M2.8 earthquake 76 km SE of Perryville, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 76 km SE of Perryville, Alaska on Sun, Nov 22, 2020, 2:20 PM AKST (23:20 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 56 km ESE of Sand Point, 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
2.8	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preferred · Preliminary
2.9	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.097 · 14 stations

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 147 in the 60 days after this one and 78 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 147.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak020f16jsly (also filed as us7000clzx). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:57 AM UTC.