M2.8 earthquake 238 km SE of Akutan, Alaska
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 238 km SE of Akutan, Alaska on Wed, Dec 30, 2020, 3:00 PM AKST (00:00 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
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
- 2020-12-31 00:00:22 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 52.634° N, 163.209° 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
- 235°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.7231 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.0153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.3152 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 38 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.2163 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 41 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.8212 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
Before
- 4.0150 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.6241 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 24 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.3142 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.8227 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2114 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.3220 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2114 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.2201 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2115 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.2219 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2118 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.2163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 19 km deep · 87 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000d86g (also filed as ak020gtap2pf). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 11:49 PM UTC.