Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 56 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 56 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska on Sun, Nov 23, 2025, 8:17 PM AKST (05:17 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 54 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.1 (ml), micro
Local time: Sun, Nov 23, 2025, 8:17 PM AKST
UTC: 2025-11-24 05:17:37 UTC
Depth: 9.6 km (6.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 53.514° N, 167.146° 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 2.5 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.12
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 198°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 21

Nearest places

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

Unalaska, AlaskaPopulation 4,491. Forecast57 kmSW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 102 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 102.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000s8b3 (also filed as ak2025xcqyok). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:33 AM UTC.