M1.9 earthquake 6 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 6 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska on Sat, May 2, 2026, 3:30 AM AKDT (11:30 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 83 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- AV
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-05-02 11:30:42 UTC
- Depth
- 7.2 km (4.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.816° N, 166.498° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 0.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.25
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 208°, 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: 176 in the 60 days after this one and 51 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.357 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 152 days ago · 69 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.027 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 151 days ago · 85 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.960 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 151 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.277 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 151 days ago · 18 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.696 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 150 days ago · 30 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.778 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 149 days ago · 44 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.342 km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska · 149 days ago · 81 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.942 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 149 days ago · 74 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.683 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 149 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.588 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 149 days ago · 23 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.594 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 147 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.283 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 147 days ago · 28 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.075 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 146 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.311 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 145 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.110 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 145 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.9101 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 145 days ago · 32 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.698 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 145 days ago · 19 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.040 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 144 days ago · 65 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.626 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 144 days ago · 79 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.555 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 144 days ago · 28 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.2103 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 143 days ago · 29 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.363 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 142 days ago · 74 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.281 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 141 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.4104 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 141 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.466 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 141 days ago · 1 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.228 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 139 days ago · 80 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.549 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 139 days ago · 72 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.888 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 138 days ago · 30 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.460 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 135 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.581 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 135 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.516 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 134 days ago · 103 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.615 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 131 days ago · 83 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.093 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 130 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.359 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 128 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.062 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 128 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.762 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 128 days ago · 1 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.827 km ENE of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 128 days ago · 16 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.356 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 128 days ago · 15 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.558 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 126 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.85 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 125 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.891 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 125 days ago · 63 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.95 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 125 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.777 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 125 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.190 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 125 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.476 km S of Akutan, Alaska · 125 days ago · 18 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.678 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 125 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.286 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 125 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.679 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 123 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.086 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 123 days ago · 83 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.273 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 123 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.152 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 122 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.157 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 122 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.387 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 122 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.568 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 122 days ago · 21 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.55 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 122 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.910 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 122 days ago · 15 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.642 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 122 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.775 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 122 days ago · 17 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.974 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 119 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.974 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 119 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
The first 60 of 176.
Before
- 1.67 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 152 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.054 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 153 days ago · 17 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.367 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 153 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.852 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska · 153 days ago · 85 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.826 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 154 days ago · 87 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.384 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 154 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.942 km W of Dutch Harbor, Alaska · 154 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.371 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 155 days ago · 44 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.598 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 155 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.495 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 155 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.763 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 155 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.384 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 157 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.888 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 158 days ago · 24 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.229 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 160 days ago · 87 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.429 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 160 days ago · 76 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.416 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 162 days ago · 117 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.584 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska · 163 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.685 km S of Unalaska, Alaska · 164 days ago · 28 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.114 km SW of Akutan, Alaska · 165 days ago · 14 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.732 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 166 days ago · 96 km deep · 26 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event av94174808. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:18 AM UTC.