Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 61 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 61 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska on Fri, Jan 4, 2019, 12:36 AM AKST (09:36 UTC), 30 km (18 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 75 km S of Unalaska, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-01-04 09:36:18 UTC
Depth
29.7 km (18.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.565° N, 165.754° 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 2.6 km horizontally, 11.7 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
208°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
34

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 68 in the 60 days after this one and 37 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.947 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away
  2. 1.761 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 34 km deep · 6 km away
  3. 3.445 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 59 km deep · 19 km away
  4. 3.3108 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 2.4107 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 46 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 2.7107 km ESE of Akutan, AK · 2822 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 3.675 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 2.686 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 2.130 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 71 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 2.0109 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
  11. 1.865 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  12. 1.734 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 72 km deep · 28 km away
  13. 1.759 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 47 km deep · 3 km away
  14. 2.832 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 66 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 2.684 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
  16. 2.569 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 2.669 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 25 km deep · 9 km away
  18. 1.830 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 62 km deep · 34 km away
  19. 2.416 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 73 km deep · 48 km away
  20. 2.585 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 31 km deep · 85 km away
  21. 2.899 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  22. 2.8101 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
  23. 2.598 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  24. 3.6Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 37 km deep · 81 km away
  25. 2.158 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 72 km deep · 77 km away
  26. 2.7107 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  27. 2.279 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
  28. 1.660 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 37 km deep · 30 km away
  29. 1.951 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 74 km deep · 77 km away
  30. 1.510 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 73 km deep · 52 km away
  31. 2.679 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 19 km deep · 76 km away
  32. 1.657 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
  33. 2.279 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 17 km deep · 64 km away
  34. 2.494 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 53 km deep · 99 km away
  35. 3.655 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 59 km deep · 48 km away
  36. 2.076 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2792 days ago · 19 km deep · 77 km away
  37. 2.782 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2792 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
  38. 1.9Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 24 km deep · 50 km away
  39. 2.282 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 50 km deep · 94 km away
  40. 1.935 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  41. 2.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
  42. 2.3134 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
  43. 1.848 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 63 km deep · 74 km away
  44. 3.699 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 18 km deep · 60 km away
  45. 3.1136 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  46. 2.3121 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
  47. 1.723 km SSW of Akutan, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 72 km deep · 42 km away
  48. 1.847 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 56 km deep · 27 km away
  49. 2.088 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  50. 1.980 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  51. 1.552 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
  52. 2.393 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  53. 3.022 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 92 km deep · 66 km away
  54. 2.0Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 14 km deep · 47 km away
  55. 2.295 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
  56. 2.390 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 18 km deep · 35 km away
  57. 2.134 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 62 km deep · 38 km away
  58. 2.380 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 61 km deep · 80 km away
  59. 2.153 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 24 km deep · 10 km away
  60. 2.377 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away

The first 60 of 68.

Before

  1. 1.970 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 48 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 2.354 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 51 km deep · 9 km away
  3. 2.375 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 21 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 2.1104 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 2.879 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 42 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 2.978 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 1.862 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 47 km deep · 14 km away
  8. 2.157 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 46 km deep · 11 km away
  9. 2.184 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 19 km deep · 30 km away
  10. 2.451 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 2.672 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 2.1100 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 36 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 2.778 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 2.342 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 2.869 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 40 km deep · 8 km away
  16. 2.388 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 54 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 2.460 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 39 km deep · 48 km away
  18. 2.684 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 27 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 3.389 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 24 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 2.128 km NE of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2845 days ago · 118 km deep · 60 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000j37l (also filed as ak0196rq1sa). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:50 AM UTC.