M2.8 earthquake 88 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska

Magnitude

2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Alaska Earthquake Center

Local time

Fri, May 15, 2026, 9:56 PM AKDT

UTC

2026-05-16 05:56:32 UTC

Depth

29.5 km (18.3 mi), shallow

Epicenter

53.092° N, 166.807° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 9.2 km horizontally, 3.9 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.10

Station coverage gap

214°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

19

• Unalaska, AlaskaPopulation 4,491. Forecast89 kmSSW

After

1. 2.980 km E of Nikolski, AlaskaSun, May 17, 3:00 PM AKDT · 138 days ago · 21 km deep · 60 km away
2. 3.2130 km ESE of Nikolski, AlaskaTue, May 19, 10:02 PM AKDT · 136 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
3. 2.516 km SSE of Unalaska, AlaskaWed, May 20, 1:06 PM AKDT · 135 days ago · 103 km deep · 74 km away
4. 2.759 km E of Nikolski, AlaskaFri, May 22, 7:12 PM AKDT · 133 days ago · 54 km deep · 80 km away
5. 3.615 km SE of Unalaska, AlaskaFri, May 22, 8:00 PM AKDT · 133 days ago · 83 km deep · 79 km away
6. 2.6149 km ESE of Nikolski, AlaskaSat, May 23, 7:17 PM AKDT · 132 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
7. 3.398 km E of Nikolski, AlaskaSun, May 24, 1:03 AM AKDT · 132 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
8. 2.656 km ESE of Nikolski, AlaskaSun, May 24, 3:33 AM AKDT · 132 days ago · 29 km deep · 96 km away
9. 2.093 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaSun, May 24, 5:33 AM AKDT · 132 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
10. 3.386 km E of Nikolski, AlaskaMon, May 25, 4:26 PM AKDT · 130 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
11. 3.359 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaMon, May 25, 7:03 PM AKDT · 130 days ago · 2 km deep · 35 km away
12. 3.062 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaMon, May 25, 7:07 PM AKDT · 130 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
13. 3.762 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaMon, May 25, 7:07 PM AKDT · 130 days ago · 1 km deep · 35 km away
14. 2.356 km SW of Unalaska, AlaskaTue, May 26, 12:53 AM AKDT · 130 days ago · 15 km deep · 44 km away
15. 2.558 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaWed, May 27, 10:30 PM AKDT · 128 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
16. 2.376 km ESE of Nikolski, AlaskaThu, May 28, 3:01 AM AKDT · 128 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
17. 1.85 km W of Dutch Harbor, AlaskaThu, May 28, 4:13 PM AKDT · 127 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
18. 1.891 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaThu, May 28, 4:18 PM AKDT · 127 days ago · 63 km deep · 28 km away
19. 1.95 km W of Dutch Harbor, AlaskaThu, May 28, 7:08 PM AKDT · 127 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
20. 1.777 km SW of Unalaska, AlaskaThu, May 28, 8:29 PM AKDT · 127 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
21. 2.190 km S of Unalaska, AlaskaThu, May 28, 9:36 PM AKDT · 127 days ago · 26 km deep · 2 km away
22. 2.476 km S of Akutan, AlaskaThu, May 28, 11:35 PM AKDT · 127 days ago · 18 km deep · 91 km away
23. 2.398 km ESE of Nikolski, AlaskaFri, May 29, 6:01 AM AKDT · 127 days ago · 1 km deep · 58 km away
24. 2.678 km SE of Unalaska, AlaskaFri, May 29, 7:43 AM AKDT · 127 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
25. 2.693 km ESE of Nikolski, AlaskaSat, May 30, 9:08 PM AKDT · 125 days ago · 30 km deep · 60 km away
26. 2.679 km SE of Unalaska, AlaskaSat, May 30, 10:19 PM AKDT · 125 days ago · 16 km deep · 80 km away
27. 2.086 km SW of Unalaska, AlaskaSun, May 31, 2:23 AM AKDT · 125 days ago · 83 km deep · 64 km away
28. 2.4136 km ESE of Nikolski, AlaskaSun, May 31, 5:58 AM AKDT · 125 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
29. 2.152 km SW of Unalaska, AlaskaSun, May 31, 5:04 PM AKDT · 124 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
30. 2.157 km SW of Unalaska, AlaskaSun, May 31, 8:34 PM AKDT · 124 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
31. 2.568 km SSE of Unalaska, AlaskaSun, May 31, 9:37 PM AKDT · 124 days ago · 21 km deep · 61 km away
32. 1.55 km W of Dutch Harbor, AlaskaSun, May 31, 11:47 PM AKDT · 124 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
33. 2.910 km S of Unalaska, AlaskaMon, Jun 1, 1:21 AM AKDT · 124 days ago · 15 km deep · 79 km away
34. 2.642 km SW of Unalaska, AlaskaMon, Jun 1, 4:48 AM AKDT · 124 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
35. 2.775 km SW of Unalaska, AlaskaMon, Jun 1, 1:33 PM AKDT · 123 days ago · 17 km deep · 45 km away
36. 1.974 km SW of Unalaska, AlaskaThu, Jun 4, 2:55 AM AKDT · 121 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
37. 1.974 km SW of Unalaska, AlaskaThu, Jun 4, 4:16 AM AKDT · 121 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
38. 2.1135 km ESE of Nikolski, AlaskaThu, Jun 4, 1:01 PM AKDT · 120 days ago · 29 km deep · 66 km away
39. 1.992 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaFri, Jun 5, 1:24 AM AKDT · 120 days ago · 22 km deep · 5 km away
40. 2.3128 km E of Nikolski, AlaskaSat, Jun 6, 10:50 AM AKDT · 118 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
41. 2.163 km S of Akutan, AlaskaSat, Jun 6, 4:46 PM AKDT · 118 days ago · 54 km deep · 95 km away
42. 2.946 km S of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Jun 7, 6:23 AM AKDT · 118 days ago · 65 km deep · 99 km away
43. 1.873 km SW of Unalaska, AlaskaSun, Jun 7, 9:15 AM AKDT · 117 days ago · 12 km deep · 57 km away
44. 2.499 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaSun, Jun 7, 10:15 AM AKDT · 117 days ago · 24 km deep · 12 km away
45. 2.297 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaSun, Jun 7, 11:38 AM AKDT · 117 days ago · 28 km deep · 12 km away
46. 1.958 km S of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Jun 7, 9:01 PM AKDT · 117 days ago · 88 km deep · 97 km away
47. 1.897 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaSun, Jun 7, 11:45 PM AKDT · 117 days ago · 12 km deep · 9 km away
48. 2.5125 km S of Unalaska, AlaskaMon, Jun 8, 3:34 AM AKDT · 117 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
49. 2.585 km SE of Unalaska, AlaskaMon, Jun 8, 6:02 AM AKDT · 117 days ago · 17 km deep · 79 km away
50. 2.0122 km S of Unalaska, AlaskaMon, Jun 8, 6:15 AM AKDT · 117 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
51. 2.268 km S of Unalaska, AlaskaMon, Jun 8, 6:18 AM AKDT · 117 days ago · 20 km deep · 30 km away
52. 1.779 km E of Nikolski, AlaskaMon, Jun 8, 1:45 PM AKDT · 116 days ago · 74 km deep · 59 km away
53. 2.480 km SW of Unalaska, AlaskaMon, Jun 8, 6:30 PM AKDT · 116 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
54. 2.083 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaTue, Jun 9, 7:45 AM AKDT · 116 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
55. 3.218 km SE of Unalaska, AlaskaTue, Jun 9, 9:15 AM AKDT · 115 days ago · 86 km deep · 84 km away
56. 1.995 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaTue, Jun 9, 1:26 PM AKDT · 115 days ago · 24 km deep · 6 km away
57. 1.674 km W of Dutch Harbor, AlaskaWed, Jun 10, 10:04 AM AKDT · 114 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
58. 2.153 km ESE of Nikolski, AlaskaWed, Jun 10, 10:14 AM AKDT · 114 days ago · 29 km deep · 98 km away
59. 2.399 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaWed, Jun 10, 11:43 AM AKDT · 114 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
60. 1.882 km SW of Unalaska, AlaskaWed, Jun 10, 10:44 PM AKDT · 114 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away

The first 60 of 194.

Before

1. 2.549 km SE of Unalaska, AlaskaFri, May 15, 12:33 PM AKDT · 140 days ago · 72 km deep · 70 km away
2. 2.228 km SE of Unalaska, AlaskaThu, May 14, 5:31 PM AKDT · 141 days ago · 80 km deep · 78 km away
3. 2.466 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaWed, May 13, 1:20 AM AKDT · 143 days ago · 1 km deep · 34 km away
4. 2.4104 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaTue, May 12, 9:17 PM AKDT · 143 days ago · 17 km deep · 21 km away
5. 2.281 km SE of Unalaska, AlaskaTue, May 12, 4:41 PM AKDT · 143 days ago · 21 km deep · 71 km away
6. 2.3155 km ESE of Nikolski, AlaskaMon, May 11, 11:34 PM AKDT · 144 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
7. 2.363 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaMon, May 11, 6:27 PM AKDT · 144 days ago · 74 km deep · 35 km away
8. 2.2103 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaSun, May 10, 7:01 PM AKDT · 145 days ago · 29 km deep · 22 km away
9. 2.555 km SE of Unalaska, AlaskaSat, May 9, 5:38 PM AKDT · 146 days ago · 28 km deep · 84 km away
10. 2.698 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaSat, May 9, 1:16 PM AKDT · 146 days ago · 19 km deep · 10 km away
11. 2.868 km ESE of Nikolski, AlaskaSat, May 9, 8:31 AM AKDT · 146 days ago · 27 km deep · 87 km away
12. 2.9101 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaSat, May 9, 2:42 AM AKDT · 147 days ago · 32 km deep · 13 km away
13. 2.110 km SSE of Unalaska, AlaskaFri, May 8, 11:03 PM AKDT · 147 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
14. 2.311 km SSE of Unalaska, AlaskaFri, May 8, 9:56 PM AKDT · 147 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
15. 2.5102 km E of Nikolski, AlaskaFri, May 8, 8:06 PM AKDT · 147 days ago · 1 km deep · 50 km away
16. 2.075 km SW of Unalaska, AlaskaThu, May 7, 11:37 PM AKDT · 148 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
17. 2.283 km S of Unalaska, AlaskaThu, May 7, 11:14 AM AKDT · 148 days ago · 28 km deep · 21 km away
18. 2.594 km SSW of Unalaska, AlaskaThu, May 7, 12:09 AM AKDT · 149 days ago · 14 km deep · 7 km away
19. 2.568 km E of Nikolski, AlaskaWed, May 6, 11:41 PM AKDT · 149 days ago · 34 km deep · 73 km away
20. 3.265 km E of Nikolski, AlaskaWed, May 6, 11:20 PM AKDT · 149 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event aka2026jpuvwe. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:30 AM UTC.