Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 22 km SSW of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 22 km SSW of Akutan, Alaska on Wed, Oct 21, 2020, 6:16 PM AKDT (02:16 UTC), 92 km (57 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 47 km NE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.6 (ml), micro
Local time: Wed, Oct 21, 2020, 6:16 PM AKDT
UTC: 2020-10-22 02:16:56 UTC
Depth: 91.6 km (56.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 53.955° N, 165.950° 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 30.0 km horizontally, 16.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.15
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 216°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 22

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Akutan, AlaskaPopulation 1,040. Forecast23 kmSSW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 106 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 106.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000cb5k (also filed as ak020dlkd58n). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:18 AM UTC.