Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 188 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 188 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska on Wed, May 15, 2024, 3:14 PM AKDT (23:14 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-05-15 23:14:29 UTC
Depth
17.8 km (11.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
52.347° N, 165.313° 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 6.7 km horizontally, 8.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
222°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
29

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.7139 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 859 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 2.6192 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 855 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 2.8201 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 853 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 2.0202 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 832 days ago · 29 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 1.791 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 831 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 2.0205 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 818 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 2.1141 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 817 days ago · 21 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 1.9149 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 816 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away
  9. 2.3110 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 809 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away

Before

  1. 2.4211 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 868 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  2. 3.1146 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 873 days ago · 27 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 2.9145 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 873 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 3.0175 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 874 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 2.4197 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 882 days ago · 18 km deep · 30 km away
  6. 1.9166 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 884 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 2.3200 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 891 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  8. 2.1109 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 891 days ago · 21 km deep · 100 km away
  9. 3.4169 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 896 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  10. 4.2165 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 896 days ago · 17 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 3.1132 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 896 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000n817 (also filed as ak02469av8j8). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:21 AM UTC.