A magnitude 6.5 earthquake occurred on Monday, October 12, 2009 at 9:37 pm AKDT (October 13, 05:37 am UTC) in the Fox Islands region of Alaska. Another strong earthquake of magnitude 6.4 occurred on Tuesday, October 13 at 12:21 pm AKDT (20:21 UTC) in the same area.

The earthquake was reported felt in Nikolski and Unalaska.