Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 100 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 100 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska on Wed, May 20, 2020, 11:21 AM AKDT (19:21 UTC), 44 km (27 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-05-20 19:21:03 UTC
Depth
43.8 km (27.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
58.344° N, 150.988° 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.ScaleComputed byNotes
2.8ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
3.0ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterReviewed · ±0.04 · 84 stations

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
75

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.1115 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2327 days ago · 34 km deep · 21 km away
  2. 1.856 km NE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2324 days ago · 44 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 1.8Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2323 days ago · 45 km deep · 13 km away
  4. 1.954 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 39 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 1.862 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 55 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 2.3118 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2309 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 2.290 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2303 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
  8. 2.197 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2302 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
  9. 1.773 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2297 days ago · 44 km deep · 28 km away
  10. 2.595 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2291 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
  11. 1.730 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 2290 days ago · 58 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 2.075 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2290 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
  13. 1.753 km NE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2290 days ago · 25 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 1.540 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2288 days ago · 56 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 2.4102 km NE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2285 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
  16. 1.572 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2284 days ago · 61 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 1.967 km NE of Aleneva, Alaska · 2283 days ago · 39 km deep · 77 km away
  18. 1.880 km NE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2276 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
  19. 1.848 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 2275 days ago · 53 km deep · 95 km away

Before

  1. 2.152 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 58 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 1.978 km NE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2332 days ago · 25 km deep · 26 km away
  3. 1.580 km NE of Aleneva, Alaska · 2335 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 1.652 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2336 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 1.858 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 2346 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 2.2121 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 2349 days ago · 52 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 1.675 km ENE of Kodiak, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  8. 2.281 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2352 days ago · 20 km deep · 21 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0206hi7o7p (also filed as us70009lx5). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:42 AM UTC.