M2.9 earthquake 196 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 196 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska on Thu, Nov 7, 2019, 6:21 AM AKST (15:21 UTC), 10 km (6 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
- 2.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-11-07 15:21:53 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 52.257° N, 165.370° 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 6.1 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 239°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 36
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.0146 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2519 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.8159 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2514 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.4172 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2514 days ago · 21 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.2210 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2499 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.0156 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.3171 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us700069g7 (also filed as ak019eal723f). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:39 PM UTC.