Alaska earthquakes

M3.6 earthquake 22 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 22 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska on Fri, Nov 29, 2024, 6:10 PM AKST (03:10 UTC), 90 km (56 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.6 86 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.6 (ml), minor
Local time: Fri, Nov 29, 2024, 6:10 PM AKST
UTC: 2024-11-30 03:10:49 UTC
Depth: 89.9 km (55.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 53.710° N, 166.730° 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 14.3 km horizontally, 8.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.09
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 181°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 19

Nearest places

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

Unalaska, AlaskaPopulation 4,491. Forecast22 kmSW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 161 in the 60 days after this one and 53 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 161.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000pig5 (also filed as ak024fe2vtat). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:51 PM UTC.