Alaska earthquakes

M3.7 earthquake 96 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 96 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska on Wed, Dec 9, 2020, 10:41 AM AKST (19:41 UTC), 43 km (27 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 35 km E of Nikolski, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.7 (ml), minor
Local time: Wed, Dec 9, 2020, 10:41 AM AKST
UTC: 2020-12-09 19:41:03 UTC
Depth: 42.9 km (26.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 53.071° N, 167.082° 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 3.4 km horizontally, 8.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.10
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 100°
Stations used: 37

Nearest places

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

Unalaska, AlaskaPopulation 4,491. Forecast96 kmSSW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 104 in the 60 days after this one and 131 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 104.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000cr05 (also filed as ak020ft8ff14). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 12:17 PM UTC.