Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 10 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 10 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Sun, May 21, 2017, 3:44 PM AKDT (23:44 UTC), 32 km (20 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 43 km SE of Knik River, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from: Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time: Sun, May 21, 2017, 3:44 PM AKDT
UTC: 2017-05-21 23:44:17 UTC
Depth: 32.1 km (19.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 61.351° N, 149.790° W
Region: Alaska
Felt reports: 2
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
2.3	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preferred · Preliminary
2.5	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed

Did you feel it?

2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used: 84

Nearest places

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 158 in the 60 days after this one and 108 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 158.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0176hkqdei (also filed as ak16097780, us10008u2k). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 9:19 AM UTC.