M2.3 earthquake 199 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 199 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska on Sun, Nov 29, 2015, 7:53 PM AKST (04:53 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 213 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-11-30 04:53:09 UTC
- Depth
- 17.5 km (10.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 52.185° N, 165.534° 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
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.2170 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3955 days ago · 37 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.3138 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3941 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.4217 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3930 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.5213 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3919 days ago · 24 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.2130 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3918 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.4141 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3918 days ago · 24 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.5143 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3915 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak015fcg711i (also filed as ak12177750). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 8:34 AM UTC.