Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 90 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 90 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska on Tue, Feb 27, 2024, 8:06 AM AKST (17:06 UTC), 31 km (19 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
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-02-27 17:06:18 UTC
Depth
30.9 km (19.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.282° 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 6.9 km horizontally, 8.9 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
220°, 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: 124 in the 60 days after this one and 58 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.46 km NE of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 945 days ago · 94 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 1.952 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 945 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 2.022 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 945 days ago · 82 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 2.3130 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 945 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 3.258 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 944 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
  6. 2.330 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 943 days ago · 98 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 2.1127 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 942 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 2.1132 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 942 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 2.494 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 941 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 2.035 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 941 days ago · 68 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 1.941 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 941 days ago · 58 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 2.642 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 940 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
  13. 1.88 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 939 days ago · 71 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 1.631 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 939 days ago · 44 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 1.99 km E of Unalaska, Alaska · 938 days ago · 84 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 2.089 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 938 days ago · 49 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 1.939 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 937 days ago · 44 km deep · 52 km away
  18. 2.078 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 936 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
  19. 1.877 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 935 days ago · 63 km deep · 43 km away
  20. 1.959 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 935 days ago · 50 km deep · 34 km away
  21. 1.772 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 934 days ago · 25 km deep · 19 km away
  22. 2.120 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 934 days ago · 81 km deep · 87 km away
  23. 2.579 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 934 days ago · 30 km deep · 36 km away
  24. 2.370 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 933 days ago · 36 km deep · 29 km away
  25. 2.187 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 932 days ago · 24 km deep · 4 km away
  26. 2.2101 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 931 days ago · 2 km deep · 46 km away
  27. 1.749 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 931 days ago · 29 km deep · 48 km away
  28. 1.769 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 930 days ago · 29 km deep · 44 km away
  29. 1.829 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 929 days ago · 73 km deep · 62 km away
  30. 2.0125 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 929 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
  31. 2.375 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 929 days ago · 50 km deep · 35 km away
  32. 2.815 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 928 days ago · 87 km deep · 99 km away
  33. 1.873 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 928 days ago · 45 km deep · 83 km away
  34. 2.143 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 928 days ago · 59 km deep · 52 km away
  35. 2.0117 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 927 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away
  36. 2.3149 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 927 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
  37. 2.1131 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 927 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  38. 3.999 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 926 days ago · 43 km deep · 86 km away
  39. 1.9121 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 926 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  40. 1.9118 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 926 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
  41. 2.982 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 926 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  42. 1.53 km WSW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 925 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
  43. 2.034 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 925 days ago · 67 km deep · 84 km away
  44. 2.895 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 924 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
  45. 2.18 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 924 days ago · 81 km deep · 83 km away
  46. 2.846 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 923 days ago · 64 km deep · 73 km away
  47. 2.969 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 922 days ago · 69 km deep · 96 km away
  48. 2.138 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 922 days ago · 104 km deep · 86 km away
  49. 3.5124 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 922 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  50. 2.191 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 921 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  51. 2.081 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 920 days ago · 37 km deep · 88 km away
  52. 1.851 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 920 days ago · 50 km deep · 44 km away
  53. 4.097 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 919 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  54. 2.174 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 918 days ago · 24 km deep · 75 km away
  55. 1.731 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 918 days ago · 36 km deep · 66 km away
  56. 1.746 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 918 days ago · 67 km deep · 88 km away
  57. 1.528 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 917 days ago · 36 km deep · 66 km away
  58. 1.854 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 916 days ago · 58 km deep · 36 km away
  59. 1.916 km WSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 916 days ago · 75 km deep · 98 km away
  60. 2.045 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 916 days ago · 51 km deep · 68 km away

The first 60 of 124.

Before

  1. 2.137 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 946 days ago · 57 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 2.732 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 946 days ago · 70 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 1.981 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 947 days ago · 18 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 2.114 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 948 days ago · 76 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 2.523 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 948 days ago · 85 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 1.615 km W of Akutan, Alaska · 948 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 1.915 km WSW of Akutan, Alaska · 950 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 1.821 km SSW of Akutan, Alaska · 950 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 2.180 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 950 days ago · 49 km deep · 35 km away
  10. 1.910 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 951 days ago · 63 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 2.581 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 952 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away
  12. 2.0115 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 952 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 1.9110 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 952 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 2.7125 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 952 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 2.06 km NE of Akutan, Alaska · 953 days ago · 108 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 2.0130 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 954 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 2.0140 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 954 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 4.3121 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 954 days ago · 28 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 3.6126 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 954 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 1.871 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 954 days ago · 24 km deep · 23 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000mji1 (also filed as ak0242o7bu17). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 9:01 PM UTC.