M2.6 earthquake 185 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 185 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska on Fri, Nov 1, 2019, 8:24 AM AKDT (16:24 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 156 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-11-01 16:24:02 UTC
- Depth
- 8.8 km (5.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 52.303° N, 165.624° 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 8.0 km horizontally, 17.1 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 247°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.9196 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2519 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.0146 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2519 days ago · 20 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.8159 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2514 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.4172 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2514 days ago · 21 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.3122 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2502 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.2210 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2499 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.1121 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.0156 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.4142 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
Before
- 2.4126 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2533 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.3136 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2533 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.4147 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2545 days ago · 28 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.3151 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.8151 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2554 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us700063qs (also filed as ak019e0okxob). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:34 AM UTC.