Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 36 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 36 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska on Sun, Aug 5, 2018, 5:32 PM AKDT (01:32 UTC), 64 km (40 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 79 km S of Unalaska, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.6 (ml), micro
Local time: Sun, Aug 5, 2018, 5:32 PM AKDT
UTC: 2018-08-06 01:32:29 UTC
Depth: 63.8 km (39.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 53.736° N, 166.038° 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 9.6 km horizontally, 20.3 km in depth
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 176°
Stations used: 34

Nearest places

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

Unalaska, AlaskaPopulation 4,491. Forecast36 kmESE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 108 in the 60 days after this one and 59 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 108.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000g6tl (also filed as ak20010956, ak018a0jy0bx). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:24 PM UTC.