Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 130 km S of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 130 km S of Unalaska, Alaska on Fri, Jan 10, 2020, 8:57 PM AKST (05:57 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 82 km S of Unalaska, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-01-11 05:57:16 UTC
Depth
6.5 km (4.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
52.710° N, 166.743° 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 5.0 km horizontally, 7.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
261°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 33 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.763 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 57 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 2.182 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 2.2107 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 44 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 3.367 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 40 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 1.978 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 43 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 1.861 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 1.6Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 2.956 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 61 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 2.982 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 3.284 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 2.880 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 3.677 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 21 km deep · 73 km away
  13. 2.252 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 121 km deep · 100 km away
  14. 3.782 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
  15. 2.776 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 31 km deep · 56 km away
  16. 2.770 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 2.2134 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 36 km deep · 20 km away
  18. 1.639 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 63 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 2.7141 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2420 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  20. 3.698 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2419 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  21. 3.097 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2415 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
  22. 3.159 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2413 days ago · 48 km deep · 72 km away
  23. 3.391 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2413 days ago · 24 km deep · 95 km away
  24. 1.874 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2412 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  25. 2.571 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2412 days ago · 64 km deep · 78 km away
  26. 1.882 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2408 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
  27. 3.0136 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2406 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  28. 3.366 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2405 days ago · 41 km deep · 96 km away
  29. 3.668 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2405 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  30. 2.6140 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2403 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away
  31. 2.153 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2399 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
  32. 2.576 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  33. 3.188 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away

Before

  1. 3.9Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 37 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 2.977 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 2.566 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 51 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 2.093 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 55 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 2.080 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 18 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 3.292 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
  7. 3.084 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 32 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 3.885 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 2.4102 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 38 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 3.051 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 2.4142 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 2.756 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 68 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 1.887 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 17 km deep · 52 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70006yfi (also filed as ak020ia89a7). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 2:47 AM UTC.