Alaska earthquakes

M3.6 earthquake 88 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 88 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska on Sun, Jan 26, 2025, 1:41 PM AKST (22:41 UTC), 78 km (48 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 84 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.6 (ml), minor
Local time: Sun, Jan 26, 2025, 1:41 PM AKST
UTC: 2025-01-26 22:41:38 UTC
Depth: 77.9 km (48.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 53.263° N, 167.397° 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 10.8 km horizontally, 17.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.15
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 237°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 9

Nearest places

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

Unalaska, AlaskaPopulation 4,491. Forecast89 kmSW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 187 in the 60 days after this one and 101 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 187.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000pf2r (also filed as ak02517dbfks). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:26 PM UTC.