Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 194 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 194 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska on Sun, Jan 27, 2019, 9:16 AM AKST (18:16 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 136 km SE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.6 (ml), micro
Local time: Sun, Jan 27, 2019, 9:16 AM AKST
UTC: 2019-01-27 18:16:58 UTC
Depth: 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 52.457° N, 164.822° 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 5.3 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Depth from: Operator assigned
Station coverage gap: 316°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 16

Nearest places

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

Unalaska, AlaskaPopulation 4,491. Forecast195 kmSE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000jeei (also filed as ak01918ybq9n). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:04 PM UTC.