Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 89 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 89 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska on Tue, Mar 18, 2025, 12:19 AM AKDT (08:19 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 48 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.6 (ml), micro
Local time: Tue, Mar 18, 2025, 12:19 AM AKDT
UTC: 2025-03-18 08:19:24 UTC
Depth: 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 53.125° N, 167.013° 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 2.7 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.12
Depth from: Operator assigned
Station coverage gap: 219°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 10

Nearest places

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

Unalaska, AlaskaPopulation 4,491. Forecast89 kmSSW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 162 in the 60 days after this one and 82 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 162.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000q5vf (also filed as ak0253jh99sr). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:12 AM UTC.