Alaska earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 92 km SW of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 92 km SW of Atka, Alaska on Mon, Jan 20, 2020, 6:02 AM HAST (16:02 UTC), 42 km (26 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 119 km SSW of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2020-01-20 16:02:00 UTC
Depth
41.6 km (25.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
51.666° N, 175.227° 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 4.9 km horizontally, 5.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
107°
Stations used
130

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 167 in the 60 days after this one and 67 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 167.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60007bdi (also filed as ak020xca7mq). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:32 AM UTC.