.852 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 982 days ago · 75 km deep · 39 km away
  15. 1.621 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 981 days ago · 86 km deep · 63 km away
  16. 1.858 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 981 days ago · 61 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 1.728 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 981 days ago · 77 km deep · 62 km away
  18. 1.972 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 981 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
  19. 2.086 km NE of Nikolski, Alaska · 981 days ago · 86 km deep · 74 km away
  20. 2.086 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 980 days ago · 54 km deep · 58 km away
  21. 2.868 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 979 days ago · 83 km deep · 47 km away
  22. 2.392 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 977 days ago · 104 km deep · 91 km away
  23. 3.044 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 977 days ago · 54 km deep · 52 km away
  24. 1.880 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 976 days ago · 61 km deep · 40 km away
  25. 1.753 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 975 days ago · 43 km deep · 52 km away
  26. 1.550 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 975 days ago · 18 km deep · 30 km away
  27. 2.1100 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 975 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
  28. 2.0100 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 974 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  29. 2.093 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 973 days ago · 71 km deep · 30 km away
  30. 1.770 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 973 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  31. 3.239 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 972 days ago · 68 km deep · 40 km away
  32. 2.147 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 972 days ago · 30 km deep · 57 km away
  33. 3.294 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 972 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  34. 2.871 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 971 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  35. 2.076 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 970 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  36. 3.353 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 970 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  37. 2.581 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 970 days ago · 35 km deep · 6 km away
  38. 2.2104 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 969 days ago · 44 km deep · 41 km away
  39. 1.967 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 968 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
  40. 1.848 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 967 days ago · 51 km deep · 41 km away
  41. 3.531 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 967 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  42. 2.069 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 967 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
  43. 2.129 km E of Unalaska, Alaska · 966 days ago · 70 km deep · 90 km away
  44. 2.3113 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 966 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  45. 1.854 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 966 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
  46. 2.294 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 966 days ago · 41 km deep · 55 km away
  47. 2.376 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 966 days ago · 58 km deep · 89 km away
  48. 1.723 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 965 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  49. 1.823 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 965 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  50. 1.651 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 964 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  51. 1.773 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 964 days ago · 70 km deep · 80 km away
  52. 2.950 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 964 days ago · 75 km deep · 42 km away
  53. 2.113 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 963 days ago · 81 km deep · 67 km away
  54. 2.916 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 963 days ago · 102 km deep · 65 km away
  55. 2.170 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 962 days ago · 48 km deep · 82 km away
  56. 2.366 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 959 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
  57. 3.090 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 958 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  58. 1.586 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 958 days ago · 17 km deep · 66 km away
  59. 3.073 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 957 days ago · 59 km deep · 73 km away
  60. 2.085 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 957 days ago · 37 km deep · 60 km away

The first 60 of 143.

Before

  1. 3.689 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 990 days ago · 48 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 2.910 km WNW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 991 days ago · 118 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 1.912 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 992 days ago · 90 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 1.835 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 992 days ago · 62 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 1.866 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 992 days ago · 23 km deep · 22 km away
  6. 2.078 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 992 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 3.9135 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 993 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 3.8141 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 993 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 3.0141 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 993 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 2.889 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 994 days ago · 28 km deep · 9 km away
  11. 2.055 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 995 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 1.985 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 996 days ago · 14 km deep · 6 km away
  13. 1.958 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 997 days ago · 43 km deep · 27 km away
  14. 2.382 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 998 days ago · 20 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 3.183 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 998 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
  16. 2.181 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1001 days ago · 21 km deep · 7 km away
  17. 2.080 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1001 days ago · 21 km deep · 5 km away
  18. 3.676 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1002 days ago · 67 km deep · 69 km away
  19. 1.932 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1002 days ago · 50 km deep · 59 km away
  20. 3.581 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 1004 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away

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