Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 54 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 54 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska on Thu, Aug 27, 2020, 5:29 AM AKDT (13:29 UTC), 198 km (123 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 21 km ENE of Cold Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Thu, Aug 27, 2020, 5:29 AM AKDT
UTC: 2020-08-27 13:29:55 UTC
Depth: 197.7 km (122.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 55.697° N, 161.886° 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
2.6	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.097 · 14 stations
2.7	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 8.9 km horizontally, 4.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.10
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 150°
Stations used: 22

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast76 kmNNE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000bm0f (also filed as ak020b14w9j4). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:47 AM UTC.