Alaska earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 77 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 77 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska on Sun, Oct 6, 2024, 12:34 AM AKDT (08:34 UTC), 56 km (35 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 4.8 (mwr), light
Local time: Sun, Oct 6, 2024, 12:34 AM AKDT
UTC: 2024-10-06 08:34:13 UTC
Depth: 55.6 km (34.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 53.268° N, 167.108° W
Region: Alaska
Felt reports: 3
Strongest shaking: III, weak shaking
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated: III, weak shaking
Peak ground acceleration: 0.9% of gravity
Peak ground velocity: 0.5 cm/s
Map: Automatic

USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter — Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Reverse (thrust)
Moment magnitude: 4.8 Mwr
Nodal plane 1: Strike 74°, dip 82°, rake 88°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 270°, dip 9°, rake 106°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 2.5 km horizontally, 5.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.08
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 139°
Stations used: 71

Nearest places

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

Unalaska, AlaskaPopulation 4,491. Forecast77 kmSSW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 136 in the 60 days after this one and 73 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 136.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000nwuu (also filed as ak024cv7fyc0). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 9:47 AM UTC.