Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 24 km N of Pilot Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 24 km N of Pilot Point, Alaska on Fri, Apr 21, 2017, 6:04 PM AKDT (02:04 UTC), 176 km (110 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 23 km SSW of South Naknek, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from: Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time: Fri, Apr 21, 2017, 6:04 PM AKDT
UTC: 2017-04-22 02:04:58 UTC
Depth: 176.3 km (109.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 57.787° N, 157.596° W
Region: Alaska
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
2.8	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preferred · Preliminary
2.8	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

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Stations used: 45

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 51 in the 60 days after this one and 79 in the 30 days before it.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak017559epw6 (also filed as ak15827156, us10008lul). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:08 PM UTC.