M3.0 earthquake 15 km SW of Lowell Point, Alaska

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 15 km SW of Lowell Point, Alaska on Thu, Jul 23, 2020, 12:07 PM AKDT (20:07 UTC), 17 km (10 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 33 km WSW of Hope, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

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
3.0	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preferred · Preliminary
3.2	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.027 · 176 stations

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt lightly at Seward.

From the USGS event page for ak0209fd4dzn. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

10 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 60 in the 60 days after this one and 31 in the 30 days before it.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0209fd4dzn (also filed as us6000b2xu). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:06 PM UTC.