Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 86 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 86 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska on Sat, May 16, 2020, 5:43 AM AKDT (13:43 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 13 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.8 (ml), micro
Local time: Sat, May 16, 2020, 5:43 AM AKDT
UTC: 2020-05-16 13:43:15 UTC
Depth: 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 53.129° N, 166.153° 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 5.4 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.12
Depth from: Operator assigned
Station coverage gap: 231°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 29

Nearest places

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

Unalaska, AlaskaPopulation 4,491. Forecast87 kmSSE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 189 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 189.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70009i4q (also filed as ak0206asmg2e). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:26 PM UTC.