M5.0 earthquake – Unimak Island Region, Alaska
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck in the Unimak Island Region, Alaska region at 14:46 UTC on 1 Oct 2026, at a depth of 10 km, according to GFZ. The solution is preliminary and may be revised.
Data: GFZ · updated 2026-10-01 14:46 UTC · automatic solution
- Magnitude
- 5.0moderate
body-wave magnitude (mb) - Depth
- 10 km
- Status
- Automatic
- Origin time
- 2026-10-01 14:46:23 UTC
- Epicentre
- 54.944° N, 164.849° W
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Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Est. shaking |
|---|---|---|
| No towns within 400 km. This is a remote area. | ||
Shaking is an estimate from the intensity prediction equation of Allen, Wald & Worden (2012), not an observation. Local ground and buildings can change it by a level or more. Likely felt out to about 133 km.
Every agency's solution
Agencies locate earthquakes with their own stations and methods, so their numbers differ. We match reports of the same event by time, distance and magnitude and show them side by side. The headline uses GFZ.
| Agency | Magnitude | Depth | Epicentre | Time offset | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GFZheadlineGFZ via GEOFON, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences | 5.0 mb | 10 km | 54.94° N, 164.85° W | – | Automatic |
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How big was it?
Felt by most people over a wide area. Can damage poorly built structures close to the epicentre.
It released roughly the energy of 548 t of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step means about 32 times more energy and 10 times larger waves on a seismogram. Depth matters too: at 10 km this was a shallow earthquake, which is felt more strongly at the surface than a deeper one of the same size.
M5.0 releases about 36× the energy of M4.0, and its waves are about 11× taller on a seismogram. Energy: 548 t of TNT vs 15 t of TNT.
Each square is the energy of one M4.0. Energy from log₁₀E = 1.5M + 4.8.
Aftershocks and nearby activity
No later earthquakes have been recorded within 42 km so far. Aftershock rates usually fall off roughly in proportion to 1/time.
Did you feel it?
Reports from people help show where shaking was strong. They are anonymous and shown here in aggregate.
Reports on SeismoAtlas
No reports yet.
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Event id gfz2026tfxq. First recorded here 1 Oct 2026, 14:59:33 UTC. Solutions: GFZ (geofon:gfz2026tfxq). Cite as: SeismoAtlas, “M5.0 earthquake – Unimak Island Region, Alaska”, https://seismoatlas.com/earthquake/gfz2026tfxq-m5-0-earthquake-unimak-island-region-alaska, data from GFZ.
JSON: /api/v1/events/gfz2026tfxq. SeismoAtlas is not an official warning service.