Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 95 km SE of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 95 km SE of Akutan, Alaska on Tue, Jan 6, 2026, 7:56 PM AKST (04:56 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 70 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2026-01-07 04:56:09 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.468° N, 164.866° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
2.4ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.148 · 6 stations
2.9ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterReviewed · ±0.1 · 18 stations

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 3.0 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
217°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
18

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 87 in the 60 days after this one and 41 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.791 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 268 days ago · 23 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 2.975 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 268 days ago · 18 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 2.9100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 266 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 2.358 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 261 days ago · 54 km deep · 37 km away
  5. 2.478 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 261 days ago · 67 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 2.390 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 260 days ago · 45 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 2.771 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 260 days ago · 60 km deep · 33 km away
  8. 2.896 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 260 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 3.485 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 258 days ago · 21 km deep · 16 km away
  10. 2.7103 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 258 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 2.345 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 257 days ago · 78 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 4.055 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 257 days ago · 55 km deep · 71 km away
  13. 2.924 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 257 days ago · 84 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 2.695 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 255 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
  15. 2.4114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 255 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  16. 2.3133 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 254 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 2.5108 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 254 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
  18. 2.896 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 254 days ago · 58 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 2.259 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 254 days ago · 36 km deep · 38 km away
  20. 2.160 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 254 days ago · 42 km deep · 39 km away
  21. 3.6115 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 253 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
  22. 2.177 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 253 days ago · 23 km deep · 62 km away
  23. 2.0105 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 253 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
  24. 2.4100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 252 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
  25. 2.185 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 250 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  26. 2.7114 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 250 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
  27. 2.9108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 248 days ago · 2 km deep · 39 km away
  28. 2.236 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 247 days ago · 69 km deep · 79 km away
  29. 2.961 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 247 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
  30. 3.1181 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 246 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  31. 2.496 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 243 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  32. 2.4126 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 243 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  33. 2.751 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 243 days ago · 59 km deep · 45 km away
  34. 2.552 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 241 days ago · 62 km deep · 67 km away
  35. 2.938 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 240 days ago · 91 km deep · 98 km away
  36. 2.6162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 239 days ago · 17 km deep · 85 km away
  37. 2.146 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 239 days ago · 36 km deep · 72 km away
  38. 3.7100 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 238 days ago · 46 km deep · 29 km away
  39. 2.4102 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 238 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  40. 2.2138 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 238 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  41. 4.270 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 238 days ago · 43 km deep · 40 km away
  42. 2.4193 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 238 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  43. 2.5164 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 238 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  44. 2.3121 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 237 days ago · 19 km deep · 30 km away
  45. 2.5160 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 237 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
  46. 2.036 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 237 days ago · 87 km deep · 89 km away
  47. 2.7139 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 237 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  48. 2.4113 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 237 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  49. 2.690 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 236 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  50. 2.589 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 236 days ago · 22 km deep · 18 km away
  51. 2.879 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 232 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  52. 3.181 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 230 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  53. 3.645 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 229 days ago · 65 km deep · 57 km away
  54. 2.546 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 229 days ago · 98 km deep · 56 km away
  55. 2.764 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 228 days ago · 53 km deep · 32 km away
  56. 2.5101 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 227 days ago · 30 km deep · 96 km away
  57. 2.593 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 226 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
  58. 2.496 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 226 days ago · 17 km deep · 21 km away
  59. 2.155 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 226 days ago · 62 km deep · 41 km away
  60. 3.353 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 225 days ago · 61 km deep · 70 km away

The first 60 of 87.

Before

  1. 2.869 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 271 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 2.8134 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 271 days ago · 19 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 2.488 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 272 days ago · 29 km deep · 22 km away
  4. 2.486 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 272 days ago · 29 km deep · 22 km away
  5. 2.631 km SSW of Akutan, Alaska · 272 days ago · 87 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 2.479 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 273 days ago · 28 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 2.848 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 273 days ago · 24 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 3.489 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 273 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 2.176 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 273 days ago · 87 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 2.882 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 274 days ago · 20 km deep · 22 km away
  11. 2.695 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 274 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
  12. 2.587 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 274 days ago · 16 km deep · 20 km away
  13. 2.171 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 274 days ago · 36 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 2.458 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 275 days ago · 55 km deep · 37 km away
  15. 2.6122 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 275 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
  16. 2.382 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 275 days ago · 40 km deep · 32 km away
  17. 3.0148 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 276 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
  18. 3.0165 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 276 days ago · 22 km deep · 100 km away
  19. 3.188 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 277 days ago · 23 km deep · 23 km away
  20. 2.790 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 280 days ago · 22 km deep · 50 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000rnb0 (also filed as ak2026alkenp). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:26 PM UTC.