Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 58 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 58 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska on Thu, Dec 17, 2020, 5:18 PM AKST (02:18 UTC), 73 km (45 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 71 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.6 (ml), micro
Local time: Thu, Dec 17, 2020, 5:18 PM AKST
UTC: 2020-12-18 02:18:56 UTC
Depth: 72.9 km (45.3 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 53.463° N, 167.075° 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 4.9 km horizontally, 7.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.12
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 203°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 18

Nearest places

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

Unalaska, AlaskaPopulation 4,491. Forecast58 kmSW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 73 in the 60 days after this one and 49 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 73.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000d3ux (also filed as ak020g7u0cla). Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 3:19 AM UTC.