Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 26 km S of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 26 km S of Unalaska, Alaska on Sat, Aug 15, 2020, 6:01 PM AKDT (02:01 UTC), 87 km (54 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 31 km E of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.6 (ml), micro
Local time: Sat, Aug 15, 2020, 6:01 PM AKDT
UTC: 2020-08-16 02:01:43 UTC
Depth: 87.5 km (54.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 53.635° N, 166.499° 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 11.0 km horizontally, 8.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.13
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 190°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 22

Nearest places

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

Unalaska, AlaskaPopulation 4,491. Forecast27 kmS

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 72 in the 60 days after this one and 41 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 72.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000bfzr (also filed as ak020air9nfc). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 8:41 PM UTC.