M2.6 earthquake 115 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 115 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska on Thu, Nov 19, 2020, 9:01 PM AKST (06:01 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 Unimak Island region, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
2.6	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.128 · 8 stations
2.2	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preliminary

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 80 in the 60 days after this one and 57 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 80.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000cna6 (also filed as ak020exl8q66). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 6:17 AM UTC.