Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 71 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 71 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska on Sun, Dec 20, 2020, 6:35 PM AKST (03:35 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 43 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.9 (ml), micro
Local time: Sun, Dec 20, 2020, 6:35 PM AKST
UTC: 2020-12-21 03:35:06 UTC
Depth: 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 53.396° N, 165.811° 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 2.7 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.13
Depth from: Operator assigned
Station coverage gap: 221°, 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. Forecast71 kmSE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 87 in the 60 days after this one and 62 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 87.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000d4as (also filed as ak020gctbd5p). Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 3:56 AM UTC.