Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 83 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 83 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska on Sun, Feb 16, 2025, 9:19 PM AKST (06:19 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 82 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2025-02-17 06:19:56 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.331° N, 165.664° 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 2.6 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
217°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 174 in the 60 days after this one and 94 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.277 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 589 days ago · 48 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 2.285 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 588 days ago · 48 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 2.697 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 588 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 2.043 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 588 days ago · 29 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 1.77 km N of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 588 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 1.863 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 587 days ago · 47 km deep · 46 km away
  7. 3.1125 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 586 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 1.537 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 586 days ago · 28 km deep · 48 km away
  9. 1.878 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 586 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 1.998 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 585 days ago · 17 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 2.1125 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 585 days ago · 28 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 1.9130 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 585 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 2.619 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 585 days ago · 89 km deep · 65 km away
  14. 1.980 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 585 days ago · 61 km deep · 55 km away
  15. 1.8136 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 585 days ago · 23 km deep · 59 km away
  16. 1.660 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 584 days ago · 17 km deep · 27 km away
  17. 1.624 km SSW of Akutan, Alaska · 584 days ago · 93 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 1.778 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 584 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  19. 1.681 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 584 days ago · 40 km deep · 79 km away
  20. 1.548 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 584 days ago · 54 km deep · 54 km away
  21. 1.993 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 584 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away
  22. 1.9127 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 584 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  23. 1.793 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 584 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  24. 2.089 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 583 days ago · 43 km deep · 15 km away
  25. 1.752 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 583 days ago · 49 km deep · 33 km away
  26. 1.650 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 583 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  27. 1.86 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 583 days ago · 105 km deep · 89 km away
  28. 2.638 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 582 days ago · 65 km deep · 49 km away
  29. 1.511 km WNW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 582 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  30. 1.977 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 582 days ago · 51 km deep · 91 km away
  31. 1.674 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 582 days ago · 43 km deep · 34 km away
  32. 2.765 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 582 days ago · 35 km deep · 18 km away
  33. 1.753 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 582 days ago · 87 km deep · 81 km away
  34. 1.632 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 581 days ago · 99 km deep · 81 km away
  35. 2.9102 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 581 days ago · 18 km deep · 88 km away
  36. 3.214 km NNW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 580 days ago · 125 km deep · 98 km away
  37. 1.754 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 580 days ago · 45 km deep · 44 km away
  38. 1.874 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 580 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  39. 1.951 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 580 days ago · 91 km deep · 48 km away
  40. 1.790 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 580 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  41. 1.865 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 579 days ago · 68 km deep · 99 km away
  42. 1.946 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 579 days ago · 56 km deep · 56 km away
  43. 1.760 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 579 days ago · 49 km deep · 29 km away
  44. 2.266 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 578 days ago · 62 km deep · 90 km away
  45. 1.618 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 578 days ago · 72 km deep · 68 km away
  46. 2.2145 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 577 days ago · 21 km deep · 92 km away
  47. 1.877 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 577 days ago · 44 km deep · 31 km away
  48. 1.798 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 577 days ago · 25 km deep · 34 km away
  49. 1.686 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 577 days ago · 47 km deep · 94 km away
  50. 3.175 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 577 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  51. 3.072 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 576 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
  52. 2.9101 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 576 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  53. 1.633 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 575 days ago · 76 km deep · 85 km away
  54. 2.6143 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 575 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  55. 3.056 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 575 days ago · 54 km deep · 53 km away
  56. 1.876 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 575 days ago · 21 km deep · 30 km away
  57. 1.825 km SW of Akutan, Alaska · 575 days ago · 74 km deep · 74 km away
  58. 1.750 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 574 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
  59. 3.1137 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 574 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  60. 1.985 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 574 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away

The first 60 of 174.

Before

  1. 2.222 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 590 days ago · 74 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 2.291 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 590 days ago · 46 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 2.764 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 590 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 1.9111 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 591 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 1.737 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 591 days ago · 69 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 2.175 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 591 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 1.861 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 591 days ago · 74 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 1.564 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 592 days ago · 22 km deep · 21 km away
  9. 2.021 km SW of Akutan, Alaska · 592 days ago · 92 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 2.179 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 592 days ago · 25 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 1.976 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 592 days ago · 19 km deep · 25 km away
  12. 2.5139 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 593 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 2.9129 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 594 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 2.1109 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 594 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 2.0119 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 595 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 1.97 km N of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 596 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 1.824 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 597 days ago · 74 km deep · 59 km away
  18. 1.871 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 597 days ago · 20 km deep · 31 km away
  19. 3.223 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 597 days ago · 77 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 2.362 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 598 days ago · 57 km deep · 72 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000py7t (also filed as ak02527hhgfd). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 2:40 PM UTC.