Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 143 km SE of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 143 km SE of Akutan, Alaska on Sun, Nov 25, 2018, 6:28 PM AKST (03:28 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 177 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.9 (ml), micro
Local time: Sun, Nov 25, 2018, 6:28 PM AKST
UTC: 2018-11-26 03:28:29 UTC
Depth: 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 53.141° N, 164.386° 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.

Location uncertainty: About 6.6 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Depth from: Operator assigned
Station coverage gap: 233°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 27

Nearest places

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

Akutan, AlaskaPopulation 1,040. Forecast143 kmSE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 60 in the 60 days after this one and 35 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000is8i (also filed as ak018f5taw6c, ak20404235). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 7:52 AM UTC.