Alaska earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 46 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 46 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska on Tue, Aug 29, 2023, 5:22 PM AKDT (01:22 UTC), 60 km (38 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 96 km S of Unalaska, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.1 (ml), minor
Local time: Tue, Aug 29, 2023, 5:22 PM AKDT
UTC: 2023-08-30 01:22:06 UTC
Depth: 60.4 km (37.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 53.721° N, 165.883° 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 14.1 km horizontally, 39.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.10
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 187°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 6

Nearest places

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

Unalaska, AlaskaPopulation 4,491. Forecast46 kmESE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 122 in the 60 days after this one and 89 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 122.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000kv6a (also filed as ak023b48s4xy). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:50 PM UTC.