Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 149 km S of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 149 km S of Unalaska, Alaska on Tue, Nov 27, 2018, 3:36 PM AKST (00:36 UTC), 21 km (13 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: 2.7 (ml), micro
Local time: Tue, Nov 27, 2018, 3:36 PM AKST
UTC: 2018-11-28 00:36:49 UTC
Depth: 20.9 km (13.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 52.532° N, 166.475° 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 2.1 km horizontally, 12.4 km in depth
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 262°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 31

Nearest places

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

Unalaska, AlaskaPopulation 4,491. Forecast149 kmS

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000hxaz (also filed as ak018f92n1n4, ak20411248). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:59 PM UTC.