Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 17 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 17 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska on Mon, Jun 15, 2020, 9:27 PM AKDT (05:27 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 74 km S of Unalaska, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.5 (ml), micro
Local time: Mon, Jun 15, 2020, 9:27 PM AKDT
UTC: 2020-06-16 05:27:32 UTC
Depth: 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 53.816° N, 166.777° 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 2.0 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.15
Depth from: Operator assigned
Station coverage gap: 129°
Stations used: 38

Nearest places

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

Unalaska, AlaskaPopulation 4,491. Forecast17 kmWSW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 145 in the 60 days after this one and 59 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 145.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000acmm (also filed as av62181561, ak0207pxfbw7). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:02 AM UTC.