Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 45 km W of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 45 km W of Atka, Alaska on Mon, Mar 16, 2020, 5:37 PM HADT (02:37 UTC), 247 km (154 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 53 km NNW of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Mon, Mar 16, 2020, 5:37 PM HADT
UTC: 2020-03-17 02:37:34 UTC
Depth: 247.3 km (153.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 52.198° N, 174.862° W
Region: Alaska
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
2.8	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.128 · 8 stations
2.5	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preliminary

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 31.2 km horizontally, 7.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.13
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 171°
Stations used: 28

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 83 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 83.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70008gry (also filed as ak0203jdsn7r). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:13 PM UTC.