Alaska earthquakes

M3.6 earthquake 75 km S of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 75 km S of Unalaska, Alaska on Mon, Jan 7, 2019, 6:14 PM AKST (03:14 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 48 km E of Nikolski, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.6 (mb), minor
Local time
UTC
2019-01-08 03:14:32 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.201° N, 166.694° 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 4.5 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
195°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
58

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 59 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.871 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 18 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 2.0109 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 3.748 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 32 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 1.977 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 1.865 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 2.180 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 29 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 1.734 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 72 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 1.759 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 47 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 2.832 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 66 km deep · 45 km away
  10. 2.684 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 2.569 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
  12. 2.669 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 2.3126 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 54 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 1.830 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 62 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 2.585 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 31 km deep · 11 km away
  16. 2.5134 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  17. 3.6Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 37 km deep · 8 km away
  18. 2.179 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 64 km deep · 36 km away
  19. 2.279 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  20. 1.778 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 69 km deep · 43 km away
  21. 2.1159 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  22. 2.2106 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away
  23. 1.892 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 38 km deep · 59 km away
  24. 3.262 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
  25. 2.261 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  26. 1.510 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 73 km deep · 70 km away
  27. 2.679 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 19 km deep · 4 km away
  28. 1.657 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
  29. 1.978 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 71 km deep · 80 km away
  30. 2.279 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 17 km deep · 18 km away
  31. 2.076 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 19 km deep · 3 km away
  32. 1.9Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 24 km deep · 32 km away
  33. 2.2134 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  34. 1.935 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  35. 1.871 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 34 km deep · 76 km away
  36. 1.848 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 63 km deep · 33 km away
  37. 1.723 km SSW of Akutan, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 72 km deep · 97 km away
  38. 1.980 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away
  39. 1.552 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 14 km deep · 48 km away
  40. 1.9107 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 30 km deep · 45 km away
  41. 2.390 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
  42. 2.175 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 68 km deep · 80 km away
  43. 2.134 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 62 km deep · 49 km away
  44. 2.380 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 61 km deep · 6 km away
  45. 2.153 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 24 km deep · 77 km away
  46. 2.767 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 100 km deep · 85 km away
  47. 2.377 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 26 km deep · 3 km away
  48. 2.6102 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 24 km deep · 26 km away
  49. 2.182 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2771 days ago · 42 km deep · 11 km away
  50. 1.830 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 71 km deep · 72 km away
  51. 2.177 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
  52. 3.640 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 2768 days ago · 91 km deep · 91 km away
  53. 2.088 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2766 days ago · 27 km deep · 14 km away
  54. 1.645 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2765 days ago · 46 km deep · 67 km away
  55. 1.860 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2765 days ago · 37 km deep · 46 km away
  56. 3.673 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 28 km deep · 82 km away
  57. 2.682 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 28 km deep · 15 km away
  58. 1.884 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2763 days ago · 41 km deep · 65 km away
  59. 2.033 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2763 days ago · 68 km deep · 42 km away

Before

  1. 3.3108 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 15 km deep · 33 km away
  2. 3.445 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 59 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 1.761 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 34 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 2.947 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 2.561 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 30 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 2.354 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 51 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 2.375 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 21 km deep · 1 km away
  8. 2.074 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 71 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 2.978 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 15 km deep · 5 km away
  10. 1.862 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 47 km deep · 61 km away
  11. 2.157 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 46 km deep · 63 km away
  12. 2.184 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 19 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 2.451 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
  14. 2.672 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
  15. 2.367 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 45 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 2.778 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
  17. 2.342 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
  18. 2.3139 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 2.869 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 40 km deep · 74 km away
  20. 2.460 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 39 km deep · 27 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000j3zi (also filed as ak019da659c). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:27 PM UTC.