M2.6 earthquake 72 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska

Magnitude

2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Alaska Earthquake Center

Local time

Sun, Dec 23, 2018, 8:28 PM AKST

UTC

2018-12-24 05:28:00 UTC

Depth

25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow

Epicenter

53.236° N, 166.313° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Stations used

35

• Unalaska, AlaskaPopulation 4,491. Forecast72 kmSSE

After

1. 2.451 km SW of Unalaska, AlaskaMon, Dec 24, 4:48 AM AKST · 2841 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
2. 2.184 km SSE of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Dec 24, 1:56 PM AKST · 2841 days ago · 19 km deep · 64 km away
3. 2.157 km SE of Unalaska, AlaskaTue, Dec 25, 11:26 AM AKST · 2840 days ago · 46 km deep · 41 km away
4. 1.862 km SE of Unalaska, AlaskaWed, Dec 26, 8:52 PM AKST · 2839 days ago · 47 km deep · 38 km away
5. 2.978 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaThu, Dec 27, 5:15 PM AKST · 2838 days ago · 15 km deep · 31 km away
6. 2.074 km SW of Unalaska, AlaskaFri, Dec 28, 2:53 PM AKST · 2837 days ago · 71 km deep · 82 km away
7. 2.375 km S of Unalaska, AlaskaSun, Dec 30, 5:57 AM AKST · 2835 days ago · 21 km deep · 25 km away
8. 2.354 km S of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Dec 31, 1:54 PM AKST · 2834 days ago · 51 km deep · 57 km away
9. 2.561 km SE of Unalaska, AlaskaFri, Jan 4, 12:36 AM AKST · 2831 days ago · 30 km deep · 52 km away
10. 2.947 km SE of Unalaska, AlaskaFri, Jan 4, 7:39 PM AKST · 2830 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
11. 1.761 km SE of Unalaska, AlaskaSat, Jan 5, 8:33 AM AKST · 2829 days ago · 34 km deep · 47 km away
12. 3.445 km S of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Jan 6, 4:44 AM AKST · 2828 days ago · 59 km deep · 64 km away
13. 3.3108 km S of Unalaska, AlaskaSun, Jan 6, 10:01 AM AKST · 2828 days ago · 15 km deep · 48 km away
14. 3.675 km S of Unalaska, AlaskaMon, Jan 7, 6:14 PM AKST · 2827 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
15. 1.871 km SW of Unalaska, AlaskaTue, Jan 8, 8:46 PM AKST · 2826 days ago · 18 km deep · 68 km away
16. 2.686 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaThu, Jan 10, 9:01 AM AKST · 2824 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
17. 2.0109 km SSE of Unalaska, AlaskaSat, Jan 12, 8:46 PM AKST · 2822 days ago · 15 km deep · 50 km away
18. 1.977 km SW of Unalaska, AlaskaSun, Jan 13, 8:22 PM AKST · 2821 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
19. 1.865 km SE of Unalaska, AlaskaMon, Jan 14, 12:07 AM AKST · 2821 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
20. 1.734 km S of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Jan 15, 4:05 PM AKST · 2819 days ago · 72 km deep · 74 km away
21. 1.759 km ESE of Unalaska, AlaskaWed, Jan 16, 1:39 AM AKST · 2819 days ago · 47 km deep · 54 km away
22. 2.832 km S of Unalaska, AlaskaWed, Jan 16, 11:06 AM AKST · 2818 days ago · 66 km deep · 41 km away
23. 2.684 km SE of Unalaska, AlaskaThu, Jan 17, 7:01 AM AKST · 2817 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
24. 2.569 km S of Unalaska, AlaskaThu, Jan 17, 6:34 PM AKST · 2817 days ago · 35 km deep · 7 km away
25. 2.669 km SE of Unalaska, AlaskaThu, Jan 17, 11:50 PM AKST · 2817 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away
26. 2.3126 km E of Nikolski, AlaskaSun, Jan 20, 5:24 AM AKST · 2814 days ago · 54 km deep · 73 km away
27. 1.830 km S of Akutan, AlaskaThu, Jan 24, 3:49 AM AKST · 2810 days ago · 62 km deep · 81 km away
28. 2.416 km SSE of Akutan, AlaskaThu, Jan 24, 3:10 PM AKST · 2810 days ago · 73 km deep · 93 km away
29. 2.585 km S of Unalaska, AlaskaFri, Jan 25, 10:56 PM AKST · 2809 days ago · 31 km deep · 34 km away
30. 2.5134 km S of Unalaska, AlaskaSat, Jan 26, 7:42 PM AKST · 2808 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
31. 3.6Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, AlaskaSun, Jan 27, 3:32 AM AKST · 2807 days ago · 37 km deep · 33 km away
32. 2.179 km SW of Unalaska, AlaskaSun, Jan 27, 9:26 AM AKST · 2807 days ago · 64 km deep · 60 km away
33. 2.279 km SE of Unalaska, AlaskaMon, Jan 28, 8:24 AM AKST · 2806 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
34. 1.778 km SW of Unalaska, AlaskaTue, Jan 29, 12:25 AM AKST · 2806 days ago · 69 km deep · 66 km away
35. 2.1159 km S of Unalaska, AlaskaWed, Jan 30, 5:10 AM AKST · 2804 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
36. 2.2106 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaWed, Jan 30, 6:01 AM AKST · 2804 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
37. 1.892 km E of Nikolski, AlaskaWed, Jan 30, 1:22 PM AKST · 2804 days ago · 38 km deep · 84 km away
38. 3.262 km SW of Unalaska, AlaskaWed, Jan 30, 11:55 PM AKST · 2804 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
39. 2.261 km WSW of Unalaska, AlaskaThu, Jan 31, 4:36 AM AKST · 2803 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
40. 1.660 km SSE of Akutan, AlaskaThu, Jan 31, 5:30 AM AKST · 2803 days ago · 37 km deep · 81 km away
41. 1.510 km SE of Unalaska, AlaskaThu, Jan 31, 6:27 AM AKST · 2803 days ago · 73 km deep · 64 km away
42. 2.679 km S of Unalaska, AlaskaFri, Feb 1, 3:56 PM AKST · 2802 days ago · 19 km deep · 26 km away
43. 1.657 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaSun, Feb 3, 2:04 AM AKST · 2801 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
44. 2.279 km S of Unalaska, AlaskaMon, Feb 4, 2:09 AM AKST · 2800 days ago · 17 km deep · 12 km away
45. 3.655 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Feb 6, 8:37 AM AKST · 2797 days ago · 59 km deep · 99 km away
46. 2.076 km S of Unalaska, AlaskaWed, Feb 6, 4:07 PM AKST · 2797 days ago · 19 km deep · 29 km away
47. 1.9Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, AlaskaSat, Feb 9, 1:38 AM AKST · 2795 days ago · 24 km deep · 28 km away
48. 2.2134 km S of Unalaska, AlaskaMon, Feb 11, 11:06 PM AKST · 2792 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
49. 1.935 km WSW of Unalaska, AlaskaTue, Feb 12, 9:09 AM AKST · 2791 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
50. 1.848 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaThu, Feb 14, 4:41 PM AKST · 2789 days ago · 63 km deep · 46 km away
51. 3.699 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaThu, Feb 14, 11:56 PM AKST · 2789 days ago · 18 km deep · 97 km away
52. 1.723 km SSW of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Feb 15, 9:54 PM AKST · 2788 days ago · 72 km deep · 82 km away
53. 1.847 km SSE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Feb 15, 10:04 PM AKST · 2788 days ago · 56 km deep · 79 km away
54. 1.980 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaSat, Feb 16, 3:28 PM AKST · 2787 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
55. 1.552 km SW of Unalaska, AlaskaSat, Feb 16, 4:27 PM AKST · 2787 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
56. 2.393 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Feb 17, 6:20 AM AKST · 2786 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
57. 1.9107 km E of Nikolski, AlaskaTue, Feb 19, 3:31 AM AKST · 2784 days ago · 30 km deep · 69 km away
58. 2.0Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, AlaskaTue, Feb 19, 9:14 AM AKST · 2784 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away

Before

1. 2.1100 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Dec 23, 4:28 AM AKST · 2842 days ago · 36 km deep · 100 km away
2. 2.778 km S of Unalaska, AlaskaThu, Dec 20, 3:12 AM AKST · 2846 days ago · 26 km deep · 22 km away
3. 2.342 km SW of Unalaska, AlaskaThu, Dec 20, 3:02 AM AKST · 2846 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
4. 2.3139 km ESE of Nikolski, AlaskaWed, Dec 19, 8:32 AM AKST · 2846 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
5. 2.869 km SE of Unalaska, AlaskaTue, Dec 18, 2:47 PM AKST · 2847 days ago · 40 km deep · 50 km away
6. 2.460 km S of Unalaska, AlaskaMon, Dec 17, 2:33 PM AKST · 2848 days ago · 39 km deep · 12 km away
7. 2.684 km S of Unalaska, AlaskaMon, Dec 17, 5:50 AM AKST · 2848 days ago · 27 km deep · 32 km away
8. 3.389 km S of Unalaska, AlaskaMon, Dec 17, 5:48 AM AKST · 2848 days ago · 24 km deep · 36 km away
9. 2.128 km NE of Dutch Harbor, AlaskaSun, Dec 16, 12:12 PM AKST · 2849 days ago · 118 km deep · 89 km away
10. 2.136 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaThu, Dec 13, 2:20 PM AKST · 2852 days ago · 64 km deep · 100 km away
11. 2.246 km S of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Dec 12, 10:46 PM AKST · 2853 days ago · 61 km deep · 64 km away
12. 2.4133 km S of Unalaska, AlaskaWed, Dec 12, 5:55 PM AKST · 2853 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
13. 2.181 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaWed, Dec 12, 5:08 PM AKST · 2853 days ago · 25 km deep · 37 km away
14. 2.034 km S of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Dec 12, 11:35 AM AKST · 2853 days ago · 30 km deep · 74 km away
15. 4.078 km S of Unalaska, AlaskaWed, Dec 12, 3:44 AM AKST · 2853 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
16. 2.467 km S of Unalaska, AlaskaTue, Dec 11, 6:22 PM AKST · 2854 days ago · 37 km deep · 14 km away
17. 3.458 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Dec 11, 2:57 AM AKST · 2855 days ago · 58 km deep · 86 km away
18. 1.78 km SW of Unalaska, AlaskaMon, Dec 10, 9:46 AM AKST · 2855 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
19. 2.388 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaSun, Dec 9, 1:50 PM AKST · 2856 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
20. 3.588 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaSun, Dec 9, 12:38 PM AKST · 2856 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak018gg5jex6. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:58 PM UTC.