Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 191 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 191 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska on Fri, Jan 6, 2023, 4:20 AM AKST (13:20 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 199 km S of Unalaska, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2023-01-06 13:20:04 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
52.253° N, 165.588° 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 3.2 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
263°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.4189 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 2.1137 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1343 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 2.097 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1337 days ago · 23 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 3.0199 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1336 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  5. 2.1134 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1332 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 2.9Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1332 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 2.3162 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1330 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 1.9133 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1329 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 2.3194 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1329 days ago · 21 km deep · 7 km away
  10. 2.7200 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1319 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 2.9202 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1317 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away

Before

  1. 2.5194 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 18 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 2.6142 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1367 days ago · 24 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 3.6131 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 3.694 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1368 days ago · 39 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 2.7127 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1372 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 4.6124 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 1375 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.5Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 1375 days ago · 28 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 2.5138 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1387 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 2.4176 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 1388 days ago · 2 km deep · 54 km away
  10. 4.1136 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1388 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 2.7202 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 1390 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000jiyc (also filed as ak023a530np). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 3:57 PM UTC.