Alaska earthquakes

M3.8 earthquake 122 km S of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 122 km S of Unalaska, Alaska on Thu, Aug 15, 2024, 2:28 PM AKDT (22:28 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 85 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.8 (mb), minor
Local time: Thu, Aug 15, 2024, 2:28 PM AKDT
UTC: 2024-08-15 22:28:34 UTC
Depth: 12.6 km (7.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 52.779° N, 166.709° W
Region: Alaska
Strongest shaking: I, not felt 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: I, not felt shaking
Peak ground acceleration: 0.0% of gravity
Peak ground velocity: 0.0 cm/s
Map: Automatic

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

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 2.6 km horizontally, 4.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.13
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 171°
Stations used: 66

Nearest places

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

Unalaska, AlaskaPopulation 4,491. Forecast122 kmS

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 179 in the 60 days after this one and 65 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 179.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000n7ae (also filed as ak024ahfsqha). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 4:09 AM UTC.