Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 61 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 61 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska on Sun, Mar 10, 2019, 9:30 PM AKDT (05:30 UTC), 69 km (43 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 127 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.5 (ml), micro
Local time: Sun, Mar 10, 2019, 9:30 PM AKDT
UTC: 2019-03-11 05:30:41 UTC
Depth: 68.9 km (42.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 53.366° N, 166.883° 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 6.9 km horizontally, 9.5 km in depth
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 232°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 23

Nearest places

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

Unalaska, AlaskaPopulation 4,491. Forecast61 kmSSW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 54 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us700037b8 (also filed as ak01937urz93). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:34 AM UTC.