Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 78 km SE of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 78 km SE of Akutan, Alaska on Mon, Dec 7, 2020, 12:59 PM AKST (21:59 UTC), 28 km (17 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 Unimak Island region, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.9 (ml), micro
Local time: Mon, Dec 7, 2020, 12:59 PM AKST
UTC: 2020-12-07 21:59:01 UTC
Depth: 28.1 km (17.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 53.579° N, 165.034° 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 4.4 km horizontally, 16.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.10
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 211°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 24

Nearest places

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

Akutan, AlaskaPopulation 1,040. Forecast79 kmSE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 96 in the 60 days after this one and 43 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 96.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000crdb (also filed as ak020fpyng0n). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 7:45 PM UTC.