M2.8 earthquake 259 km SE of Akutan, Alaska
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 259 km SE of Akutan, Alaska on Sat, Jan 18, 2020, 11:21 PM AKST (08:21 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 177 km SE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-01-19 08:21:07 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 52.491° N, 163.013° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 7.9 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 241°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 41
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.9222 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.2177 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2420 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.9207 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2408 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.9201 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2408 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.0197 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.1251 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2394 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60007mve (also filed as ak020vk3l3u). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 2:49 AM UTC.