Alaska earthquakes

M3.6 earthquake 90 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 90 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska on Sun, Feb 25, 2024, 1:21 AM AKST (10:21 UTC), 100 km (62 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 87 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.6 (mb), minor
Local time: Sun, Feb 25, 2024, 1:21 AM AKST
UTC: 2024-02-25 10:21:02 UTC
Depth: 99.9 km (62.1 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 53.386° N, 167.620° 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 7.1 km horizontally, 4.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.13
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 179°
Stations used: 50

Nearest places

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

Unalaska, AlaskaPopulation 4,491. Forecast90 kmSW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 113 in the 60 days after this one and 51 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 113.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000mfvk (also filed as ak0242ks69xz). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 10:05 PM UTC.