Alaska earthquakes

M3.6 earthquake 72 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 72 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska on Thu, Jun 25, 2020, 9:14 PM AKDT (05:14 UTC), 74 km (46 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: 3.6 (ml), minor
Local time: Thu, Jun 25, 2020, 9:14 PM AKDT
UTC: 2020-06-26 05:14:12 UTC
Depth: 74.0 km (46.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 53.441° N, 167.344° 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 3.7 km horizontally, 7.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.10
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 186°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 65

Nearest places

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

Unalaska, AlaskaPopulation 4,491. Forecast72 kmSW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 87 in the 60 days after this one and 119 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 us7000aeuz (also filed as ak02086gpz13). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 12:01 PM UTC.