Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 9 km E of Sterling, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 9 km E of Sterling, Alaska on Mon, Aug 21, 2017, 5:10 PM AKDT (01:10 UTC), 45 km (28 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 33 km W of Cohoe, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from: Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time: Mon, Aug 21, 2017, 5:10 PM AKDT
UTC: 2017-08-22 01:10:03 UTC
Depth: 44.5 km (27.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 60.534° N, 150.585° W
Region: Alaska
Felt reports: 1
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
2.7	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preferred · Preliminary
2.7	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was I, not felt shaking.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used: 66

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 196 in the 60 days after this one and 84 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 196.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak017ar0esmb (also filed as ak16610886, us2000aah8). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:13 AM UTC.