Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 86 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 86 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska on Mon, Feb 1, 2016, 8:56 PM AKST (05:56 UTC), 20 km (13 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 80 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

Unalaska forecastMore in Alaska

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2016-02-02 05:56:42 UTC
Depth
20.3 km (12.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.253° N, 165.746° 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
15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 95 in the 60 days after this one and 46 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.345 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3895 days ago · 56 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 2.135 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3895 days ago · 76 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 1.851 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3894 days ago · 25 km deep · 46 km away
  4. 1.749 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3894 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 1.68 km NNW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3894 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 2.296 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3893 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 1.970 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3893 days ago · 36 km deep · 17 km away
  8. 1.928 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 3892 days ago · 68 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 2.084 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3891 days ago · 50 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 1.661 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3890 days ago · 27 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 1.864 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3890 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
  12. 2.180 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3890 days ago · 42 km deep · 7 km away
  13. 4.180 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3889 days ago · 51 km deep · 48 km away
  14. 3.6Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3889 days ago · 24 km deep · 47 km away
  15. 1.850 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3888 days ago · 45 km deep · 36 km away
  16. 1.885 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3887 days ago · 47 km deep · 44 km away
  17. 2.781 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3887 days ago · 48 km deep · 45 km away
  18. 2.843 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3887 days ago · 73 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 2.2135 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3885 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
  20. 2.0121 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3885 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  21. 3.672 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3884 days ago · 46 km deep · 76 km away
  22. 2.777 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3884 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  23. 1.536 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3883 days ago · 67 km deep · 62 km away
  24. 2.081 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3883 days ago · 45 km deep · 41 km away
  25. 2.472 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3882 days ago · 64 km deep · 89 km away
  26. 3.995 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3881 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
  27. 2.123 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3880 days ago · 75 km deep · 64 km away
  28. 1.643 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3879 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  29. 2.4110 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3879 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
  30. 1.891 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3878 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
  31. 2.389 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3877 days ago · 51 km deep · 73 km away
  32. 1.987 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3877 days ago · 32 km deep · 40 km away
  33. 1.8Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3877 days ago · 74 km deep · 98 km away
  34. 2.075 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3876 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away
  35. 2.871 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3875 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
  36. 2.079 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3873 days ago · 34 km deep · 70 km away
  37. 1.786 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3873 days ago · 17 km deep · 18 km away
  38. 1.569 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3873 days ago · 22 km deep · 22 km away
  39. 1.877 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3872 days ago · 36 km deep · 66 km away
  40. 1.525 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 27 km deep · 99 km away
  41. 2.579 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
  42. 2.183 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 23 km deep · 48 km away
  43. 1.942 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3870 days ago · 90 km deep · 76 km away
  44. 2.078 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3870 days ago · 24 km deep · 37 km away
  45. 2.069 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3869 days ago · 44 km deep · 63 km away
  46. 2.578 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3868 days ago · 57 km deep · 44 km away
  47. 2.3138 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3868 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
  48. 2.669 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3868 days ago · 36 km deep · 18 km away
  49. 1.872 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3866 days ago · 23 km deep · 32 km away
  50. 2.485 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3866 days ago · 26 km deep · 2 km away
  51. 1.880 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3864 days ago · 18 km deep · 17 km away
  52. 2.655 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3864 days ago · 94 km deep · 68 km away
  53. 3.332 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3863 days ago · 92 km deep · 91 km away
  54. 1.721 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3863 days ago · 86 km deep · 76 km away
  55. 3.379 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3863 days ago · 39 km deep · 21 km away
  56. 3.070 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3862 days ago · 41 km deep · 26 km away
  57. 1.674 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3862 days ago · 23 km deep · 23 km away
  58. 1.692 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3862 days ago · 19 km deep · 6 km away
  59. 1.836 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 3861 days ago · 69 km deep · 61 km away
  60. 2.133 km E of Unalaska, Alaska · 3861 days ago · 73 km deep · 66 km away

The first 60 of 95.

Before

  1. 1.739 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3898 days ago · 71 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 2.986 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3898 days ago · 51 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 1.57 km ENE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3899 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 1.657 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3899 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 2.37 km SW of Akutan, Alaska · 3899 days ago · 109 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 1.518 km W of Akutan, Alaska · 3900 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 2.07 km ENE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3901 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 2.181 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3902 days ago · 57 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 2.072 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3903 days ago · 24 km deep · 14 km away
  10. 2.692 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3907 days ago · 44 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 3.982 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3907 days ago · 40 km deep · 49 km away
  12. 1.961 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3908 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
  13. 1.977 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3908 days ago · 55 km deep · 50 km away
  14. 1.839 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3908 days ago · 66 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 1.715 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 3909 days ago · 100 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 1.654 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 3910 days ago · 48 km deep · 43 km away
  17. 1.725 km SW of Akutan, Alaska · 3910 days ago · 80 km deep · 81 km away
  18. 1.948 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3912 days ago · 25 km deep · 47 km away
  19. 2.148 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 3912 days ago · 48 km deep · 39 km away
  20. 3.295 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3913 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away

Earthquakes todayAlaska earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0161io1pq9 (also filed as ak12629036). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:08 PM UTC.