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M2.8 earthquake 43 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 43 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada on Fri, Mar 27, 2020, 7:57 PM AKDT (03:57 UTC), 12 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 124 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada. 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: Fri, Mar 27, 2020, 7:57 PM AKDT
UTC: 2020-03-28 03:57:26 UTC
Depth: 12.4 km (7.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 60.879° N, 138.267° W
Region: Canada
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 · ±0.039 · 86 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 2.3 km horizontally, 3.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.04
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 33°
Stations used: 51

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70008hp7 (also filed as ak02041lf453). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 3:24 PM UTC.