Reviewed by USGSAlaska3mo ago
M3.1 earthquake 63 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska
Sunday, June 14, 2026, 23:43:44 UTC · 53.503°N, 165.799°W
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 63 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska on Sunday, June 14, 2026, 23:43:44 UTC, at a depth of 35.0 km (shallow).
- Magnitude
- 3.1
- Minor · ml
- Depth
- 35 km
- Shallow
- Felt reports
- 0
- Did You Feel It?
- Est. shaking
- —
- No ShakeMap
- PAGER alert
- None
- Not issued
- Tsunami
- No flag
- USGS feed
Outlined circle: this earthquakeDashed circle: 50 km aftershock search area
In context
How big was it, and why here?
Energy released
674 kg of TNT
That is about 1/22,353 of the Hiroshima bomb. A magnitude 5.0 releases about 708 times more energy.
Tectonic setting
99 km
from the nearest mapped plate boundary, between the North American and Pacific plates. Earthquakes cluster along boundaries like this one, where plates collide, pull apart or slide past each other.
Depth: shallow
35 km
Shallow earthquakes (under 70 km) produce the strongest surface shaking for their size, so they are the ones most likely to cause damage near the epicenter.
Did You Feel It?
Where it was felt
No “Did You Feel It?” reports have been published for this event yet. If you felt it, you can add your report on the USGS website.
I felt it — report to USGS ↗USGS PAGER estimate
Who was exposed to shaking
USGS publishes PAGER impact estimates for significant earthquakes, usually within an hour. No PAGER estimate is available for this event.
After the main event
Aftershocks within 50 km
USGS lists 10 M2.5+ earthquakes within 50 km in the following 30 days; the largest was M3.8 on July 14, 2026. Most nearby activity right after a large earthquake is aftershocks, which usually become less frequent over days and weeks.
- 3.842 km S of Unalaska, Alaska2mo ago · 46 km W of this epicenter
- 2.970 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska2mo ago · 38 km E of this epicenter
- 3.259 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska2mo ago · 29 km NE of this epicenter
- 2.572 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska2mo ago · 10 km S of this epicenter
- 2.640 km S of Unalaska, Alaska2mo ago · 48 km W of this epicenter
- 2.779 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska3mo ago · 37 km E of this epicenter
- 2.780 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska3mo ago · 28 km S of this epicenter
- 3.369 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska3mo ago · 23 km SW of this epicenter
Regional history
Past M5+ earthquakes within 300 km
USGS lists 659 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:
- 8.6The 1946 Unimak Island, Alaska EarthquakeApril 1, 1946 · 196 km E of this epicenter
- 7.881 km E of Nikolski, AlaskaJuly 2, 1965 · 135 km SW of this epicenter
- 7.139 km S of Akutan, AlaskaMarch 22, 1957 · 31 km N of this epicenter
- 7.135 km SW of Nikolski, AlaskaMarch 11, 1957 · 244 km W of this epicenter
- 7.071 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaMay 30, 1991 · 298 km NE of this epicenter
- 7.0203 km SSE of Unalaska, AlaskaAugust 22, 1940 · 151 km S of this epicenter
- 6.980 km SW of Nikolski, AlaskaMarch 9, 1957 · 282 km SW of this epicenter
History · NOAA
Deadliest earthquakes in this area
NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 12 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 168 recorded deaths. The most severe:
- 1946M8.6
Unimak Island
1 Apr 1946 · 196 km away · intensity VI
168 deaths$26 million damagetsunami
- 1965M6.5
Aleutian Islands: Fox Islands
2 Jul 1965 · 128 km away
Limited damage (under $1M)tsunami
- 1917M7.9
Alaska Peninsula
31 May 1917 · 259 km away · intensity V
- 1902M7.8
Aleutian Islands: Fox Islands
1 Jan 1902 · 167 km away
- 1907M7.8
Aleutian Islands
2 Sep 1907 · 282 km away
- 1916M7.5
Aleutian Islands: Fox Islands
18 Apr 1916 · 279 km away
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.