M3.8 earthquake 149 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 149 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska on Wed, May 27, 2020, 7:27 PM HADT (04:27 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 103 km SSW of Nikolski, 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
3.8	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.294 · 3 stations
3.4	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preliminary

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000a17h (also filed as ak0206uhmbbe). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:35 PM UTC.