M2.6 earthquake 83 km S of Unalaska, Alaska

Magnitude

2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Alaska Earthquake Center

Local time

Tue, May 5, 2026, 7:30 AM AKDT

UTC

2026-05-05 15:30:35 UTC

Depth

15.2 km (9.4 mi), shallow

Epicenter

53.128° N, 166.353° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 5.0 km horizontally, 4.2 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.20

Station coverage gap

228°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

23

• Unalaska, AlaskaPopulation 4,491. Forecast84 kmS

After

1. 3.588 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaTue, May 5, 8:50 AM AKDT · 152 days ago · 23 km deep · 40 km away
2. 2.594 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaThu, May 7, 12:09 AM AKDT · 151 days ago · 14 km deep · 37 km away
3. 2.283 km S of Unalaska, AlaskaThu, May 7, 11:14 AM AKDT · 150 days ago · 28 km deep · 10 km away
4. 2.075 km SW of Unalaska, AlaskaThu, May 7, 11:37 PM AKDT · 150 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
5. 2.5102 km E of Nikolski, AlaskaFri, May 8, 8:06 PM AKDT · 149 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away
6. 2.311 km SSE of Unalaska, AlaskaFri, May 8, 9:56 PM AKDT · 149 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
7. 2.110 km SSE of Unalaska, AlaskaFri, May 8, 11:03 PM AKDT · 149 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
8. 2.9101 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaSat, May 9, 2:42 AM AKDT · 149 days ago · 32 km deep · 39 km away
9. 2.698 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaSat, May 9, 1:16 PM AKDT · 148 days ago · 19 km deep · 38 km away
10. 2.040 km SSE of Akutan, AlaskaSat, May 9, 4:08 PM AKDT · 148 days ago · 65 km deep · 94 km away
11. 1.626 km S of Akutan, AlaskaSat, May 9, 5:13 PM AKDT · 148 days ago · 79 km deep · 93 km away
12. 2.555 km SE of Unalaska, AlaskaSat, May 9, 5:38 PM AKDT · 148 days ago · 28 km deep · 60 km away
13. 2.2103 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaSun, May 10, 7:01 PM AKDT · 147 days ago · 29 km deep · 51 km away
14. 2.363 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaMon, May 11, 6:27 PM AKDT · 146 days ago · 74 km deep · 53 km away
15. 2.281 km SE of Unalaska, AlaskaTue, May 12, 4:41 PM AKDT · 145 days ago · 21 km deep · 42 km away
16. 2.4104 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaTue, May 12, 9:17 PM AKDT · 145 days ago · 17 km deep · 50 km away
17. 2.466 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaWed, May 13, 1:20 AM AKDT · 145 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
18. 2.228 km SE of Unalaska, AlaskaThu, May 14, 5:31 PM AKDT · 143 days ago · 80 km deep · 64 km away
19. 2.549 km SE of Unalaska, AlaskaFri, May 15, 12:33 PM AKDT · 142 days ago · 72 km deep · 49 km away
20. 2.888 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaFri, May 15, 9:56 PM AKDT · 142 days ago · 30 km deep · 31 km away
21. 2.980 km E of Nikolski, AlaskaSun, May 17, 3:00 PM AKDT · 140 days ago · 21 km deep · 91 km away
22. 2.581 km SSE of Akutan, AlaskaMon, May 18, 9:01 PM AKDT · 139 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
23. 3.2130 km ESE of Nikolski, AlaskaTue, May 19, 10:02 PM AKDT · 138 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
24. 2.516 km SSE of Unalaska, AlaskaWed, May 20, 1:06 PM AKDT · 137 days ago · 103 km deep · 67 km away
25. 3.615 km SE of Unalaska, AlaskaFri, May 22, 8:00 PM AKDT · 135 days ago · 83 km deep · 70 km away
26. 2.6149 km ESE of Nikolski, AlaskaSat, May 23, 7:17 PM AKDT · 134 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
27. 3.398 km E of Nikolski, AlaskaSun, May 24, 1:03 AM AKDT · 134 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
28. 2.093 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaSun, May 24, 5:33 AM AKDT · 134 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
29. 3.386 km E of Nikolski, AlaskaMon, May 25, 4:26 PM AKDT · 132 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
30. 3.359 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaMon, May 25, 7:03 PM AKDT · 132 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
31. 3.062 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaMon, May 25, 7:07 PM AKDT · 132 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
32. 3.762 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaMon, May 25, 7:07 PM AKDT · 132 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away
33. 1.827 km ENE of Dutch Harbor, AlaskaMon, May 25, 11:28 PM AKDT · 132 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
34. 2.356 km SW of Unalaska, AlaskaTue, May 26, 12:53 AM AKDT · 132 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
35. 2.558 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaWed, May 27, 10:30 PM AKDT · 130 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
36. 1.85 km W of Dutch Harbor, AlaskaThu, May 28, 4:13 PM AKDT · 129 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
37. 1.891 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaThu, May 28, 4:18 PM AKDT · 129 days ago · 63 km deep · 58 km away
38. 1.95 km W of Dutch Harbor, AlaskaThu, May 28, 7:08 PM AKDT · 129 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
39. 1.777 km SW of Unalaska, AlaskaThu, May 28, 8:29 PM AKDT · 129 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
40. 2.190 km S of Unalaska, AlaskaThu, May 28, 9:36 PM AKDT · 129 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
41. 2.476 km S of Akutan, AlaskaThu, May 28, 11:35 PM AKDT · 129 days ago · 18 km deep · 63 km away
42. 2.398 km ESE of Nikolski, AlaskaFri, May 29, 6:01 AM AKDT · 129 days ago · 1 km deep · 85 km away
43. 2.678 km SE of Unalaska, AlaskaFri, May 29, 7:43 AM AKDT · 129 days ago · 20 km deep · 57 km away
44. 2.286 km SSE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, May 29, 11:48 AM AKDT · 128 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
45. 2.693 km ESE of Nikolski, AlaskaSat, May 30, 9:08 PM AKDT · 127 days ago · 30 km deep · 88 km away
46. 2.679 km SE of Unalaska, AlaskaSat, May 30, 10:19 PM AKDT · 127 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away
47. 2.086 km SW of Unalaska, AlaskaSun, May 31, 2:23 AM AKDT · 127 days ago · 83 km deep · 89 km away
48. 2.4136 km ESE of Nikolski, AlaskaSun, May 31, 5:58 AM AKDT · 127 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
49. 2.273 km SSE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, May 31, 10:00 AM AKDT · 126 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
50. 2.152 km SW of Unalaska, AlaskaSun, May 31, 5:04 PM AKDT · 126 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
51. 2.391 km SSE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, May 31, 8:03 PM AKDT · 126 days ago · 28 km deep · 85 km away
52. 2.157 km SW of Unalaska, AlaskaSun, May 31, 8:34 PM AKDT · 126 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
53. 2.387 km SSE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, May 31, 8:43 PM AKDT · 126 days ago · 24 km deep · 86 km away
54. 2.492 km SSE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, May 31, 8:52 PM AKDT · 126 days ago · 19 km deep · 84 km away
55. 2.568 km SSE of Unalaska, AlaskaSun, May 31, 9:37 PM AKDT · 126 days ago · 21 km deep · 34 km away
56. 1.55 km W of Dutch Harbor, AlaskaSun, May 31, 11:47 PM AKDT · 126 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
57. 2.910 km S of Unalaska, AlaskaMon, Jun 1, 1:21 AM AKDT · 126 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
58. 2.642 km SW of Unalaska, AlaskaMon, Jun 1, 4:48 AM AKDT · 126 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
59. 2.775 km SW of Unalaska, AlaskaMon, Jun 1, 1:33 PM AKDT · 125 days ago · 17 km deep · 68 km away
60. 1.974 km SW of Unalaska, AlaskaThu, Jun 4, 2:55 AM AKDT · 123 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

1. 1.942 km SE of Unalaska, AlaskaTue, May 5, 1:05 AM AKDT · 153 days ago · 74 km deep · 61 km away
2. 2.342 km ESE of Unalaska, AlaskaMon, May 4, 9:24 PM AKDT · 153 days ago · 81 km deep · 71 km away
3. 4.778 km SSE of Akutan, AlaskaMon, May 4, 6:38 PM AKDT · 153 days ago · 44 km deep · 66 km away
4. 2.696 km S of Unalaska, AlaskaSun, May 3, 8:00 PM AKDT · 154 days ago · 30 km deep · 18 km away
5. 2.277 km SE of Unalaska, AlaskaSun, May 3, 2:51 PM AKDT · 154 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away
6. 2.960 km SE of Unalaska, AlaskaSun, May 3, 5:52 AM AKDT · 155 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
7. 2.357 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaSat, May 2, 10:37 AM AKDT · 155 days ago · 69 km deep · 43 km away
8. 1.96 km SSE of Unalaska, AlaskaSat, May 2, 3:30 AM AKDT · 156 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
9. 1.67 km SSE of Unalaska, AlaskaFri, May 1, 11:10 PM AKDT · 156 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
10. 2.054 km SW of Unalaska, AlaskaFri, May 1, 2:07 PM AKDT · 156 days ago · 17 km deep · 61 km away
11. 2.499 km SSE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, May 1, 4:54 AM AKDT · 157 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
12. 2.367 km SW of Unalaska, AlaskaThu, Apr 30, 11:22 PM AKDT · 157 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
13. 1.852 km SW of Unalaska, AlaskaThu, Apr 30, 7:16 PM AKDT · 157 days ago · 85 km deep · 74 km away
14. 2.384 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaThu, Apr 30, 3:41 AM AKDT · 158 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
15. 1.942 km W of Dutch Harbor, AlaskaWed, Apr 29, 9:58 PM AKDT · 158 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
16. 2.371 km SSE of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Apr 29, 9:37 AM AKDT · 158 days ago · 44 km deep · 83 km away
17. 2.598 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaWed, Apr 29, 8:53 AM AKDT · 158 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away
18. 2.495 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaWed, Apr 29, 8:52 AM AKDT · 158 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
19. 2.763 km SSE of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Apr 29, 7:47 AM AKDT · 158 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
20. 3.384 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaMon, Apr 27, 4:28 AM AKDT · 161 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event aka2026iwftiw. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 3:15 AM UTC.